The newly appointed U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, James K. Glassman, who replaced Karen Hughes, a confidant of the American president, is in an unenviable position. For a start his term in office is only for six months unless, of course, Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee wins the national elections in November and decides to hold on to him, or he may still be replaced since the senator may want someone who is closer to his views.

Karen Hughes' 'place-holder' replacement

More than a year ago, a friend gave me a keychain called the "Bush Countdown Clock," with the number of days, hours, minutes, and even seconds until the end of the presidency of George W. Bush. As I write this - watching the seconds fly by - the clock indicates that we have got 434 days until the end of this administration. I am in the camp that believes that George Bush has done more damage to the world than just about anyone since World War II.

The reason Henry Ford succeeded brilliantly in obtaining positive publicity for his Ford Motor Co. is that he manufactured a quality product and, for many years, treated his employees with unrivaled generosity, deference, and respect.

Last month the US Muslim World Advisory Committee of the United States Institute of Peace sat down for a talk with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. These are the kinds of meetings th

One of my proudest moments as an American working in Egypt always came at about this time of year, when the US State Department issued its annual report on the state of human rights around the world. I remember sitting in front of a computer in a C

For those who enjoy the political theater of the absurd, the Dubai Ports World soap opera was the only show in town last week. And it was a hoot!

A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world opened in the Gulf state of Qatar on Saturday with Islamic anger against the West at boiling point.

Worldcasting has obtained comparative independent television ratings that document a steady decline in the popularity of Al Jazeera satellite TV channel among viewers in Saudi Arabia over a one-year period. That country is the most important televi

America's newest public diplomacy czarina, Karen Hughes, is in dangerous denial. She believes that how we treat prisoners in the 'global war on terror' is unlikely to have a serious adverse affect on how people think of the United States.