President Donald Trump’s New Ukraine Game: The Most Transparent Negotiator in History With each negotiating failure, Donald Trump retreats and then returns with a new but flawed strategy. His current strategy is to look compassionate by focusing on stopping the killing, citing the tens of thousands of killed and wounded soldiers on ‘both sides’ and … Continue reading President Donald Trump’s New Ukraine Game
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Breaking America’s Spiral of Silence
A democracy would not send military forces against its own cities. It would not defund university research that used the wrong words, such as inclusion, or shut down scientific research in progress. A US democracy would not erode the checks and balances within the government. There are many more problems, but most generally and to … Continue reading Breaking America’s Spiral of Silence
Avoid Prejudicing Ukraine
After his deal winning visit with Donald Trump in Alaska, Valdimir Putin spoke to his audience in Moscow about the “Ukraine Crisis”—not about “Russia’s War on Ukraine”. If Russia had invaded France or the United States, for example, would we be talking about the French crisis or the American crisis? No. Likewise, many journalists and … Continue reading Avoid Prejudicing Ukraine
Trump’s Political Blame Games: The Case of Crimea
Why has Trump been so critical of Ukraine President Zelenskii over the ceasefire Trump and his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Trump’s advisor, Steve Witkoff, and the US envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg have sought to achieve in over 100 days since his election 2024? Repeatedly, Trump has criticized Zelenskii over Ukraine’s refusal to agree … Continue reading Trump’s Political Blame Games: The Case of Crimea
Trump Holds the Cards but Lost His Marbles
As an American, I apologise to Ukraine. I am horrified by the US President and VP trying to bully the President of Ukraine. They invited him as their guest in the White House and Oval Office. They then let him be insulted for not wearing a suit and tie before double-teaming and berating him in … Continue reading Trump Holds the Cards but Lost His Marbles
The Return of the Ugly American
As an American in Britian, my international colleagues ask me how they can even begin to understand President Donald Trump’s threats to neighbouring and allied countries like Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Greenland, …. How could he so obviously mimic Putin’s threats to the US, UK, and other nations of Central Europe and the West, following his … Continue reading The Return of the Ugly American
Political Positioning: A Step Beyond Agenda Setting
Political Positioning the News and Public Affairs Agenda setting has been one of the major social implications of the news. Coverage in the news tells the reader what they should be thinking about, what is important. While the news seldom shifts public opinion – it seldom changes the way a reader thinks about an issue … Continue reading Political Positioning: A Step Beyond Agenda Setting
Media Literacy and Access to Trusted Information during the War in Ukraine
A Internationally Collaborative Study UNESCO and the government of Japan are supporting a new project on media literacy and access to information about politics in Ukraine. The project, entitled 'Access to Information and Media Literacy about Politics and Elections: A Collaborative Study of Ukraine', seeks to enhance understanding of how the Ukrainian public accesses information … Continue reading Media Literacy and Access to Trusted Information during the War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Networked Resilience
I have just finished an online discussion at Mariupol State University. It was an American-Ukrainian panel discussion on the development of public studies [public communication in the US] in Ukrainian higher educational institutions (HEIs). In addition to myself, it involved faculty from the Cambridge Judge Business School, Mariupol State University, the MIT-Ukraine Program at the … Continue reading Ukraine’s Networked Resilience
Changing Horses in the Race for US President: Not Too Late
If the Democratic Party is to win the 2024 Presidential election, and defeat Donald Trump, they need to convince President Biden to drop out of the race. The Presidential Debate on 27 June 2024 was a wakeup call for the Democratic party. President Joe Biden not only failed to convince many doubters that he was … Continue reading Changing Horses in the Race for US President: Not Too Late