Containment's Last Hurrah

... define the rules of Cold War engagement on both sides. In February U.S. president Barack Obama named a new undersecretary of state for public diplomacy Richard Stengel... ... Obama’s base and contain and counter what Washington and its NATO allies view as Russia reverting to a policy of Soviet-era expansionism. A replay of Kennan’s... ... looking are convenient for American “retail politics” and conversational social media but branded public diplomacy initiatives are proving themselves out of...