President Obama's pitch to the Muslim world: public diplomacy or policy?
American Diplomacy › Nbr. 2009, March 2009
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Barack Obama - Critical essay
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President Obama's pitch to the Muslim world: public diplomacy or policy?
An American expert on Arab affairs evaluates President Obama's Cairo speech from the Arab perspective and concludes that it is likely to prove much less "historic" than many Western observers tend to believe.--Ed. Since President Obama delivered his speech in Cairo to the Islamic world, it has been sliced and diced by dozens of commentators with reviews ranging from brilliant and a mark of a new beginning to a hypocritical, condescending apologia for America's sins, imagined or real. There have been a number of polls on Arab reaction to President Obama's speech, but really none were needed. Arab audience reaction ranged mo...
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