by CKR
If it's clear in your area, get up an hour before sunrise to see Jupiter and Venus getting together! They were close this morning, but they will get closer until Friday. Going to be very cool, less than one degree apart!
WV In Depth
Recent Posts
- Russia’s Brain Drain, Putin’s Brainwashing & the Lame-Brained U.S. Immigration Apparatus
- Valieva's Final Olympic Performance: Another Possibility
- Joe Biden: Speak Softly and Stand Your Ground.
- Gifted Greek: the Enigma of Andreas Papandreou by Monteagle Stearns, A Book Review Essay
- Whirled View is changing RSS subscription feeds
- Cheap Labor: an Old American Tradition
- Who's Really Failing Afghan Women?
- A PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 8, 2021
- Urgent Voice Overs
- LET’S MUTE THE TRUMPET
Favorite Posts
- The Soviets, the Sinatra Doctrine and the Beginning of the Cold War's End
- Wintoon: William Randolph Hearst's Secret Hideaway
- Still a Man’s World? Foggy Bottom’s Bohemian Grove - WhirledView
- A Primer for First Time Political Ambassadors
- The Musical Genius of Manos Hadjidakis
- Selling Cars, Colas and Countries
- Dentistas Galore Waiting across the Border
- Indian Love Poems for your Valentine
- WhirledView Finds Cosmos in Bhutan
Resources
- CIA World Factbook
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- John Brady Kiesling Diplomacy Lessons
- John Brown's Public Diplomacy Press & Blog Review
- Nuclear Diner
- Nuclear Threat Initiative
- National Security Archive - GWU
- Perry-Castaneda Map Collection
- Public Diplomacy Council
- Public Diplomacy. Org
- Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
- USC Center on Public Diplomacy
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Blog Roll
- ArmsControlWonk
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- North!
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- Window on Eurasia New Series
- Zenpundit
About Us
- Patricia Lee Sharpe
Poet, journalist, teacher, foreign service officer with 23 years public diplomacy experience in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. - Patricia H. Kushlis
27 years public diplomacy experience in Europe, Asia and Washington, DC as a US foreign service officer. International affairs writer, analyst and commentator.
Recent Comments
- Charles Ray on Joe Biden: Speak Softly and Stand Your Ground.
- Raju on Science is Back! - Updated 12/20/08
- Judy Feldhausen Malavazos on Wyntoon – William Randolph Hearst’s Secret Hideaway
- Courtenay Barnett on It is the 21st Century; Organize State Department Administrative Functions to Reflect That
- Patricia H. Kushlis on It is the 21st Century; Organize State Department Administrative Functions to Reflect That
- Courtenay Barnett on It is the 21st Century; Organize State Department Administrative Functions to Reflect That
- Courtenay Barnett on HUMANITARIAN AID IS NOT JUST CHARITY
- Courtenay Barnett on Trump, Tripwires and the Rubicon: Has It Finally been Crossed?
- Courtenay Barnett on Trump, Tripwires and the Rubicon: Has It Finally been Crossed?
- Stinn E McDaniel on Wyntoon – William Randolph Hearst’s Secret Hideaway
Our Books
Patricia Lee Sharpe: The Danger is Seduction: People, Places, Possibilities
Patricia Lee Sharpe: Driving Under the Influence: Two Novellas & a Story
Fahmida Riaz: Four Walls and a Black Veil
Pat Sharpe as principal translator of deeply moving Pakistani Feminist Poetry