By Patricia Lee Sharpe
WV In Depth
Recent Posts
- Trump, Tripwires and the Rubicon: Has It Finally been Crossed?
- The Brass Isn’t Yours, Mr. Trump
- The Slow Wheels of Justice Grind On: DC Federal Court of Appeals rules in Figueroa's Favor
- Little Pomp and Less Circumstance
- Invade Iran because the Saudis Say So?
- Saint Robert Kicked the Can down the Road.....
- Poaching, Propaganda and, Maybe, Romance: A Memoir that Turned into a Novel
- Another Bossy Billionaire: Time for a Boycott?
- An Under Reported Story: The Disappearing GOP Voter & More
- It’s the Process, Stupid
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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Saturday, 31 December 2011
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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
- Courtenay Barnett on Trump, Tripwires and the Rubicon: Has It Finally been Crossed?
- Stinn E McDaniel on Wyntoon – William Randolph Hearst’s Secret Hideaway
- Courtenay Barnett on Saint Robert Kicked the Can down the Road.....
- Cassandra Shepard on Another Bossy Billionaire: Time for a Boycott?
- Gregory Finkelson on When a Good Thing Goes Bad: The J-1 Visa
- Charlieray45 on Another Bossy Billionaire: Time for a Boycott?
- USPS Moving on Hero Clerk and the Number People: A Visit to the Post Office
- Tyson Harold on From Washington to Moscow, Louis Sell: A Book Review Essay
- Courtenay Barnett on If it’s Monday, It Must Be Helsinki
- Courtenay Barnett on Transactional Diplomacy Trump Style
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