(Second of what will become a three-part series.) In my last post I wrote of Russia as being perhaps the most intriguing of the emerging BRIC economies but cautioned that the strong hand of Putin/Medvedev in exiling BP's CEO might...
Topics: G7, G8, Medvedev, PR in Russia, Putin, Russia economy, Russia Georgia

(First of a two-part series on going global with a company's strategic public relations.) Standing at the threshold of your company's global expansion, sniffing the excitement of new opportunities and challenges and, more than anything, the sheer.
Topics: BP CEO Russia, Global PR, Medvedev, Putin, Robert Dudley, Russia brand-buidling, Russia economy

Sunday morning, June 1. Foggy Bottom. The contents of the oversize envelope remain spread out on my kitchen table, photocopies of documents, carefully documented with two pages of footnotes. I haven’t moved for two hours except to refill my coffee....
Topics: campaign fiction, campaign stories, Hillary mudslinging, June surprise, Original Fiction

Haven't heard any update on China's reported search for a PR agency to assist in crisis communications as it makes final preparations for the Olympics this summer. Government officials initiated the search, first reported in the Financial Times...
Topics: China crisis communications, China PR, Crisis Communications, Olympic protests, Olympic torch relay

Jill Anderson is director – Development and Communications at the Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary. Her essay addresses leadership from a unique perspective. As a professional communicator and a tireless advocate for a cause she passionately...
Topics: Friends of Force for Good, leadership, mustangs, wild horse sanctuary