Celebrating 90 Years - Foreign Policy Association

2008 was the year of the
blog at FPA.org
of the Foreign Policy Blog, FPA now has the
largest network of online international affairs affair ir irs s
blogs. The network is comprised of of more than n
25 blogs on a wide variety of issues, ranging
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from the 2008 presidential ppresidential
election election to reviews
of global films. Blog traffic is increasing at a
blazing pace, and we expect it to far exceed
1 1 million visits per month in 2009. Blogs
s of
particular particular note include “The U.S. Electi Election tion on aand
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Public Diplomacy,” a partnership of FP FPA
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The Center on Public Diplomacy at
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of Southern California’s Annenb Annenberg nber erg g Sc Scho School hool o
for Communication. This blog rece recently cent ntly ly was
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“Children’s Rights” blog, which builds
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n an iss issue ssue ue
presented in the Great Decisions briefing bo book book, ok, ,
has been widely acknowledged as one of the
he top
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blogs on children’s rights.
Another notable achievement in 2008
wa was the inauguration of the FPA.org Summer
Sc Scre Screening reen enin ing g Se SSeries. ries. Three films were shown,
in incl including clud udin ing g “Iron “I “ ron Ladies of Liberia,” “Iraq “Iraq in
Fr Frag Fragments,” agme ment nts,” and “The People’s Court.” They
do docu documented, cume m nted, respectively, the work of the
mo most mostly stly ly female
cabinet of Liberian President
El Elle Ellen len n Johnson Jo J hnson Sirleaf, contemporary life in Iraq, Iraq,
an and
d developments in the Chinese legal syste
tem. Each sold-out screening at SOHO House
in New York City was followed by an engaging
discussion among audience members, producers
of the films, and officials from the countries
depicted in the films.
Next year promises more growth in all
of the areas outlined above, alongside newly
revamped Membership and Events sections on
FPA.org.
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