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Below are selected articles and citations for Matt Armstrong, Armstrong Strategic Insights Group, LLC, or the blog www.MountainRunner.us.
Selected authored items:
The State of State: A Proposal for Reorganization at Foggy Bottom at PPI
Hybrid Threats Require a Hybrid Government at the Stimson Center
"Hitting Bottom at Foggy Bottom", ForeignPolicy.com, September 11, 2009.
"Censoring the Voice of America: Why is it OK to broadcast terrorist propaganda but not taxpayer-funded media reports?", ForeignPolicy.com, August 6, 2009.
Persuasive politics: Revisiting the Smith-Mundt Act, The Washington Times, December 19, 2008.
"Operationalizing Public Diplomacy" in the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, edited by Nancy Snow and Phil Taylor (Routledge, 2008).
"Arming for the War of Ideas" in Threats in the Age of Obama, edited by Michael Tanji (Nimble, 2009).
"Combat Robots and Perception Management", Serviam, May-June 2008.
"Beyond Government Accountability", Serviam, March-April 2008.
"Private Military Companies" in Handbook of Military Administration, edited by Jeffrey Weber and Johan Eliasson (CRC, 2007).
Selected citations:
FBI investigated LDS President Hinckley to see if he was a spy, The Salt Lake Tribune, October 20, 2009.
The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq, Bing West cited an interview with Major General Douglas Stone: Battle of the Minds: an interview with Major General Douglas Stone.
Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President, Doug Wilson quoted Matt Armstrong and cited the post From the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy: no one in PD conducts PD overseas.
Information Operations--Doctrine and Practice: A Reference Handbook, Chris Paul cited DOD as our public diplomat in Pakistan.
Enlisting Madison Avenue: The Marketing Approach to Earning Popular Support in Theaters of Operation, Todd Helmus, Chris Paul, and Russell Glenn also cited DOD as our public diplomat in Pakistan.
Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War, Pratap Chatterjee acknowledges Matt Armstrong.
Great Powers: America and the World After Bush, Tom Barnett acknowledges the blog.
Acknowledge in the RAND Report Whither Strategic Communication? A Survey of Current Proposals and Recommendations.
