The word ‘accomplishment’ indicates something beyond ‘achievement’. Everybody can achieve something but not necessarily accomplish something. So, not every achiever is an accomplisher. Accomplishment takes achievement to the level of maturity.

Don’t be stupid to be wise, and don’t be wise to be stupid.

We always have alternatives to saying ‘we don’t have alternatives’.

Any social science, in order to make sense of social world, should go beyond common sense (the otherwise, what’s the point?). But when it goes beyond common sense, it tends to lose its credibility.

The deadline is a tricky instrument of negotiation. On the one hand, it is hard to reach an agreement on important issues without setting up some deadlines, but on the other, the deadline can foster unprepared agreements. Obviously, the deadline should work for negotiating parties but not vice-versa. But to do so negotiators should spend time negotiating deadlines. In other words, before putting any deadline, the sides have to reach an agreement on deadline policies and implementations. However, beforehand they have to negotiate on the possibility of deadline negotiation.

Here is another presentation on using social media in public diplomacy – a comparative analysis of the Indian Embassies’ FB activities in Uzbekistan and Russia. The authors of this presentation are – M.T., S.S., S.Y., R.Y., F.Y. and A.G. – 4th year students of UWED. That was done in the context of our Public Diplomacy class (and I publish this presentation with the permission of the authors). It is not a comprehensive study but rather students attempt to understand the using of social media as an instrument of public diplomacy.

Comparative analysis of the Indian Embassies Facebook Accounts in Tashkent and Moscow