Is it out of line to ask whether this the same James Glassman who a few years ago co-authored a book entitled "Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting From the Coming Rise in the Stock Market?"

WigWag, I had the same thought, and researched it... it is the same
person. It's extremely difficult to take his judgement as seriously
after finding out that nugget of information.

35000 on the Dow Glassman. If you have good snake oil for sale, he is your man.

Whitepup

It's just a typo! It was to have been called:

Dow 36: The New Strategy for Surviving the Coming Downfall of Wall Street and the Loss of All Paper Wealth

The idea of creating a PR deparment when that is essentially what every Cabinet serves as in real time, is kind of redundant.

Thanks, Spunkmeyer, if it is the same James Glassman, I read the book; he owes me about $5,000!

Public diplomacy--beltway-speak for psyops AKA propaganda. Instead of sponsoring someone who has impressive skills at creating fantasy, Steve should be hosting people who translate the BS for ordinary folks.

So far my challenge made years ago to have someone clearly define US vital strategic interests in Iraq has gotten no response. Appearing to be transparent while promoting obscurity and ambiguity are the key modus operandi for the foreign policy mafia. Considering his position and his boss, I expect Glassman's main attribute ia his ability to raise BS to new levels of eloquence.