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LOOKING FOR GOD AT THE SHANGHAI EXPO: RELIGION, NATION BRANDING AND THE SOFT POWER SHOWDOWN IN CHINA
NOV 4, 2010
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Last week the Shanghai Expo 2010 closed. On three sweltering days this summer I toured the vast and frenzied space that was the Expo. My objective was to see how the nations of the world were representing themselves to the Chinese public and how each responding to the Expo’s official theme: ‘Better City, Better Life.’ As I walked from one national pavilion to another, stimulation came from every direction: from the astonishing range of the architecture on view; the numerous technological innovations; the competing national brand statements, and the breathtaking variety of exhibits. Some pavilions were magnificent: the Italian pavilion…... Full Text
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ADVANCE AUSTRALIA WHERE? NATION BRANDS AND SOFT POWER DOWN-UNDER
OCT 14, 2010
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It’s that time of year again. 12 October 2010 saw the publication of this year’s results for the Anholt Roper GfK Nation Brands Index. As has been the case in recent years, there are few surprises in this year’s result. Obama’s US retains the top spot ahead of the familiar family of European big hitters and Japan. Canada has slipped one place to seventh and the Swiss and the Australians have retained the eighth and nine positions respectively, despite both countries having well publicized image difficulties flowing from the referendum on minarets in the first case and violence against Indian…... Full Text
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JAMMING FOR UNCLE SAM: GETTING THE BEST FROM CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
JUL 26, 2010
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Recent years have seen a welcome resurgence in U.S. Cultural Diplomacy, which after honorable service in the Cold War, sailed into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Today, the State Department is reaching out to foreign publics in partnership with major private sector partners including Jazz at the Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music as well as maintaining its own program of visits, exhibitions and tours. While the new initiatives began under the administration of George W. Bush as a 'soft power' response to the challenges of the Global War on Terror, they seem an ideal fit for the…... Full Text
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THE GENERAL SPEAKS…
JUN 19, 2010
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Yesterday– 18 June 2010 – marked the seventieth anniversary of one of the great broadcasts in the history of international broadcasting: the broadcast from London of General Charles de Gaulle to the people of German-occupied France. Speaking at 10 PM from the fourth floor of Broadcasting House in London the general called for free Frenchmen to join him in the UK and fight on against the Nazis. ‘Whatever happens,’ the General pledged, ‘the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished.’ His broadcast and subsequent talks over the BBC rallied many in France to…... Full Text
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RESTORING AMERICA’S REPUTATION AND THE TRAGIC CHILDREN OF FALLUJAH
MAR 8, 2010
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Last Thursday (March 4, 2010), some of the top thinkers currently engaging the issue of America’s image in the world testified on Capitol Hill in hearings before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs under the title ‘Restoring America’s Reputation in the World: Why it Matters.’ Joseph Nye of Harvard stressed the value of smart power. Andrew Kohut of Pew pointed to the fragility of the recent promising trends in world opinion and J. Michael Waller of the Center for Security Policy provocatively challenged the assembled legislators to stop and think: ‘Would I run my political campaign the way the United…... Full Text
Tags: united states • eu • iraq • joseph nye
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