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MAY 22, 2012
Analysis: India in Afghanistan
Daily Times (Pakistan)
India’s policy towards Afghanistan is the embodiment of the ‘soft power approach’. Soft power, in the crude sense, is the capacity of a state to influence others without twisting arms, threatening or compelling; in other words, it is the capacity to attract the target people and make them do your bidding.
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MAY 22, 2012
‘Water, The New Petrol’ win Doors To Diplomacy Award
U.S. Department of State
The US State Department on Tuesday announced the selection of two winning websites for its 2012 Doors to Diplomacy Award...This site Water, the New Petrol was built by a team from CEP Santa Rosa Brothers Marist School in Sullana, Peru and IES Manacor School in Mallorca, Spain. Their web project aims to raise awareness of the current state of water issues in the world.
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MAY 22, 2012
Nato stresses importance of partnership with UAE
Khaleej Times
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has stressed the importance of partnership with the United Arab Emirates under the “Istanbul Cooperation Initiative ”...Nicola De Santis, Nato Public Diplomacy Division Coordinator, expressed the alliance’s appreciation for the UAE and its political leadership for their fruitful cooperation.
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MAY 21, 2012
Salone-China tighten political diplomacy
Sierra Express Media
Sierra Leone and the People's Republic of China have embarked on efforts aimed at further strengthening not just people-to-people and government-to-government diplomacy, but to also strengthen the political diplomacy between the two countries.
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MAY 21, 2012
Dude, this diplomat’s no stiff
Fast Company
Suzanne Philion, a 34-year-old who works under Clinton as Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Bureau of Education & Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department, embodies that new era. Foreign Service in the 21st century is far cooler than many people realize, she says, and thanks to ever-changing job assignments, not to mention an ever-changing global political landscape.
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MAY 21, 2012
What I learned at the Istanbul World Political Forum
Foreign Policy
I previously described the conference I attended -- the Istanbul World Political Forum -- as an illustration of Turkey's emphasis on "soft power." By creating a Davos-like annual meeting oriented towards issues central to emerging economies, the organizers sought to display Turkey's growing importance as a political player
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MAY 21, 2012
State Department launches Center Stage bringing cultural diplomacy
eNews Channels
The U.S. Department of State announced it will raise the curtain June 19 on its groundbreaking cultural diplomacy initiative, Center Stage(SM), which brings performing artists from Haiti, Indonesia, and Pakistan to the United States to engage American audiences in 60 medium- and small-sized towns and cities.
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MAY 20, 2012
India woos Africa for a shared future
Daily Times (Nigeria)
India has reached out to Africa with an initiative to foster a People-to-People (P2P) understanding with Africa. “With 70 per cent of the population in Africa and India below the age of 25, promoting engagement between youth in Africa and India is imperative to pave the way for a shared future," said Navdeep Suri, the Joint Secretary, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India.
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MAY 20, 2012
What will Hillary Clinton’s diplomatic legacy be?
USA Today
She linked her department to the Pentagon, trading staff members and ideas as part of a "smart power" initiative linking diplomacy, development and defense. She worked to advance Internet freedom around the world and use the latest technologies to aid U.S. diplomacy.
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MAY 20, 2012
The Ironies of Social Media in Public Diplomacy
CPD Blog
All the panelists repeated the mantra at least once or twice each time they spoke: “social media is a TOOL.” Nevertheless, the very first question from the audience was a not so much a question but a statement about the failings of social medial as a substitute for personal contact in diplomacy.
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