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JUN 26, 2011
Cricket diplomacy: New Zealand to bat for FTA with India
News One (India)
Bollywood and cricket will blend with diplomacy when the prime ministers of India and New Zealand hold talks Tuesday to push a free trade area pact. Egging them on to do more business will be Stephen Fleming, the Kiwi cricket icon who is the coach for the IPL-winning Chennai Super Kings.
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JUN 26, 2011
‘Soft power’ is our motto, says new foreign minister
Al Masryalyoum
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Orabi said Egypt would adopt the principle of "soft power" in its foreign policy, taking into account the social, economic and cultural dimensions of relationships. The minister also said the foreign policy would be in complete harmony with the 25 January revolution, adding that it aims to retain Egypt’s leading regional and international roles.
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JUN 26, 2011
US moving to ‘smart power’ diplomacy
Daily News & Analysis (India)
Under the new diplomacy, we feel talking with governments is not enough, and want to build contacts at people, business and NGO levels. Increasingly, this is how foreign policy will be conducted. In fact, the US is most enthusiastic about what we call ‘smart power,’ as opposed to hard power (using force) or soft power (the traditional non-military stuff).
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JUN 26, 2011
Canada needs to engage it citizens living abroad
The Globe and Mail
Ottawa should appoint a parliamentary secretary to oversee an office dedicated to engaging with these Canadian citizens, who live [abroad].Through outreach and public diplomacy, this office could foster greater business, educational and cultural ties with Canadians who live abroad.
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JUN 25, 2011
China-Hungary friendship relies on youth: Wen
China Daily
The university is the largest and oldest institution of higher learning in Hungary. It now serves as a key place for teaching Chinese language. Hungarian students from the university's Confucius Institute, a Chinese-Hungarian bilingual school and a martial art teaching center, performed Chinese folk songs and Tai Ji.
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JUN 25, 2011
KPRT helps Afghans strengthen Afghanistan
Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System
Working closely with public diplomacy is a big part of the job, Raval said. He said that many of their projects are funded through public diplomacy grants and some of them allow Afghans to travel to America for eight-to 10-week seminars to learn skills such as business development, and upon return they are able to pass on what they have learned to their fellow Afghans.
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JUN 25, 2011
The Naresh Chandra Task Force on National Security: A Timely Step
Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses
The government needs to have strong universities and think thanks where thinking on national security, foreign policy and international security is done... Careers in national security for young minds should be created. Security agencies should be professionalized. The government’s interface with the public through coordinated public diplomacy must be encouraged.
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JUN 25, 2011
Safari time in Africa for first lady, family
Reuters
After nearly a week of public diplomacy and outreach in Africa, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her family went on safari on Saturday and had an encounter with an elephant.
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JUN 25, 2011
India will open first North American cultural centre in Toronto
National Post (Canada)
After decades of absorbing North America’s cultural diplomacy, India is returning the favour, with Indian government officials announcing plans to locate North America’s first Indian Cultural Centre in Toronto.
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JUN 25, 2011
Arabi’s promise of new Egyptian foreign policy on hold, as new FM takes over
Ahram Online (Egypt)
...the approach adopted by El-Arabi in pursuing this renewed focus on Africa, as well as the public diplomacy initiatives launched by Egypt post-revolution, had much greater credibility.
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