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AUG 15, 2009
Cairo Reacts to Obama
Khaleej Times
This new perfume sir, its name Obama”, said the perfumer in old Cairo with a smile. His marketing gimmick was no surprise. Egypt is suffering from a strong case of Obamania. Intellectuals and ordinary people need little encouragement to talk about President Obama’s speech.
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AUG 15, 2009
U.S. Turns to Radio Stations and Cellphones to Counter Taliban’s Propaganda
New York Times
The Obama administration is establishing a new unit within the State Department for countering militant propaganda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, engaging more fully than ever in a war of words and ideas that it acknowledges the United States has been losing.
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AUG 14, 2009
Ending the Electronic Billboard Pain in the Ano
PR Strategy and Application
The billboard is a form of public diplomacy as it delivers messages from a government to citizens of another country. The parts for the electronic billboard were smuggled into the US facility adding intrigue to this public diplomacy. The idea was for people to be able to see when they were on a heavily trafficked seaside highway.
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AUG 14, 2009
U.S. Names Grass-Roots Emissary to Muslim Communities
CNN
The Obama administration continued its outreach to the Muslim world in July, introducing a special envoy for Islamic relations tasked with improving international dialogue at the grass-roots level. Farah Pandith, the State Department's new special representative to Muslim communities, promised to pursue an "out of the box" approach to local engagement around the world.
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AUG 14, 2009
Walk Softly in Latin America
JoongAng Daily
During the Cold War, the United States wished to guarantee the security of Central and South America through armed intervention. However, in the post-Cold War era, Washington has been pursuing security at the social level rather than militarily. The former tends to tackle human rights infringements, illegal immigration, drug dealing, money laundering, corruption and terrorism.
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AUG 14, 2009
How Jazz Warmed Cold-War Hearts
NPR
The year is 1956. We're deep in the throes of the Cold War. And as European powers are divested of colonial possessions, the Soviet Union is shrewdly dispatching cultural envoys around the world -- dancers, musicians and artists -- to win the trust and loyalty of newly emerging nations.
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AUG 14, 2009
Chinese Language Speaking Contest Enter Final Round
CCTV
The second Chinese language contest for foreign students in China will enter its final round. Nearly a hundred contestants from more than 42 countries and the organizers behind the competition held a news conference in Beijing on Thursday morning.
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AUG 13, 2009
Israel’s Image Problem and What to Do about It
Knowledge@Wharton
In its 61-year history as a modern nation state, Israel has become synonymous with conflict and controversy, creating friction with hostile neighbors and, at times, setting itself up as a target for international reproach. But is Israel getting short shrift? Have Israelis been letting themselves down by failing to showcase their strengths?
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AUG 13, 2009
Is Obama’s ‘Let’s Talk’ Diplomacy Failing?
Christian Science Monitor
The apparently meager returns thus far on the "talk with our adversaries" approach do not offer a full picture of the policy's advantages, supporters say. The improved international image of an America seen to favor dialogue over conflict will yet pay dividends even if the dialogue never takes place.
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AUG 13, 2009
If He Twitters, They Will Come
Layalina Productions
In an attempt to "burst the presidential bubble" and relate to citizens of both the US and the world, the Obama administration has turned to social media to spread its message farther and wider, according to Margaret Talev and Warren P. Strobel of McClatchy Newspapers, in the Kansas City Star.
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