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JUL 29, 2010
British cultural delegation explores India tie-ups
DNA India
Aimed at promoting cultural diplomacy with India, leading British arts and cultural institutional heads are meeting with various artists, scholars and museum officials to promote contemporary art, architecture, textiles and museums.
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Cultural Diplomacy
Government PD
South Asia
Eurasia
JUL 29, 2010
New culture pact adds excitement to Indo-British ties
Sify News
India and Britain Thursday inked a cultural pact at the end of the two-day visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron, which will further increase academic and artistic exchanges between the two nations.
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Categories:
Cultural Diplomacy
Government PD
Soft Power
South Asia
Eurasia
JUL 29, 2010
EU marks new diplomatic territory
BBC News
A new beast is lurking in the diplomatic jungle. Nobody knows if it will swallow up its rivals or meet the fate of the dinosaurs. It is called the European External Action Service, and is being trained to be the diplomatic arm of the European Union. It was formally approved by EU foreign ministers this week.
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Government PD
Eurasia
JUL 29, 2010
Families needed to host students
The Morning Sun
[Program of Academic Exchange] works diligently to bring international teens and American families together for 5 or 10 month stays. The U.S. Department of State recognizes the high school exchange program as the single most influencial outreach of citizen diplomacy in our country today.
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Categories:
Cultural Diplomacy
Government PD
Non-State PD
Americas
JUL 29, 2010
Warm words, trade challenge ahead as UK woos India
Reuters
Prime Minister David Cameron brought six cabinet members and more than 30 senior executives from leading British firms with him, in what Indian media described as the biggest delegation to visit since independence from Britain in 1947.
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Government PD
Non-State PD
South Asia
Eurasia
JUL 28, 2010
Does Japan still need 23-yr-old exchange program?
Associated Press
Every year for the past two decades, legions of young Americans have descended upon Japan to teach English. This government-sponsored charm offensive was launched to counter anti-Japan sentiment in the United States and has since grown into one of the country's most successful displays of soft power.
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Categories:
Cultural Diplomacy
Government PD
Soft Power
Americas
Asia Pacific
JUL 28, 2010
Turkey: A vital player
Guardian
The dramatic expansion of Turkey's influence is more than just the product of a hyper-active foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu... Turkey is doing what the European Union stopped doing when it ran into trouble over its expansion. It is using its soft power effectively.
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Government PD
Public Opinion
Soft Power
Eurasia
JUL 28, 2010
UN declares access to clean water a human right
AFP
The resolution urges states and international organizations to provide financial and technological assistance to help developing countries "scale up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable water and sanitation for all."
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Government PD
Americas
JUL 28, 2010
Getting Digital Statecraft Right
Foreign Affairs
As the history of past U.S. efforts to use technology to bring progress to other nations reveals, the United States should focus its current digital diplomacy efforts on small wins, not transformative victories.
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Government PD
New Technology
Public Opinion
Americas
JUL 28, 2010
Afghanistan war: USAID spends too much, too fast to win hearts and minds
The Christian Science Monitor
The US government strategy for improving its struggling reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan relies heavily on spending more money. More on bigger and quicker projects, more on aid workers, and more on monitors – a "civilian surge" to win hearts and minds.
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Categories:
Government PD
Public Opinion
Americas
South Asia
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