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APR 2, 2008
NATO to launch new TV channel at summit
Trend News (Baku, Azerbaijan)
The new TV channel is the result of close cooperation between the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the Danish Government to improve the way the Alliance communicates its work and image to the general public.
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MAR 28, 2008
Fallout From Tibet Is Test for China’s Rulers
The Washington Post
David L. Shambaugh, at George Washington University, characterized the government's attempt so far to manage its image in the aftermath of the violence as "heavy-handed" -- resorting to vilification of the Dalai Lama and questioning the motives of foreign critics. "The government is not particularly adept at public diplomacy, as they define it as 'external propaganda' and pursue it as such," he said.
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MAR 27, 2008
Welcome to the Olympics
The Economist
Resenting criticism of its handling of unrest in Tibet, China wages a gruesome propaganda offensive...The unrest is being fuelled by the Olympics. Many Tibetans see the games as a chance to highlight their grievances and put pressure on the authorities to relax religious and political controls. As China pours more security forces into the region, foreign human-rights activists and Tibetans living outside China are stepping up their protests.
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MAR 27, 2008
Central/South Asia: Iran Pushes Cross-Border TV Project
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
For years, Tehran has pursued vigorous "cultural diplomacy" in neighboring countries that share its linguistic roots -- namely, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Such efforts were in the spotlight this week after a March 24-25 meeting in Dushanbe of the three countries' foreign ministers. Among other issues, the ministers reportedly prepared a deal on launching a common Persian-language satellite-television network to be run jointly by all three governments.
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MAR 27, 2008
Ignoring Al Jazeera
The Washington Post - PostGlobal
The Qatari government, which funds Al Jazeera...knows the channel is about as popular in the palaces of the Arab world as in the halls of the Knesset. Which is precisely why it is so influential among the Arab public, and why non-Arab governments seeking to influence Arabs – whether Israeli or American – ignore the channel at their own peril.
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MAR 27, 2008
Monks Protest During Press Tour of China
The New York Times
The demonstration amounted to another embarrassment for China. Its government organized the press tour to help sway international opinion, which has focused on China’s heavy crackdown and arrests in the aftermath of the riots. Chinese leaders have accused Tibetan separatists and their supporters of trying to spoil the atmosphere ahead of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
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MAR 25, 2008
Israel’s image matters
The Jerusalem Post
Obviously, too, government or quasi-government broadcasting cannot be seen as a panacea to Israel's public diplomacy woes. But it is a basic part of the puzzle that cannot be summarily gutted. Given that the cost of maintaining the current broadcasts is negligible - they are already grossly underfunded - the true explanation for their cancellation cannot be financial, but rather just another symptom of neglect of the entire public diplomacy field.
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MAR 24, 2008
Disarmed in the War of Ideas
Townhall.com
On March 19, President Bush spoke directly to an audience that may prove to be among America’s most important allies in the War for the Free World: the Iranian people... Interestingly, the instrument Mr. Bush chose for this salvo in the battlefront known as the War of Ideas was Radio Farda.
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MAR 23, 2008
Dutch protest against release of film on Islam
EuroNews
Anti-racism campaigners in Amsterdam have been protesting against the imminent release of a film reportedly critical of Islam. The short feature has been made by high profile anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders.
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MAR 19, 2008
Five years on: media’s role in Iraq
The Christian Science Monitor
This fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq offers a chance to look at how the US media has portrayed the war. Mostly they have done well, but they've also played an unwitting role in the subtle battle to influence public opinion.
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