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JAN 31, 2012
Madonna to build 10 schools in Malawi
The Guardian
Celebrity diplomacy is nothing new. On Tuesday, Madonna has announced plans to build 10 schools in Malawi with a new partner after mismanagement forced the singer to scrap her first project there last year. The singer said she hoped the schools would educate at least 1,000 children a year, half of them girls.
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JAN 30, 2012
Overseas Indians have increased India’s stature: Pranab Mukherjee
The Economic Times (India)
"The respect that India has been able to command at the international arena has come in no small measure by this soft power of the overseas Indian, who the world over are known for their values of hard work, of excellence and enterprise and respect for their communities and adopted countries."
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JAN 29, 2012
Katy Perry for North Korea?
The Diplomat
Flashy pop culture figures and sports icons may not negotiate an armistice or prevent war, but they could be valuable levers to get top diplomats into the right place at the right time while lowering the stress of high-stakes diplomacy.
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JAN 27, 2012
John Wooden’s teachings resonate from UCLA all the way to Uganda
Los Angeles Times
Odeke and three other Ugandan basketball coaches were part of a delegation visiting UCLA on the back end of a cultural exchange tour of the United States that included a stop at the Basketball Hall of Fame ...The U.S. State Department helped fund the project, which was conceived by Texas Tech sports science professor Jens Omli, the trip's promoter and the founder of International Sport Connection.
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JAN 26, 2012
Online Activism & Revolution in Egypt
Huffington Post (Blog)
Events in Egypt and countries across the Middle East and North Africa have shown in the 'Arab Spring' that internet platforms and technologies should be seen for what they are: effective tools for the conduct of political campaigns in authoritarian contexts.
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JAN 26, 2012
Screening jazz greats
Jerusalem Post
If you’re looking to get a user-friendly visual handle on a wide range of cultural fields, Epos Festival is your package...The documentary and feature films, which include a number of debut screenings, come from more than 20 countries...
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JAN 26, 2012
Kwan on Kwan: Longevity hallmark of Hall of Fame caree
Chicago Tribune
I have said that in at least a half-dozen Globetrotting entries about her becoming a U.S. Public Diplomacy envoy, a graduate of Denver University and of the master's degree program at the prestigiouus Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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JAN 25, 2012
#january25 One Year Later: Social Media & Politics 3.0
Huffington Post
While Twitter and other social media had become a megaphone disseminating information about the uprisings to the outside world, Marks said, "a comprehensive study of Tweets about the Egyptian and Libyan uprisings" found that more than 75 percent of people who clicked on embedded Twitter links related to the uprisings were from outside the Arab world.
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JAN 25, 2012
Republic Day: Bollywood, curry, yoga & all that
The Times of India
...economists and political scientists of the India Shining variety have often pitched the billion plus nation as a potential soft superpower . From the curry takeover of Britain to the global yoga industry to the Booker-winning skills of its literati -- every success story has been lauded to underline India's growing clout as a soft superpower.
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JAN 20, 2012
Inaugural Meeting of Secretary Clinton’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership
U.S. Department of State
The Council serves the United States government in an advisory capacity on major issues in international business and economic policy, including the effective integration of business interests and women’s economic empowerment into overall foreign policy...
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