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MAR 28, 2012
India cracks down on Tibetan protests during Chinese leader’s visit
The Guardian
Many Indian analysts accept their country is unlikely to make good the economic and developmental gulf that separates the two regional rivals, but say that India's "soft power" and "cultural influence" is an advantage.
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MAR 26, 2012
Will pressure make Chinese aid more transparent?
IRIN News
Unfavourable attention may have prompted China to become more public about its aid policy. Even with the will to boost aid transparency, China still faces a “diplomatic dilemma” in enforcing it: to meet compliance both sides must be willing and able, and recipient countries with weak governments often have poor aid oversight.
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MAR 23, 2012
Where is Europe’s Sports Diplomacy?
CPD Blog
This summer the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship will be jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland: An excellent opportunity for the European community to bond over its favorite sport, and for Ukraine, which for a long time has been aspiring EU membership, to promote its image.
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MAR 16, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi takes her case to the nation
Foreign Policy
On March 14 Burmese state TV allowed something that would have been unthinkable...First of all, the generals want to show that they're capable of holding free and fair elections, since that's the only way that they'll get the U.S. and the European Union to lift the sanctions they imposed on Burma years ago.
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MAR 15, 2012
How Not to Attract Tourists
The New York Times
As Americans, we like to imagine our country as we think of ourselves: open-hearted and welcoming; efficient and practical; easygoing, above all...Whatever foreigners think of the American experiment, though, it’s unlikely the experience of crossing our border has made them think better of it.
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MAR 15, 2012
To help Syria, apply a mix of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ power
The Christian Science Monitor
The debate over the role of the international community in Syria is disheartening, dominated by skepticism about the ability of outsiders to have a positive impact. This stems from the fact that two main options – continuing to refrain from direct intervention or waging a fully fledged military campaign...
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MAR 14, 2012
The Afghanistan Effect: Understanding Afghanistan’s Media Landscape
CPD Blog
Through the International Security Assistance Forces AFPAK Hands program, detailed in my previous post, we have learned that much of the efforts towards Afghan media, on the part of ISAF and the international community, are directed towards the Afghan media who have the largest audience
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MAR 13, 2012
Strengthening unity through transparency and engagement
Atlantic Community
Through increased military and civilian cultural exchanges possible through the creation of “NATO Academies,” as well as by augmenting NATO’s existing web presence with value-centric initiatives and collaborative efforts in cyber-security awareness, unity among Member states can be fortified.
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MAR 13, 2012
Uncool China fails to woo Taiwan’s youth
Asia Times
The CCP recently called for extra efforts to get Taiwan's youth into the China boat... In droves of surveys, the island's youth has stubbornly said they feel more Taiwanese than Chinese, and that Japan but not China is their favorite country. They say they would only consider moving to China to make more money, not because they think it's trendy or cool.
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MAR 12, 2012
Disaster relief as public diplomacy
CPD Blog
Pew’s argument suffers from an implicit fallacy, not unusual in public diplomacy discourse. The primary purpose of humanitarian relief is not public diplomacy...We have a tendency to measure the international popularity rating of many U.S. government activities that may influence foreign publics, whereas their real purpose is something entirely different.
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