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MAR 6, 2012
Does Humanitarian Aid Improve America’s Image?
Pew Research Center
Nearly a year ago, as Japan struggled with the devastation wrought by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the United States military launched “Operation Tomodachi,” a major humanitarian aid mission, to help the Japanese government respond to the crisis.
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MAR 6, 2012
The public diplomacy aspect of the Iranian Oscar win
CPD Blog
This year's Oscar for the best foreign film went to Iran, a country which is grappling with a tense international environment because of its nuclear program. One debate, always important to Iranians, is about the contribution of such movies to the Iranian image.
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MAR 2, 2012
Iran’s Public Diplomacy in Latin America: When Anti-U.S. Rhetoric is Not Enough to Convince
CPD Blog
About a month ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited several Latin American countries in a move that numerous analysts and journalists argued was a desperate attempt to find allies, as Iran is becoming increasingly isolated amid pressures...
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MAR 1, 2012
A Multilateral Intervention in Syria: A Moral Necessity
CPD Blog
I am often told that Syria is not Libya and that any intervention would lead to a disproportionate death of civilians, making such an intervention unacceptable and unjustifiable. I would argue that the morality justifying the need for intervention in Syria is indisputable.
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FEB 28, 2012
America’s image problem in Afghanistan
The Huffington Post
When Muslims around the world turn on the television, open the newspaper, or check out their favorite websites, they are more likely to see injustice, intolerance, and indignity coming from America the (Not Always So) Beautiful. Muslims can get outraged over the picture of Syed Wali Shah, a seven-year-old victim of a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan.
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FEB 24, 2012
India not alone in failure to ensure friendly neighbours
The Asian Age
Yes, India’s soft image, its perceived internal disarray, its inability to guard its borders, its inclination to shun hard decisions, its readiness to make concessions out of a pronounced sense of vulnerability, historical pressures on it by Western powers and the conflict with China...
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FEB 24, 2012
Diplomats Gather to Press Syria to Halt Crackdown
The New York Times
“There will be increasingly capable opposition forces. They will — from somewhere, somehow — find the means to defend themselves as well as begin offensive measures. And the pressure will build on countries like Russia and China because world opinion is not going to stand idly by.”
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FEB 23, 2012
The future of the U.S.-China relationship
CNN (blog)
Furthermore, despite making impressive efforts to cultivate its soft power, Joseph Nye concludes that China “has had a limited return on its investment.” Perhaps most importantly, while the past decade has undermined global opinion of U.S. power and policy, China has been unable to develop strong alliances.
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FEB 23, 2012
Azerbaijani, Armenian MPs Talk About Cooperation In Yerevan
History of Truths
Wednesday was a day for public diplomacy between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as cultural figures from the two countries met for talks in Moscow, mediated by Russia. The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents agreed...on the need for more public contacts between the two sides...
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FEB 23, 2012
40 countries to map Somalia’s future
The Africa Report
Efforts to stabilize Somalia have been intensified.. Getachew Reda, a public diplomacy and communications director general at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday said the coordinated military operations, to wipe out Al-Qaeda linked extremist group in "disarray".
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