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Public Diplomacy News: Americas
JUL 28, 2010
Soccer Could Save Iraq
Huffington Post (blog)
This year, team USA's strong performance in the World Cup inspired Americans to follow the sport in record numbers. Now that the sport has our notice, there is a good reason for us to keep paying attention. Believe it or not, that little black and white ball might just be the key to winning the peace in Iraq.  Read more...

Tags : Government PD   Non-State PD   Public Opinion   Americas   Middle East  

JUL 28, 2010
120 African youths to participate in Obama’s forum
African Press Agency
No fewer than 120 selected African youths, including three Nigerians, will participate in the United States President Barrack Obama’s 2010 Forum with Young African Leaders in Washington DC, in August, APA learns here.  Read more...

Tags : Government PD   Non-State PD   Africa   Americas  

JUL 28, 2010
Peace Corps Needs Senator Mikulski Tomorrow
The Huffington Post (blog)
There is a lot of talk on Capitol Hill about "smart power" and "soft power" but when it comes to funding programs like the Peace Corps, lawmakers hesitate, or they do not understand how an extra $10 or $20 million dollars is transformative...  Read more...

Tags : Government PD   Public Opinion   Soft Power   Americas  

JUL 28, 2010
Students build relationships
Palladium-Item
"We arrived yesterday, and the city seems very, very peaceful," said Japanese delegate Yoshiki Oi, who attends the University of Tokyo. "We are going to big cities, but this allows us to have a good perspective of America. If all we saw were the big cities, we would not learn about all of America."  Read more...

Tags : Cultural Diplomacy   Non-State PD   Public Opinion   Americas   Asia Pacific  

JUL 27, 2010
Vt. kids learn more than baseball in Dominican Republic
wcax.com
The Vermont Institute on the Caribbean, better known as VIC, organized a cultural baseball exchange in 2007. Sending kids and parents to the Dominican Republic, they are housed with local families, learning about their way of life and of course, baseball.  Read more...

Tags : Cultural Diplomacy   Non-State PD   Americas  

JUL 27, 2010
Latin America Looks to India
Americas Society-Council of the Americas
Latin America already has significant Chinese investments and trade agreements under its belt, but the region could set its sights on another resource-hungry Asian giant: India. A new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recognizes that, even though Latin America’s commercial ties with India have been on the upswing in recent years, more could be done to build up the South Asian country as a Latin American market.  Read more...

Tags : Government PD   Americas   South Asia  

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Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy
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February 27, 2010
Benjamin Goldsmith & Yusaku Horiuchi: Global Public Opinion, US Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy
CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy

12:00 PM, January 28th, 2010
Venue: USC; SOS B40
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CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy

4:30pm-6:00pm, Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Venue: USC; ASC 207