A curated selection of public diplomacy-relevant news from a global cross-section of English-language media outlets, including independent, corporate-owned, and state-sponsored sources. The stories featured don't necessarily represent CPD's views nor have they been verified by CPD.
Shanghai aims for a world-class fair
If it's not the Greatest Show on Earth, then the World Expo opening next month in Shanghai is surely the biggest, in keeping with China's striving to do everything on a gargantuan scale.
Lessons from the Ends of the Earth
Kiwis and Aussies didn’t need much convincing that if they are going to prosper in the Pacific Century, then they will have to make the most of their diplomatic assets in an increasingly heteropolar world. For them – as for Canada – hard power coercion is simply not an option.
It’s a Global Century, not an Asian Century
The prophecy of an Asian Century also ignores all of Asia's disorderly and declining nations, such as Thailand and Japan, respectively. But it cannot rely only on some local economic breakthrough without any broader cultural and strategic underpinning.
China pledges more hard cash to boost soft power
In an effort to project China's soft power, Communist propaganda cadres and bankers are joining forces to finance growth of the country's entertainment and media sectors. According to new guidelines issued on Thursday by nine ministerial bodies, banks will be obliged to provide more loans to publishing houses, movie makers and online game developers.
Turkey attempts to breathe life into Armenia reconciliation process
A senior Turkish diplomat arrived in Yerevan yesterday to deliver a letter from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan as a process of rapprochement aimed to restore relations between the two estranged neighbors has come to a stalemate.
Send In the Professors
Clearly, the United States must do more to live up to the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement, which called for Iraq and the United States to “promote and facilitate cooperation and coordination in the field of higher education and scientific research.”
U.S. has considered offering Mideast peace proposal, officials say
President Obama and other U.S. officials have explored whether the administration should offer its own Middle East peace proposal to break the logjam between Palestinians and Israelis, officials said Wednesday. At a time of growing frustration in the White House over the lack of a peace agreement, Obama and aides recently discussed whether the administration may need to turn to such an approach, officials said.
Israeli mismanagement of the crisis in Turkish-Israeli relations
Just as the Turkish prime minister has the right to be a politician and avoid diplomatic language in his criticism of Israeli policies, the Israeli foreign minister also has the right to play to his own constituency.
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