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.
Art can help urbanization, speakers say
Public art is a medium that can encourage community spirit and revitalize urban areas, Mayor Edi Rama of Tirana, Albania and former Mayor Antanas Mockus of Bogotá, Colombia said in a lecture at Harvard University’s Kennedy Government School on Monday.
When Scholars Join the Slaughter
A core tenant of the Obama administration's plans for "victory" in Iraq and Afghanistan is an increased reliance on counterinsurgency. The US military has sent shock troops - anthropologists, sociologists and social psychologists - with their own troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
William A. Callahan’s China: The Pessoptimist Nation
Professor Callahan's new book China: The Pessoptimist Nation shows how the heart of Chinese foreign policy is not a security dilemma, but an identity dilemma.
Looking For A Few Good Friends
Internet outreach is the hottest new item in the U.S. government’s array of public diplomacy tools. While international broadcasting is in disarray, the focus has moved to Internet outreach through social networking and websites to promote America and its allies abroad.
RI wins US praise for religious tolerance
Indonesia and the US kicked off a three-day interfaith dialogue Monday in Jakarta to deepen bilateral cooperation and cultural relations.
Parliamentary delegation visits Nato headquarters
A 14-member Parliamentary delegation from Pakistan is in Brussels on the invitation of Nato to attend a number of briefings. The briefings aims at strengthening political dialogue and upgraded relations with the democratic government in Pakistan.
Is the Goldstone Report ‘anti-Semitic’?
Senior diplomatic officials took sharp issue on Monday for referring to the Goldstone Commission report as "anti-Semitic," and for saying a connection should be drawn between the document and International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Microsoft’s New Public Diplomacy Master Storyteller
It demonstrates Microsoft's recognition that social media has a cultural and narrative momentum that requires an organization to have someone prominent and "in the fray" championing and highlighting the waves of innovation and transformation that one sees in the volumes of digital identities that are today's norm on the Internet.
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