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Soft leadership creates strong companies
If McDonald’s and Hollywood colonised the world with certain American values, so, too, can palak paneer and Bollywood (and yoga, ayurveda, Tata and ICICI Bank) help to “Indianise” the world through their own particular intrinsic appeal.
Let US feel heat of public anger on arms sales
The Pentagon's latest announcement of selling Patriot Advanced Capability missile equipment to Taiwan, despite Beijing's strong opposition, has triggered outrage among the Chinese. With the Taiwan-related question being one of the core interests of all Chinese people, any government response should reflect public opinion, including anger.
Japan’s top shuttlers for Brunei Open
“The aim in organising the tournament is to strengthen the ties between the two (Brunei and Japan) countries since it is held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Brunei-Japan Friendship,” said Hiroshi Okouchi, the First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan...
More communication, cultural exchanges in 2010
The government will take a more active role in expanding the contacts between Israeli society and Diaspora communities, and will strive to create shared educational and cultural activities, according to a working plan presented to the Knesset on Wednesday by the Ministry for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs.
Why Latin America is Disappointed with Barack Obama
When Barack Obama was elected president, the people of Latin America, as with citizens across the globe, immediately sensed an opportunity for improved relations with the United States, less hostility and war, more engagement and peace, and ultimately, improved conditions in the region and the world.
Literature goes on tour around Turkey
“Yollarda” is more than just a bilateral exchange program staged exclusively in the participating countries’ major cultural centers. Renowned authors, musicians, filmmakers, photographers and artists from Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Romania and Switzerland will travel through Turkey.
Obama and the Muslim world
The Muslim opinion will keenly watch how he navigates to bridge the growing hiatus between the blueprint that he of his own volition laid out in his two landmark speeches last year — in Ankara in April and Cairo in June — and the U.S. policies.
The Yemeni Ambassador: D.C.‘s Dean of Diplomacy — and Dancing
Al-Hajjri comes from the kill-them-with-kindness school of diplomacy. He totes bags of Yemeni almonds, pistachios and coffee with him around town, and most of Washington's élite, from Saudi princes to four-star generals, have been invited to his home — a sprawling mansion near American University.
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