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.
What does Japan want from Washington?
After the Democratic Party of Japan's general election victory, the new administration...appears to be increasingly at odds with that of the United States...There is growing concern on both sides of the Pacific that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama intends to turn away from the declining U.S. hegemon and reach out to a rising China.
Israel warns UK over war crimes warrants
The situation with visiting Israelis, though, is becoming a source of increasing embarrassment and irritation to the foreign office in London. In a statement yesterday, it said: “The UK is determined to do all it can to promote peace in the Middle East and to be a strategic partner of Israel.
U.S. makes political pledge to Kurds in Iraq
The Obama administration coaxed Kurdish leaders into accepting a new election law that gives Kurds a smaller percentage of seats in Iraq's next parliament by publicly committing to broker disputes between the Kurds and the Baghdad government.
Obama is not saviour of the world. He’s still an American president
Last week he was in Oslo to pick up a Nobel peace prize, apologetically explaining that...he was a war president...On Friday...in Copenhagen, this time required to offer his regrets that...he will not be able to pull out his pen and, sign the deal that saves the planet...Obama's role on the world stage: managing disappointment.
www.jihad.com
Let's not fool ourselves. Whatever threat the real Afghanistan poses to U.S. national security, the "Virtual Afghanistan" now poses just as big a threat...We need more Arab and Muslim allies to kill their extremist ideas, which, thanks to the Virtual Afghanistan, are now being spread farther than ever before.
Brazil Senators Approve Venezuela Entry Into Mercosur
"To have Venezuela in Mercosur is important in every aspect, not only commercially," said the leader of the government coalition in the Senate, Romero Juca. "Isolating the country doesn't solve the democracy problem in Latin America, on the contrary, we must promote integration in the region".
Israel is ready for peace. Are its neighbors?
The settlement freeze shows Israel is serious. But peace won’t become reality without an immediate and serious return to the negotiating table.
Suddenly the world hates Canada
As scientists, activists, diplomats, and political leaders gather in Copenhagen for the United Nations' 15th convention on climate change, the northern hemisphere's "helpful fixer" is undergoing a radical—and unrelentingly negative—image makeover.
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