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.
Editorial: The value of a good reputation
"The results suggest that the new U.S. administration has been well received abroad and the American electorate's decision to vote in President Obama has given the United States the status of the world's most admired country"...recovering America's international standing from the damage done by Bush is not inconsequential...his efforts, beginning months before his election, to project a different image to the world.
The Obama Administration: A Year of Living Dangerously
On the foreign policy front, the administration’s “soft power” strategy that relies almost exclusively on negotiations and international institutions like the UN has little to show for it—other than how other nations can manipulate the White House dependence on diplomacy...Finally, and perhaps of greatest concern, is that the administration has shown little understanding that it knows how to use “hard power.”
EU must build on its internal strength to gain external power
The EU enlargement policy is a reflection of the Union's global role, said the Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn Tuesday 3. November when he addressed the French senate. "The global credibility of the EU rests on its capacity to shape its neighborhood", Rehn said, "the 2004 enlargement, reuniting European countries after decades of division into blocks, is a sterling example of the pull of the EU's soft power".
Secretary General opens NATO-UAE Public Diplomacy Conference
The NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates organised an International Conference on "NATO-UAE Relations and the Way Forward in the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative"...he aims of this conference were to promote a better mutual understanding between NATO and ICI invited countries and to introduce fresh perceptions and ideas from the region on the way forward in the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative.
Connecting cultures
During a visit to Boston two years ago, King Abdullah of Jordan heard the Boston Children’s Chorus perform at the Harvard Club and was bowled over...Why not bring the chorus to Jordan? After all, part of the mission statement for the multiracial ensemble, founded six years ago by Hubie Jones, is that the singers "proudly represent the city of Boston as ambassadors of harmony.’"
Clinton Offers U.S. Aid to Help Boost Muslim Ties
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered aid on Tuesday to boost ties with the Muslim world and urged Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries to move beyond recrimination in the search for peace..."We need to work together in a constructive spirit toward this shared goal of a comprehensive peace. I believe very strongly that it is attainable...(and) that with your support we can find a way through."
Lights are going out at the Foreign Office
Diplomacy rivals prostitution as the oldest profession. Like street-walking, it has never enjoyed a wholly favourable reputation. Often confused with its clandestine cousin, espionage, it has for centuries been associated with deviousness and duplicity. Added to this is the outdated but stubbornly enduring image of the aristocratic diplomat, clad in pinstripes, quaffing champagne, leading the good life in a magnificent embassy.
Troop Increases? What About the Other Side of the Foreign Policy Coin?
More than eight months after President Obama took office, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) remains without an Administrator. While an announcement could happen imminently, the agency -- and indeed the entire US government -- has lacked a politically-empowered figure dedicated solely to U.S. global development policy during a time of unprecedented stock-taking on these issues in the US government.
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