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.
Former republics buck Russia’s influence
Untold inches of newsprint and buckets of ink have since been devoted to Russia’s seemingly neo-Soviet foreign policy under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev. But a strange thing has happened since the Georgian war — someone forgot to tell the ex-republics that The Bear Is Back. While attention has been focused on the Kremlin’s new aggressiveness, Bishkek, Tashkent, et. al., have all quietly gone their own way.
‘Irish in Film’ take screen at Fairfield University
When the Irish Studies department at Fairfield University wanted to do something special to promote their program, they decided to start a movie series that would attract students, faculty and the nearby community to learn about different perspectives of Ireland. The popular program "The Irish in Film" is now in its third year and on Sept. 16 will show "Veronica Guerin," its first of four films in this semester's series.
Bridging the gap between people and policies
Sponsored by the German Foreign Office and U.S. Department of State, the student exchange program represents one of the largest people-to-people connections between the U.S. and Germany. Founded in 1999 with Beck's help, the local German American Partnership Program program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This is the sixth group of German students to travel to Yakima through the partnership for a monthlong exchange.
Iranian movie cameras roll in US
As Washington and Tehran perform a diplomatic dance over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme, one group of Iranian filmmakers has benefited from the apparent thaw in relations between the long-standing enemies. Masoud Jafari Jozani, an Iranian director, secured a dozen visas to enter the United States and film a movie.
Better than plain old telephone service?
Make a phone call that crosses a national border and, without even knowing it, you're probably using a technology that is transforming the global telecommunications industry. The technology, known as Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP), began in Israel in the mid-1990s and was popularized by startups like Skype. It chops conversation into thousands of digital data packets, sends these packets over the internet and reassembles the conversation at the other end — bypassing the traditional phone system and its per-minute charges.
US insists Iran talks will include nuclear issue
For the first time since the 1979 hostage crisis, the United States is set to engage in formal talks with Iran. While the forthcoming talks – which would include British, French, German, Russian, and Chinese officials – signify an important diplomatic shift in Iran-US relations, US officials say their expectations for any major breakthroughs are "extremely low."
Bringing Pigskin to Land of Ping-Pong
Over the years the league has tried to break into foreign markets, first playing exhibition games in cities such as Tokyo, Berlin and Mexico City, then embarking on a 16-year experiment of a minor league set in Europe. Both approaches were abandoned by 2007 to focus on bringing regular season games to European cities on the belief that the energy of the crowd for a game that counts would eventually win over fans.
Chinese envoy claims Nepal-China cultural ties deep-rooted
Quo Guohang, the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal has said that Nepal and China are tied up closely due to deep rooted cultural ties that dates back to centuries. While the ambassador maintained that the Chinese support to Nepal will continue unabated but also appealed the members of the society to perform a thorough research in the field of Nepal-China cultural relations.
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