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Colombia is Passion Announces Cultural Exhibit in Washington, DC and NYC
Colombia’s official country image campaign, Colombia is Passion, announced a new 47 piece cultural art exhibition, themed "Discover Colombia Through Its Heart." The international exhibit will be showcased this September in Washington, D.C. and New York City.
Expansion of US Embassy Reflects Focus on Pakistan
US Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale on Wednesday said the expansion of US embassy in Islamabad reflected Washington’s added focus on its relations with Pakistan. She said the US was focused on efforts to expand its relations with Pakistan and intended to fulfill its commitments with the people of the country.
U.S. Officials Get a Taste of Pakistanis’ Anger at America
Judith A. McHale was expecting a contentious session with Ansar Abbasi, a Pakistani journalist known for his harsh criticism of American foreign policy, when she sat down for a one-on-one meeting with him in a hotel conference room in Islamabad on Monday. She got that, and a little bit more.
The Default Power
Every 10 years, it is decline time in the United States. In the late 1950s, it was the Sputnik shock, followed by the “missile gap” trumpeted by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential campaign....Declinism took a break in the 1990s, but by the end of the Bush administration, it had returned with a vengeance.
Is China a “Soft” Naval Power?
China too can tap major reserves of soft power. Chinese leaders have invoked the Southeast and South Asian voyages of the Ming Dynasty admiral, Zheng He, with increasing frequency to justify Beijing's claims that China's rise poses no threat. Tales of the Ming "treasure fleet," in effect the first foreign squadron ever forward-deployed to the Indian Ocean, appear to act as a proxy for China's conduct at sea today.
Sino-Turkish Relations Normalize
The Chinese embassy in Ankara started conducting intensive public diplomacy to reduce the damage to bilateral relations in the aftermath of the Uyghur riots. As the first step a few journalists from the state owned Anadolu Ajansi and TRT television station and Turkish journalist associations were invited to visit China, including Urumqi where the riots took place.
US Public Diplomacy Failure to Reach Out to the Russians After Terrorist Attack in Ingushetia
The latest example [of poor US public diplomacy] is the lame U.S. public response to the terrorist attack in Ingushetia — no phone call from President Obama to President Medvedev, just a short written statement which was not easily available. There was no statement from Secretary Clinton.
Who Do They Think We Are?
A book review by Michael Byers on Branding Canada: Projecting Canada's Soft Power Through Public Diplomacy, by Evan H. Potter, a former communications strategist in the Department of Foreign Affairs who now teaches at Carleton University in Ottawa. Potter's message is that a country's brand matters.
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