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.
Will 2010 Propel Africa’s Hidden Champions into Limelight?
As the continent's top communicators are assembling in Johannesburg to devise ways of maximising branding leverage for country and continent ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a nation-branding initiative from across the eastern side of the globe is shedding new light on coupling business success stories to destination branding.
Corporate Diplomacy Opens Door for Renewal of Inter-Korean Projects
The visit of a South Korean chief executive to North Korea has produced first steps in thawing frozen inter-Korean economic projects. However, South Korea says what Pyongyang agreed to, in principle, needs to be translated into official accords, on a government-to-government level.
Africa: U.S. Military Edging Out Diplomacy - Report
A combination of leadership shortcomings and inadequate funding is undermining US diplomacy in Africa, an internal State Department review has found. "Embassy platforms are collapsing under the weight of new programmes and staffing without corresponding resources to provide the services required by new tenants and requirements," warns the report issued last week by the department's inspector general.
What Egyptians want from Washington
Egypt is set to use its president's visit to Washington to trumpet its position as a key US ally and major regional player. Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama, the US president, are expected to discuss a number of regional issues including the pivotal Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Iran's nuclear programme, stabilising Iraq, and fighting armed Islamist groups throughout the Middle East.But many ordinary Egyptians, who once cared about their country's foreign policy, may no longer be interested in such talks.
Pakistan’s Mango Diplomacy
It’s August, the middle of the summer “silly season” when there’s a dearth of news with most politicians and newsmakers away on holiday, so journalists in London welcomed a rare treat. They were invited by Pakistan’s High Commission to a mango festival as part of a series of events to mark the country’s 62nd Independence Day. Assembled journalists at Asia House in London were offered a tantalising selection of mango creations to taste: chicken and mango salad, spicy mango soup, light-as-a-feather mango cake, mango mousse and platefuls of succulent cubes of fresh mango.
Practicing Pink Diplomacy
Pink Diplomacy. Noun. The practice of using a state's international heft to fight for equal rights for LGBT people around the globe. Example: The UK's Foreign Ministry office is is championing a controversial drive to fund equal-rights activists in homophobic regimes, known as 'pink diplomacy.' And if we do say so ourselves, it's a pretty cool new term to make its way into the geopolitical dictionary.
Oren Navigates Waters Among Israel, U.S.Government and American Jews
Tweeted, a diplomat’s job would look something like this: Explain home abroad, explain abroad home. In recent weeks, it’s seemed as if the job description for Israeli envoys would encroach on the 140-character limit: Explain home abroad, explain abroad home, explain Jews abroad home, explain home to Jews abroad, explain, explain, explain.
Holocaust Films Keep Coming, Despite Prediction of Their Demise
At least once a year over the last quarter century, a respected critic will prove conclusively that films about the Holocaust and the Nazi era have reached a saturation point and that movie and television audiences are suffering from a terminal case of Holocaust fatigue. Ignoring such earnest arguments, Hollywood and other movie makers in the United States and Europe regularly roll out new slates of films on these topics. This summer is no exception.
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