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.
Internal State Department Report Criticizes Africa Bureau
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concludes her seven-nation tour of Africa this week, Bureau of African Affairs is receiving mixed and strongly worded reviews back in Washington. A periodic report just released by the department's Office of the Inspector General raised serious questions about staffing shortfalls, planning priorities, and a public diplomacy program that is, in the report's words, "failed."
A New Course in the World, a New Approach at the U.N.
Remarks as delivered by Amb. Susan E. Rice, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, at New York University's Center for Global Affairs......"Six months into the new Administration, as we look ahead to the opening of the 64th General Assembly next month, many of my colleagues on the President's national security team have been outlining how their departments and organizations are implementing the President's national security strategy. Secretary of State Clinton recently explained the ways that our diplomacy furthers U.S.
Dubai Postgraduate Students Visit London for Official Educational and Cultural Tour
A delegation of students from The British University in Dubai, the Middle East’s leading research-based postgraduate university, recently returned from an official visit to London’s eastern district as part of an educational and cultural tour hosted by the University of East London.
Fusion Arts Exchange Ends in Concert
About 120 students, faculty, and community members heard sounds from Ireland, Mali, South Africa, Brazil and India converge in the Curry Student Center Ballroom Aug. 5 for “A Concert of American Chamber Music and International Fusions,” presented as part of the Fusion Arts Exchange.
Building A Positive “Brand Africa”
Using global research evidence gathered over many years, Simon Anholt, an expert on managing and measuring national identity and reputation, will examine strategies that will enable African countries to create new opportunities for its businesses and people.
Poll Shows Israelis Pessimistic About Geneva
Exactly 60 years after the ratification of the Geneva Conventions - four treaties and three protocols that establish the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment of the victims of war - the vast majority of Israelis have heard of them but 46 percent don't think they have contributed anything to preventing wars from escalating.
Cambodia: Miss Landmine Pageant Raises Questions
“Everybody has the right to be beautiful!” so starts the manifesto of the Miss Landmine pageant, started by Morten Traavik of Norway. According to the pageant site, the competition is intended to empower landmine victims and challenge traditional notions of beauty. The winner receives a high-tech prosthetic limb. Traavik has already organized a Miss Landmine pageant in Angola and was in the process of launching the event in Cambodia this month when the Cambodian government pulled its support and canceled the pageant.
Muslim Women Uncover Myths About the Hijab
She doesn't want your frosty public stares; the whispers behind her back; the lament that she's been degraded by her father. What the Muslim high school senior wants you to understand is that she doesn't wear the hijab, the head scarf worn by Muslim women, because she is submissive. "It represents beauty to me," says Abdelaziz, the 17-year-old daughter of two Egyptian parents living in Old Bridge, New Jersey.
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