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.
2010 Media Crew Visits Joburg
More than 300 broadcasters from all four corners of the globe are in Johannesburg to learn about the city before the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The First World Broadcasters Meeting aimed to give international and national broadcasters all the technical and logistical information they would need regarding the football tournament.
Africa: Africom - Making Peace Or Fuelling War
Arguing that shaping a new US security policy will require more than a mere move towards more active diplomacy, Volman and Minter underline the importance for the US of striving for an inclusive approach encompassing joint action.
Germany Expands Cultural Diplomacy with New Showcases
Germany is to expand its cultural diplomacy abroad, reaching out to academics by building a series of missions to highlight German scientific and engineering achievements...The first such House of Science has been opened in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and more are planned in Moscow, New Delhi and New York.
Main Responsibilities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
To coordinate with relevant government departments according to the overall diplomatic planning, and report and give suggestions to the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on major issues including foreign trade, economic cooperation and assistance, culture, military aid, arms trade, Chinese nationals abroad, education, science and technology, and public diplomacy.
Digital Divide Thwarts Online Diplomatic Efforts
...for all the talk of the Web as a democratic medium, the Internet remains the domain of the developed countries. While three quarters of North America is connected to the Web, just 17.4 percent of Asians and 5.6 percent of Africans are online...Still, accusing the U.S. of ignoring the digital divide would overstate the current scope of online diplomacy. While the agency's digital team is growing, most outreach efforts in the developing world remain decidedly low-tech.
Frankensteins, or Davids?
We engage in the Public Diplomacy 2.0 endeavor, the Grand Conversation, because we have a confidence that ideals like tolerance, free choice, respect, and democracy will, in a wide-open and fair discussion, triumph. Is this naive? I don't think so.
Turks Living in Germany Could be Public Diplomacy Tool
Burak Erdenir, advisor to minister of state and minister of EU affairs and chief negotiator Egemen Bağış, said: “Turkey should start to invigorate Turkish immigrants in Europe as an effective diplomatic tool for EU membership. They have been in Europe for 50 years, but Turkey has not managed to mobilize them...’’ Cenk Alican, former chairman of the Turkish-German Student Union in Munich, noted that one of the main obstacles to effective lobbying are the disagreements between Turkish civil society organizations.
Cultural Ambassadors To The World
In a recent chat with Tell Me More, Ozomatli talks about about their latest CD, Don't Mess with the Dragon, their political views and why they view themselves as cultural ambassadors to the world.
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