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.

Toehold in Tehran?

A smart idea to shake up U.S. policy and reach out to the Iranian people is being debated in Washington, but the debate isn't taking place within or between the presidential campaigns. It's going on inside the Bush administration. Senior officials at the State Department and beyond are mulling a proposal to open an interest section in Tehran, similar to the one the United States has operated in Havana since 1977.

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The price of hunger

What would it really cost to end global hunger?...In this series of editorials, we have argued that it is in the U.S. national interest both to address the burgeoning hunger crisis and, by improving the impact and visibility of its aid efforts, restore America's tarnished global image as the humanitarian superpower.

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Enlargement could be the first victim of Irish ‘no’

The Irish are expected to come back on Oct. 15 with a set of ideas to overcome the stalemate caused by their rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum held last week. The enlargement policy, one of the most successful tools of the EU's soft power, seems to be the first victim of the Irish "no" in the short run.

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Consumerism, globalization and American emptiness

If sovereign power is in decline, and anarchy on the rise, the soft power of the West - its branding and commercial influence - flourishes. Washington is losing the propaganda war to fundamentalist adversaries, but American films and television programs continue to win the media war.

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A chance for Europe to face the New Truth

Welcome to the European Union's how-to era: how to save it, how to fix it, how to make its peoples love it - or, failing that, like it enough to care...What Europe could do, since it describes itself as the master of soft power, is stop trying to pile new, hard architecture on its soft mass. That means forgetting about becoming a mammoth lumbering with the cast iron paraphernalia of an all-purpose state.

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Understanding a Changing Taliban Front

The situation in Afghanistan has several variables and unstable elements that yearn for reassessment...To avoid self-defeat in projecting military power, NATO must now serve up plans for the post-conflict era and blend in measured elements of soft power.

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NATO Week kicks off in Armenia

NATO Week includes various events aiming to raise public awareness of the Armenia-NATO cooperation. "The Alliance’s high-ranking officials, including NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Jean François Bureau are expected to visit our republic and hold a number of meetings,” Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanian said.

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Anti-Americanism Is Mostly Hype

So America is unloved in Istanbul and Cairo and Karachi: It is an annual ritual, the June release of the Pew global attitudes survey and the laments over the erosion of America's standing in foreign lands...American liberalism is heavily invested in this narrative of U.S. isolation.

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