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.
The Imperial Branding of Simon Bolivar and the Cuban Revolution
In the old days tangible consumer goods were branded. Today branding knows no boundaries. Branding is now applied to people, institutions, political entities, right up to national governments. Nations are brands now, in the logic of 21st-century capitalism.
Olympic politics heating up even faster than expected
There are 145 days to go until the first athletic event of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But the political activity that was expected to swirl around the global extravaganza has ripened sooner than anyone could have imagined.
“Ethiopian women to change nation’s image”
Minister of Trade and Industry, Girma Biru said women possess the capacity needed to change the image of the country if they are empowered and take leadership at various levels.
State Dept. notes rise in global anti-Semitism over last decade
Anti-Semitism, including government-promoted hatred toward Jews and prejudice couched as criticism of Israel, has risen globally over the last decade, the State Department said on Thursday.
What Muslims Think
New book examines what the more than 1 billion Muslims think about gender, race and terrorism
Stop vilifying Arabs
As long as no one contests our nation's Islamophobia and Arabophobia." Dr Shaheen told me, "the myth, Arab-Muslim-Terrorist, will continue to poison our hearts and minds.
Why the Dutch must win hearts and minds
Maximising Dutch "soft power" has a different set of rules from traditional diplomacy. It is important for public diplomacy to intensify non-official relations with foreign countries, heed the cultural component of foreign policy and hold dialogue with one's own citizens. It is not about government to government relations, but about getting through to the nooks and crannies of other countries that official diplomacy cannot reach.
American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan Travels to Argentina
American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan will travel to Argentina March 15, 2008 to begin her third tour as a State Department Public Diplomacy Envoy. While in Argentina the figure skating champion will visit Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Parana.
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