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.
Age of laptop diplomacy dawns as power moves to East and Africa
Make way for the "laptop diplomat": change is coming to the rarefied atmosphere of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
French Muslims promote ‘cool Islam’
His raps set out to "sell" Islam to French society. But he doesn't emphasise Islam's religious dogma, stressing instead what he says are the universal principles it shares with Western society.
Bye-bye, ‘hasbara.’ Say hello to ‘public diplomacy’
Our effort to convince the world of the justice of our cause requires a paradigm change in the way Israeli public diplomacy operates. Official communiques out of Jerusalem no longer suffice; we need to be able to spread the message far and wide.
Press Now helps start of media centre in Iraq
Press Now, with financial support of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch foundation “Democracy and Media”, is planning to set up an independent media centre in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Teen Honored as Citizen Diplomat
Anjali Bhatia was honored in February by the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy Now 19 and a student at Duke University, Anjali Bhatia was recently honored as the youngest of six Americans to receive the first National Awards for Citizen Diplomacy last month.
Thailand Exhibition from Tomorrow
Ambassador of Thailand said that Thailand is planning to organize many other activities in Bangladesh to strengthen trade ties between two countries. Those activities will take part in March 2008 and take place in different venues in Dhaka and Chittagong respectively.
Expanding academic networks to connect the developing world
The second thing is that the collaborations these networks enable are a form of diplomacy. To say that Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan haven't always gotten along very well is a bit of an understatement, but their citizens will be working together and coordinating the operation of this new network. Even if their national governments aren't always on good terms, informal relations can be an important form of diplomacy, and one that scientific cooperation has a proven track record in.
America’s music diplomacy
Now, the big question 35 years later: will the New York Philharmonic's groundbreaking concert act once again as a catalyst for a diplomatic breakthrough and herald a thaw in strained Pyongyang-Washington ties?
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