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.

Swaziland supports TW’s joining int’l organizations

Visiting Swaziland King Mswati III says his country will continue supporting Taiwan's bid to join UN-affiliated international organizations.

Tags: taiwan, united nations, swaziland

British cultural delegation explores India tie-ups

Aimed at promoting cultural diplomacy with India, leading British arts and cultural institutional heads are meeting with various artists, scholars and museum officials to promote contemporary art, architecture, textiles and museums.

Tags: cultural exchange, united kingdom

When the Catholic Church excelled in PR

One thing that the new Pontifical Council must do is open up a way for the Church to speak to the world without being misunderstood. This means, in essence, proper public relations, or what the Americans call “public diplomacy”, and more cynical Europeans call propaganda.

Tags: propaganda, catholic church

Egyptian and US scholars unite to bridge religious gap

A group of young American religious scholars and teaching assistants from Egypt 's oldest and renowned Azhar University engaged in a two week interactive project in an effort to bridge the gap between the Muslim world and the US.

Tags: united states, Cultural Diplomacy, egypt, non-state pd, cultural understanding, muslim

New culture pact adds excitement to Indo-British ties

India and Britain Thursday inked a cultural pact at the end of the two-day visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron, which will further increase academic and artistic exchanges between the two nations.

Tags: soft power, Cultural Diplomacy, india, cultural exchange, united kingdom

EU marks new diplomatic territory

A new beast is lurking in the diplomatic jungle. Nobody knows if it will swallow up its rivals or meet the fate of the dinosaurs. It is called the European External Action Service, and is being trained to be the diplomatic arm of the European Union. It was formally approved by EU foreign ministers this week.

Tags: europe, european union, european external action service

Families needed to host students

[Program of Academic Exchange] works diligently to bring international teens and American families together for 5 or 10 month stays. The U.S. Department of State recognizes the high school exchange program as the single most influencial outreach of citizen diplomacy in our country today.

Tags: united states, Cultural Diplomacy, non-state pd, cultural exchange, us department of state, citizen diplomacy

Warm words, trade challenge ahead as UK woos India

Prime Minister David Cameron brought six cabinet members and more than 30 senior executives from leading British firms with him, in what Indian media described as the biggest delegation to visit since independence from Britain in 1947.

Tags: india, non-state pd, united kingdom, corporate diplomacy, trade diplomacy

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