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.

Pakistan Google crackdown: Pakistan watches Google for blasphemy

Pakistan will start monitoring seven major websites, including Google, Yahoo and Amazon, for sacrilegious content, while blocking 17 other, lesser-known sites it deems offensive to Muslims, an official said Friday.

Tags: pakistan, social media

Blogging behind Vietnam’s bamboo cyberwall

Vietnamese like Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quyn are embracing the internet in full force. There are 24 million internet users right now, nearly a third of the population.

Tags: social media, vietnam, blogging

G20 summit: an economic clash of civilizations

This weekend's G20 summit is shaping up as an economic clash of civilizations – or at least a clash of EU and US economic views.

Tags: g20, clash of civilizations

Prince Harry visiting US Army cadets at West Point

Britain's Prince Harry will join cadets training at the U.S. Military Academy on Friday as he starts a three-day visit to New York.

Tags: celebrity diplomacy, prince harry

Hilary Clinton declares “gay rights are human rights”

Former US Presidential hopeful, Hilary Clinton, re-iterated that "human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights,” during a reception to mark Pride month, this week.

Tags: hillary clinton, gay rights

Sen. Dick Lugar: Keeping America Connected: End the Static at the Broadcasting Board

America’s international broadcasting operations are a key element in our diplomatic efforts to communicate our values to the rest of the world and to bring news and information to closed societies.

Tags: international broadcasting, bbg

Japan beat Denmark, but why didn’t Asians cheer for the Asian team?

Japan beat Denmark today, though it was unlikely that many Asians rooted for the Asian team in the match. Regional loyalties in Asia are threadbare, say academics, which means there is little 'Asian identity.'

Tags: nation branding, public opinion, asia, fifa world cup

The world is facing a chaos of competing diplomacies Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article

Today, the world seems to be entering a period when, if not a hundred, at least a dozen varieties of Weltpolitik are being pursued by great and emerging powers alike. Reconciling these competing strategic visions of the world, in particular of global crisis, will make international diplomacy more complicated than ever.

Tags: middle east, government pd, public opinion, middle powers

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