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.
A Good Muslim-World News Cycle For Obama
In coverage leading up to President Obama's speech in Cairo tomorrow, Middle East newspapers and TV stations--some of them government run, some of them censored--are posing the speech as an opportunity to improve relations, separating Obama from his predecessor, and touting Obama's perceived toughness on Israel. In short, the coverage was good from Obama's standpoint.
The Humiliation Doctrine v. The Humility Doctrine
The Obama White House doesn't like to use the word "apology." They speak instead of dignity promotion, or acknowledgment of "mutual interests' or of "soft power." And despite its Christian influences, it is a profoundly secular worldview, one that does not justify its action by some reference to an idealized "America" or the sanction of God. At the same time, it manages to be universalizing.
Prescott Resident Reaches New Heights Down Under
Prescott resident Robb Martin scattered myth to the winds during his month-long visit to Australia earlier this year. He traveled to Australia as part of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International's Group Study Exchange program, and his trip was also unique because it was the first time the exchange program invited individuals who are all confined to wheelchairs.
On Eve of Cairo Speech, UW-Green Bay Announces ‘Journey to Jordan’ Renewal
Fifteen high school students from across the United States will travel to Jordan this summer for two months of intensive language instruction and cross-cultural learning under the auspices of the “Journey to Jordan” initiative organized by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Obama’s Cairo Speech: It’s a Rorschach Test, But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Tomorrow a global Rorschach inkblot test will take place. Obama will speak in Cairo. All around the world there will be cries of alarm and sighs of relief, predictions full of hope and condemnations dripping with outrage, disappointment and celebration, denunciations that the speech was too soft and accusations that it was just more of the same.
The Use of New Media in Public Diplomacy
More recently, the social networks that have now penetrated large segments of our society have become tools that allow us to spread Israel's message directly--unmediated by the press. Furthermore, our messages can be spread not only by the Government of Israel but also by our supporters around the world for whom it is important--and rightfully so--to give the Israeli narrative worldwide attention.
Where’s U.S. Public Diplomacy When Bin Laden Whines About Obama?
But more distressing that bin Laden’s expected bleating is the lack of rapid response from the administration’s public diplomacy infrastructure. If this were a political campaign, the pushback would have begun already. But so far there’s nothing from the State Department’s blog taking bin Laden’s message down.
Television Diplomacy
"Yes, it is part of our public diplomacy. Alhurra today has a budget of $126m a year. We don't carry any advertising. We are subsidised by the American taxpayer. The American taxpayer is not paying for entertainment for people living in the Middle East. They are paying for the promotion of freedom and democracy, through news and information," he says.
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