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.
Howcast Partners and State to Host Pilot Filmmaker Workshops
Howcast Media completes pilot Emerging Filmmakers Program (EFP) for Palestinian youth...designed to introduce Palestinian youth to professional film making techniques...Once completed, Howcast then broadly distributed the videos through Howcast's extensive distribution network, both online (including AOL, YouTube, Yahoo!, Metacafe, Daily Motion, and Break) and offline (including TiVo, V CAST and iTunes).
China Arrives as a World Power Today
China is also investing more in public diplomacy, with nearly 300 Confucius Institutes around the world, increased international broadcasting, and Chinese leaders placing op-ed pieces in western newspapers...in all three key dimensions of power - economic, military and soft - China is stepping up its game.
Fixing Foreign Ministries: Message from Oz
Earlier this month, a blue ribbon panel, appointed in 2008 by Australia’s Lowy Institute for International Policy to enquire into that country's foreign ministry and representational capacity, reported a deep diplomatic deficit and has recommended sweeping reform and major reinvestment.
Branding Bangladesh
Bangladeshis have a persistent grievance that Bangladesh is not justly portrayed in international forums. It has become commonplace for the country to be associated with natural calamities, wavering political situation, corruption and other negative attributes. In most cases, propaganda is blown way out of proportion relative to other parts of the globe.
What Can Be Done to Improve Korea’s National Brand?
In a recent National Brands Index, Korea ranked 33rd. This is embarrassingly poor, considering the nation's place as the world's 13th largest economy. The Presidential Council on Nation Branding's strategy seems to be far too superficial.
An Industry is Born
Alongside North America and Asia, Europe is one of the three global centers of the creative economy. It is not surprising, therefore, that creative industries have recently also been playing an important role in nation branding.
G20 Leaders Gather Amid Security
World leaders are gathering in London to discuss ways to resolve the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. The G20 summit takes place amid tight security and police warnings of "unprecedented" levels of protest.
Obama Administration Has First Face-to-Face Contact with Iran
It was brief, it was unscheduled and it was not substantive, but a meeting Tuesday between Richard C. Holbrooke, a presidential envoy, and an Iranian diplomat marked the first face-to-face encounter between the Obama administration and the government of Iran.
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