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.
Exploring and Deploying Soft Power, Transcendent Power
How do we integrate and optimize the components of soft power, hard power and smart power nationally and internationally?...An open mind and a willingness to look at the state of the research on human perceptual abilities may be a good place to start.
Vienna Orchestra in Shillong
As part of the 60-year celebration of Indo-Austrian diplomatic relations, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra will perform along with Shillong Chamber Choir.
To Win Hearts and Minds
What Senator Lugar’s staffer omits is that American cultural centers worked in the context of the Cold War because of actions that America simply will not be repeating any time soon. Voice of America has been sliced back to project into the Middle East and Asia. Unfortunately, there are other continents, including “Africa,” “South America,” and “Europe,” that are critically left out of this equation. Why we would spend men and materiel where we cannot even bother to broadcast radio signals?
Vietnam, Laos Promote Cultural Cooperation
Vietnam and Laos signed a cooperative agreement on culture and art in the 2009-2012 period...Under the agreement, both sides will co-organize cultural weeks in Laos and Vietnam every two years to mark the National Day of each country. Art performances, exhibitions and film screenings will be held during the events.
Foreign Exchange Program Promotes Religious Dialogue
Two Muslim foreign exchange students from Egypt and Indonesia are speaking to Jewish students about the similarities between Judaism and Islam...as part of a U.S. State Department initiative to increase public diplomacy between the United States and several majority Muslim countries at the youth level.
Watching and Waiting for Hillary
Clinton made it clear that Taiwan, along with Tibet and China’s human rights violations generally, would be lost in the shuffle as she and Chinese leaders talked about other things.
Lebanon Ranks 177th Globally, 15th in MENA In Terms of Brand Perception
The first annual Nation Brand Perception Index (NBPI) ranked Lebanon in 177th place among 200 countries around the world and in 15th place among 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region for 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.
China’s Palestine Policy
The geopolitics of China’s rise and its implications for the Arab world and wider Middle East is a topic for serious debate. Currently, China’s Middle East strategy revolves around shoring up its energy security and tapping consumer markets and investment opportunities for Chinese businesses.
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