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.
Sky Joins BBC In Refusing Gaza Aid Appeal
Sky News, the British-based 24-hour news broadcaster, will not show a controversial appeal for aid for the people of Gaza, it announced Monday. Sky News joins the BBC in refusing to show the appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee, an umbrella group of 13 leading British aid agencies.
Making Your People The Real Brand
The concept of branding may be a strong corporate activity and strategy, but gradually, it is becoming the concern of government and civic entities as well. Whole nations and departments of state are becoming challenged to brand themselves.
China and Public Diplomacy
In 2005, China was the 15th largest contributor of forces, moving earlier this year to 12th, helped no doubt by increasing its contribution to 1,000 in Lebanon in 2006 to raise its profile in both the Middle East and Europe.
Economic Crisis Fuels Unrest in E. Europe
On a frigid evening this month, more than 10,000 people gathered outside a 13th-century cathedral in this Baltic capital to protest the government's handling of Latvia's economic crisis and demand early elections. The demonstration was one of the largest here since the mass rallies against Soviet rule in the late 1980s, and a sign of both the public's frustration and its faith in the political system.
In Pummeled Gaza, Hamas Recoups
Western and many Arab powers have tried to marginalize Hamas for its militancy, its fundamentalism, and its denial of Israel's right to exist. But Hamas's 22-day pummeling by Israel leaves it limping yet still standing – and therefore an organization to be reckoned with.
India-Sri Lanka Cultural Relations
Cultural relations between India and Sri Lanka have been traditionally close, intense and friendly, reflecting ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic ties that transcend recorded history. Geographical proximity and common social and cultural values have contributed greatly towards drawing our peoples closer together. The evolution of the present-day nation state as a unit of political organization is but a very recent superimposition on this canvass. Despite the current economic downturn, cultural linkages and people-to-people contacts between our two countries remain strong as ever.
NYT: Egyptian Revolution, 2.0
The fact that tens of thousands of disaffected young Egyptians unhappy with their government meet online to debate and plan events is remarkable, given the context of political repression in which it is occurring...In Washington, there is increasing interest in the April 6 Youth Movement. James Glassman, the outgoing under secretary of state for public diplomacy, told me he followed the group closely. “It’s not easy in Egypt, and in other countries in the Middle East, to form robust civil-society organizations,” he said.
The International Message of National Identity: L K Advani
In one of my earlier blog posts I had quoted from a thought provoking piece written by former BBC correspondent in India, Mark Tully, as to how India had given a very distinctive meaning to secularism. Tully’s observation were excerpted from the foreword he had written for a coffee table book titled “ India : A Timeless Celebration” by Amit Mehra.
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