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.
VOA Calendar Features International Broadcasters
The Voice of Americas (VOA) 2009 calendar features individual stories and pictures of international broadcasters who reach millions of people around the world with news and information. "Many of VOA's broadcasters have fascinating personal stories, and we are proud to be able to tell them in our new calendar," said VOA Director Danforth Austin. The calendar features broadcasters who are natives of Burma, Haiti, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Tunisia, Indonesia, Iran, Tibet, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Pakistan.
Facebook Diplomacy: Peace May be a Click Away
Go on the Internet to make friends -- and world peace. That was the message Thursday from a New York conference on the potential power of Internet social networking tools like Facebook to counter terrorism and repressive governments. "New technology gives the United States and other free nations a significant advantage over terrorists," US Undersecretary of State James Glassman told Web entrepreneurs and human rights activists at New York's Columbia University Law School.
Conflict in the Region can be Addressed through Cultural Diplomacy
Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sherry Rehman has said that there are many conflicts in the region that can be addressed through cultural diplomacy. She expressed these views while talking to media on the occasion of art exhibition organization by jointly Pakistan National Council of Art and Bangladesh Embassy here at National Art Gallery on Friday. Sherry Rehman has urged upon the need of promotion of artistic and cultural activities among the youth to keep them away from the negative activities.
UNESCO Intercultural Conference sheds light on the Arab, Islamic civilization
Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Twaijri called here Friday for "peaceful co-existence based on mutual respect and serious cooperation" between the East and West. According to Dr.
Twilight, Britney Spears and Grand Theft Auto: The Key to Obama’s Foreign Policy?
So how should the Obama administration institute Public Diplomacy 2.0? First, create a central agency like FDR's Office of War Information (later the US Information Agency) to oversee the public diplomacy efforts of all government departments, including State, Defense, CIA, AID and others. Secondly, enlist the private sector as a partner in public diplomacy. Get the best talent from media, entertainment and technology. The government needs help. It doesn't have the resources, experience or expertise to go it alone.
Obama Administration’s Policies on the Travel Industry
Key meetings & travel industry professionals have come out in full support of the new administrations moves thus far. The main issues being considered include the value of the U.S. dollar, open sky agreements, modernizing air traffic control, airline bailouts & merger approvals, TSA overhaul, passenger rights, funding for rail transportation and infrastructure, visa waivers, and promotion of the U.S. as an international tourism destination. The Obama Administration does support the Travel Promotion Act, as he was one of the 51 Senators supporting S. 1661 on the Hill.
The Logic of Indirection
Craig Hayden discusses two significant developments in public diplomacy and U.S. foreign policy that are evident in Jame's Glassman's Public Diplomacy 2.0 speech. Hayden argues these are 1) New Goals for PD and 2) New Priorities for PD Methods.
The Focus is on ‘Soft Power’
At a time when America's need to engage with the world has never been greater, funding for public diplomacy has been shrinking..."We are not staffed to keep up with old needs, let alone new needs," said Ronald Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He calls for more staffing for public diplomacy, new Web outreach, reopened cultural centers, and more exchanges.
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