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.
The Great Beijing-Moscow Central Asia Game
Although most world attention during the August Russia-Georgia crisis was on the reactions of the United States and Europe, China's response also made headlines. With China and Russia enjoying a strategic partnership, and sharing a distaste for U.S. "hegemony," Chinese support for Russia's action might have been expected. But at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in August, China's position on Moscow's action in Georgia was cool.
U.S. Plans To Return Envoys To Iran For First Time Since 1980
The Bush administration will announce in mid-November, after the presidential election, that it intends to establish the first U.S. diplomatic presence in Iran since the 1979-81 hostage crisis, according to senior administration officials.
Colombia Wants the World to Recognize Its Passion
Eager to highlight their advantages, and play down their faults, Colombia and a growing number of countries are using branding strategies to set themselves apart in the global marketplace. But even as country branding campaigns proliferate, some critics say that such efforts often amount to mere sloganeering and question how much they actually enhance a country's reputation.
Kazakhstan National Brand Is Listed At The Top Among Cis Countries And 22nd Place Globally
Kazakhstan national brand is listed at the top among CIS countries and 22nd place globally in Q 3, 2008 according to national branding index measured by the East West Communications, US company which analyze national images of 200 countries world-wide.
Powell: PD Needed on Day One
Gen. Powell asserted in his appearance on Meet the Press he would want the new president to "start with talking to the American people and talking to the world, and conveying a new image of American leadership, a new image of America’s role in the world."
Exhibition to honour art-loving diplomats
In response to the Government’s policy to promote cultural diplomacy in addition to the economic relations, an exhibition gathering many works of art made by diplomats, who are working in Vietnam, opened in Hanoi on October 23.
The Dragon’s Yarmulke: Jewish Communities in China
When Israeli Dvir Bar-Gal arrived in Shanghai some seven years ago, there were roughly 300 Jews in the city. That community is now seven times larger. Jewish communities in China are expanding in a way that matches the frenetic expansion of the enigmatic land in which they live.
Soft Power, Hard Truths
It's easy to get cynical about "soft power," the phrase coined by Harvard University Prof. Joseph Nye to describe the benefits of cultural attractiveness over coercion in international relations. The words sometimes conjure the 1960s peace-movement portrait of a daisy stem planted in the barrel of a machine gun: well-intentioned, perhaps, but of little use to blunt the bullets. Still, each time I encounter fresh evidence of pacifist Japan's magnetic appeal in the United States, I'm inclined to grant Prof. Nye a little credit.
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