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.
Report: Problems with Radio/TV Marti Contracts
Congress' investigative arm has found irregularities in the contracting practices of the U.S. government's Office of Cuba Broadcasting. The Government Accountability Office's report to be released Tuesday is part of a broader investigation into the U.S. government's efforts to beam news and other programming into Cuba.
Preliminary Observations on the Progress and Challenges Associated with Establishing the U.S. Africa
This testimony is based on the preliminary results of work GAO is conducting for the Subcommittee on the establishment of AFRICOM. GAO analyzed relevant documentation and obtained perspectives from the combatant commands, military services, Joint Staff, Department of State, USAID and non-governmental organizations.
AFRICOM: Rationales, Roles, and Progress on the Eve of Operations
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives from: Ms. Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs,
The Military and “Soft Power”
The Center for U.S. Global Engagement has just released the results of a new poll of U.S. military officers (both active and recently retired) on current U.S. security strategy, and its findings are pretty surprising: According to a majority of those polled, the overriding foreign policy concern of the nation--after "forcefully" defending itself from serious security threats--must be to "restore respect for U.S. around [the] world."
China, Thai Spec Ops Forces Train
Several dozen Chinese and Thai special operations forces began an anti-terrorism training exercise in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Mai on July 11 at the 5th Special Forces Regiment base..."It is part and parcel of China's charm offensive and soft power in ASEAN, particularly in mainland Southeast Asia," said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
US Senate Moves Toward Passage of Global Aids Bill
The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, says there are a number of reasons why he supports the bill. "They come down to the saving of hundreds of thousands of lives, the alleviation of extraordinary suffering on this earth, and I would simply say from the standpoint of our foreign policy one of the strongest ways in which the United States has made an impact on a number of countries in which our public diplomacy or diplomacy of any sort has not been very successful
Missiles, 100K police on China’s Olympic Team
China is mobilizing an anti-terrorism force of 100,000 to protect next month's Olympic Games that includes SWAT teams on Segways and officers who can shoot nets like Spider-Man at suspects.
Medvedev: U.S. Aggravating Eastern Europe
Russia will be forced to appropriately respond if the U.S. aggravates Eastern Europe by deploying its controversial missile defence system, President Dmitry Medvedev has told Russian diplomats. Medvedev has called for a truly open security system in the Euro-Atlantic zone.
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