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.
Cookstown Firm Strengthens Global Links with Student Exchange Program
Cookstown firm CDE Global is strengthening its global links through an international exchange scheme in conjunction with the British Council. The manufacturing plant has recently taken on five international students through IAESTE, (the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience), a program that helps STEM students gain technical experience overseas.
Pedro Reyes' Ambitious Installation Opens At Turner Contemporary
This autumn Turner Contemporary presents the second installation in its Sunley Gallery as part of The Year of Mexico 2015 with Pedro Reyes’ Disarm (Mechanised), 2012. Disarm (Mechanized) is an ambitious installation, comprising of 8 mechanical musical instruments, resulting from Pedro Reyes’ international project in which illegal firearms were used to fabricate musical instruments. This is the first time Disarm (Mechanized) has been exhibited in a UK public gallery.
Culinary Diplomacy: Building Bridges Through Global Cuisine
Communication is the common foundation for all relationships – and food is the foundation upon which families, communities and lives are built. In this engaging presentation, Riolo will share simple steps to better cross cultural communication and relations through food and dining.
Curbs on Culture
Pakistan and India have been commemorating the 1965 war. Their governments and intelligentsia would do well to reflect on its baleful consequences on travel, cultural exchange and trade between them. Both countries were overwhelmed with bitterness.
Pope and Change: How Francis' Visit is Disrupting U.S. Politics
Pope Francis is not a politician, but likes a good political dustup. And the Holy Father couldn't have packed his trip to the United States this month with more politically charged issues. [...] "People who think the world revolves around Washington politics don't realize that the Pope is a global leader," said Francis Rooney, who was U.S. ambassador to the Vatican for four years under President George W. Bush.
Biting the BDS Bullet
We need to tell our story, which has been hijacked and trampled upon – that most inspirational story of Zionism. The story of the Jewish people coming back to their own land has been swept away. We need to reclaim it.” Aharoni, while agreeing that BDS can’t be ignored, cautions against using all of Israel’s hasbara (public diplomacy) ammunition in battling the accusations and campaigns against it.
Launching Ceremony of the Book "China-Africa 500" and the Chinese Bridge Held in Peking University
Over 400 people including African diplomats to China, former Chinese ambassadors to African countries, representatives of the members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of FOCAC, and experts from Chinese Research Institutes on Africa, university teachers and students, and representatives of African students in China, attended the event.
Challenging Times for the BBC World Service
The future of the BBC World Service as a credible and independent news organisation hangs in the balance (BBC plans TV and radio services for Russia and North Korea, 5 September). It is surprising that the BBC would wish to single out particular countries, rather than languages, that it wishes to target, thereby conceding ground to its critics around the world who view the World Service as an instrument of British propaganda.
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