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Seminar on 'Tourism & Cultural Heritage of Pakistan' Organized in Berlin
Pakistan Embassy in Berlin organised a seminar on "Tourism and Cultural Heritage of Pakistan" in collaboration with the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) on the sidelines of the Trade Exhibition on Tourism Industry, International Tourism Berlin, ITB-2015 here on Friday.
Sixth Think Tank Forum of Islamic states Opens Today
Previously held in Istanbul, Cairo, Baku, Baghdad and Tehran, the subject of this year’s forum is “Addressing Multi-Dimensional Security Challenges” and will focus on themes addressing security challenges; cooperation in defence, politics and economy; dialogue among Muslims to promote unity; as well as promoting a soft power image of Muslim countries as a whole.
Women’s Soft Power Succeeds in Hard Environments
Leading up to international Women’s Day - and launching the “European month of Gender Equality”, eight women leaders recounted their fight for democracy around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Britain Cuts Defence Spending Whilst Still Giving Money to Corrupt Foreign Governments
Britain is being left increasingly open to attack as a result of successive government’s failure’s to invest in the military. In the meantime foreign aid is perversely being doled out to countries that stand accused of funding terrorism.
A New Era for India–Sri Lanka Relations?
The two countries signed an agreement on cultural cooperation enhancing cooperation in a variety of fields including performing arts, libraries, archives and documentation, publications and professional exchange.
In Estonia, a Glimpse Into the Reach of the Russian World
The masked gunmen seen in Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk came only after the population had been conditioned, through propaganda and other soft power tools, to see Mr. Putin’s Russia as a saviour from the government under which they’d been living.
China Uses Hard Cash Loans to Surpass U.S. Trade Ties with Latin America
The United States which has increasingly taken Latin America for granted is now challenged by China’s soft power diplomacy through hard cash loans.
You Can't Take Danger Out of Diplomacy
By some yardsticks, spending on security now accounts for 30 to 40 percent of the department’s operational budget. Next year, it plans to spend four times more on “worldwide security protection” than on public diplomacy.
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