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.
Soft Power Can Still be a Smart Tool of Diplomacy
Sanctions failed to achieve what dialogue, openness and cooperation, and examples of economic advancement – all forms of soft power – could and did instead. So don’t count soft power out yet. It’s not dead.
Turkey’s Ever Expanding ‘Helping Hand’ Over Latin America
It is well known that Turkey has expanded its soft power through international aid, which was about $3.4 billion in 2012. It is quite likely more than that now. Regarding a specific case, in September 2014, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), and the Mexican Agency for International Development (AMEXCID) on close cooperation in terms of regional and international aid projects.
Obama's Megawatt Diplomacy Is Great News For Sub-Saharan Africa
Obama is rightly emphasizing the reality that electricity is an input into nearly every good and service in households, villages, towns and national economies. A region in which 600 million out of 960 million are without power cannot possibly ignite, expand or sustain economic growth and development. And that is why the President decided to do something about it -- launching what I have baptized Obama's Megawatt Diplomacy that aims to build no less than 30,000 megawatts in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Economic Diplomacy, Why Liberia Should Engage with it?
The continuous engagement through economic diplomacy helps a country like Liberia in advancing its economic interests and equally and importantly, those of its partners. (...) Economic diplomacy pools skill personnel in government and the private sector to understand and negotiate trade, investment and economic issues from the national development perspective of a country’s strength, limitations, opportunities and threats.
Looking for a Way to Talk to Iran, Ottawa Backs 'Direct Diplomacy'
Ottawa is putting more money into a project aimed at communicating directly with Iranian citizens as it looks to apply a similar strategy in other countries including Russia and parts of Iraq and Syria.
Qatar Museums Announces Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture to Celebrate Relations between Qatar and Turkey
Following the success of Qatar Brazil 2014, Qatar UK 2013 and Qatar Japan 2012, Qatar Museums Is proud to officially announce the launch of the Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture.
UAE Named World’s Largest Humanitarian Donor
The country has made a historic leap after being named the world’s biggest donor, said Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister. In August, the UAE was unofficially named the world’s largest donor of development assistance in proportion to its gross national income (GNI).
Scandinavia Not Top for Tourism
Bloom Consulting’s fourth edition of their survey uses six objectives (or dimensions). These are attraction of investment (trade), attraction of tourism, and attraction of talent. Strengthening national pride (increase of national pride), strengthening public diplomacy (increase of public diplomacy efforts), and strengthening exports (increase of exports) are considered as well.
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