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.

Arab film festival to premier in Parramatta tonight

"A lot of people are really excited that we are opening the Arabic Film Festival with a Palestinian film," said Fadia Abboud, a community worker at the Parramatta-based Information and Cultural Exchange, which has organised the festival.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, public diplomacy, australia, film festival

Beyond Rio, green economics can give us hope

The Rio+20 summit produced a largely meaningless document that failed to address the daunting environmental challenges the world faces.

Tags: public diplomacy, rio+20

US Water Policy Still All Wet

Growing conflicts over who owns water and how to manage it are emerging all over the world. Although debates at the UN and among civil society have moved toward the recognition of water as a basic human right, the United States still lags behind.

Tags: public diplomacy, water diplomacy

United Nations Adopts International Day of Happiness

The United Nations General Assembly today adopted by consensus, the “International Day of Happiness.”

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, public diplomacy, united nations

Economic Statecraft: Embracing Africa’s Market Potential

he U.S. Government is committed to expanding trade and investment in sub-Saharan Africa and the numbers show our commitment. U.S. trade to and from Africa has grown significantly in the past ten years.

Tags: public diplomacy, africa, economy

New Pak PM calls for projection of soft image of Pakistan

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today called for the projection of the soft image of Pakistan through public diplomacy by encouraging people-to-people contacts, cultural exchanges and promotion of business and trade

Tags: soft power, public diplomacy, pakistan

State Department exempts China from economic sanctions

The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will exempt China and Singapore from economic sanctions for the next 180 days because the two countries have significantly decreased their crude oil imports from Iran.

Tags: china, public diplomacy, us department of state, foreign policy

The U.S. and China: What Fascinates Us About Each Other?

Despite close economic interests ties, culturally the two countries are still in the getting to know each other phase.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, public diplomacy, film diplomacy

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