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.
African Countries Fight Banana Disease
A new front in the war against deadly banana diseases opens next month, with seven African countries uniting to launch a spatial surveillance programme.
J-Street IS Pro-Israel
It appears that J-Street is doing something that has never before happened in the history of American involvement with trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: it is flummoxing the Israeli government.
Cameroon: Turkey to Swell Economic Links with country
The New Ambassador of Turkey to Cameroon, Atilay Ersan, says he would work to promote to a "higher level", friendly relations between his country and Cameroon in the political, economic, social, cultural and military sectors.
North Korea Nuclear Talks Gain New Momentum
In Beijing Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth said he and his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei had what he described as "a very useful exchange of views on the status of efforts to resume the six party process."
‘Indo-US ties a model for Bangladesh and China’
Bangladesh wants to engage in "a pro-active and balanced diplomacy" with China, akin to the relationship between India and the U.S...
More Charm than Harm: Lessons from China’s Economic Offensive in Southeast Asia
The Chinese are competing very effectively for influence in Southeast Asia... The U.S. must be at the ASEAN table, but it must also bring something tangible.
American University in the Emirates launches first accredited degree in diplomacy in the Gulf
Mr. Khalaf Al Qubasi, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, emphasized that this new program is designed to meet the increasing demand for international business relations and diplomacy experts in the region.
The Beginning of (True) Diplomacy
So it's not so much that American diplomacy has failed, so much as that it hasn't yet been tried. Put another way, in the absence of nuclear doomsday scenarios, the marketplace of foreign policy ideas became significantly more competitive.
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