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.

‘Like for Israel’ takes on flotilla advocacy

The website is powered by Like For Israel, an online social media initiative formally launched just two weeks ago..A pilot project, Like For Israel is designed to be a tool for pro-Israel activists around the world, regardless of political views...

Tags: middle east, social media, non-state actors, israel, new technology, non-state pd, social networking

A new multi-polar politics needs new multilateral policies - Alexander

Harvard professor Joseph Nye talks of a world shaped by the shifting distribution of power from West to East and the growing dispersal of power from state to citizens.The “Arab Spring” is the most spectacular example...

Tags: soft power, arab spring, europe, united kingdom, european union, greece

Top 5 Pro-Russia Countries

With a potentially contentious Russian presidential election looming in 2012, we at RealClearWorld thought it would be useful to examine just where Russia's leadership is most prized, and respected. Using Gallup data, we set out to find the Top 5 Most Pro-Russian Countries.

Tags: soft power, public opinion, russia, europe, asia, national image, cold war, image, soviet union

State Department Tweets, but Is Anyone Listening?

The President isn’t the only one engaging Americans on Twitter. On June 28, the notice went out from the State Department’s spokesman that Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale would field her first “Twitter Q & A” the following morning.

Tags: united states, government pd, social media, twitter, us department of state, judith mchale, pd 2.0

After Tahrir, New Voices in a Global Fugue

It is convenient to represent cultures as monolithic entities especially if they are to be seen as a threat to “our” way of life. It is clear from the poetry, music and voices in general that the Arab culture is not such an entity. In this age of musical and political cosmopolitanism, as opposed to alienating exclusivism or anything-goes pluralism, I hope for a celebration of every viable strand in our tapestry.

Tags: united states, Cultural Diplomacy, middle east, arab spring, egypt, music diplomacy, arab

Korea’s passionate sports diplomacy outshines rivals

Tens of millions of Koreans across the world rejoiced as the International Olympic Committee announced PyeongChang as the host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, a dramatic triumph of the country’s sports diplomacy preceded by two painful failures.

Tags: south korea, sports diplomacy, asia, olympics, durban, international olympic committee

Wrestling, Bikinis And Soft Power

International broadcasting remains an important element of soft power diplomacy. Nations want to tell their story to peoples around the world. Those goals remain the same even as the means of telling those stories has changed dramatically.

Tags: soft power, international broadcasting, social media, voice of america, bbc, deutsche welle, radio netherlands worldwide

A three party project for improving Kosovo’s Public Diplomacy

This is a joint project between the Kosovo and British Governments, which will be implemented by the British Council to improve the process of Kosovo’s recognition by countries which have still not taken such a decision.

Tags: public opinion, europe, united kingdom, british council, kosovo

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