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Israeli students embark on ‘hasbara’ journey to UK campuses
Twenty-four young Israelis will leave Thursday for a 10-day trip to what some would consider the lion’s den of anti-Israel propaganda and incitement – British university campuses – to combat anti-Israel messages students there are receiving from Israel Apartheid Week activities.
Projection of ‘smart power’
Hard power has been used often in the context of national security by a number of states, if the aims have not been achieved it is primarily because of their inability to employ all elements of national power.
Looking at the Future of the Arab Revolutions
In past sessions of the Al Jazeera Forum, held each year in the network's Qatar hometown, reform in the Arab world was discussed with an air of resignation: "Someday...maybe."
Libyan Oil Buys Allies for Qaddafi
But like other pro-Qaddafi groups that have sprung up here since the rebellion in Libya began, what it lacks in logistics it makes up in loyalty. “We’re all ready to die for him,” Mr. Maiga said. “He’s done so much for us, after all.”
UN pushes sports as tool for peace in Middle East (audio)
The United Nations is making a push for peace between Israel and Palestine by using sports as a first step. Reminiscent of ping pong diplomacy between the United States and China where table tennis helped thaw frosty relations, the UN hopes sports like football can create dialogue and ease tensions.
Time to Rethink the Broadcasting Board of Governors
Recent strategic decisions by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) on Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts to China suggest that the time has come for Congress to take a serious look at the way the U.S. government manages its international broadcasting services.
People-to-people diplomacy helps country’s achievements
Addressing a conference in Hanoi on March 15 to review people-to-people diplomacy in 2010 and discuss activities for 2011, Truong Tan Sang...stressed the need for the diplomacy to focus on efficiency in external relations, particularly the ties with people in neighbouring and traditionally friendly countries and progressive forces around the world.
Barack Obama’s tweeters advise UK diplomats to get their digits out
Diaries were cleared in Downing Street and the Foreign Office recently for meetings with two Americans who tweet for their country. You might not have heard of them, but through Twitter the Arab protesters monitor their every tweet.
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