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.
Entertainment as a strategy of neutrality for Voice of America
It is a message designed to entertain and to engage a particular audience: those without much knowledge of history and not particularly interested in current events but who can be easily reached by new media and easily counted in audience surveys.
The media & South Korean public diplomacy
South Korea has successfully individualized itself in Asia by forming a mainstream culture that has increasingly isomorphic qualities in the Eastern Hemisphere. This also coincides with the government’s public diplomacy strategy of successfully promoting Korea as a brand.
Bureaucratic Cannibalism or Twitterganda?
Yesterday, there was a tweet that a senior official at the State Department described public diplomacy as like “old-school American propaganda.” This resonated with many because it seemed to affirm a discrimination at State against public diplomacy and bureaucratic cannibalism.
American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination
One of the most important public diplomacy books you have never heard of is American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination by Barry Sanders. An adjunct professor of Communications Studies at UCLA, an international corporate lawyer...
Public Diplomacy: Key to Pak-Afghan close understanding
Traditional diplomacy, which is concerned with the policymakers only, has been practiced since long through political and diplomatic channels, but, “there is still much room for informal exchange between the peoples of the two countries”, noted the speakers
Being e-aware is Diplomacy 101
It was a sign of how hard it can be to foresee the advantages of new technologies, but also the cultural resistance they face in traditional organisations. More than 100 years later, here in Australia, our Foreign Ministry is grappling with the latest wave of technological innovation, and so far it has been a very tough struggle.
Tweeting diplomats drive culture shift in US
In the United States, diplomats are transforming the way they work using social media, and, according to a report released today by the Lowy Institute, the contrast with Australia is huge. The US State Department now has 600 social media platforms with a global audience of more than 8 million people.
The Hajj comes to London, advancing cultural diplomacy
For those of us interested in cultural diplomacy, the Hajj exhibition is remarkable because it has been made possible by cooperation from Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mali, and Qatar. Some of these nations often do not play well with others, so their loaning precious items to the British Museum is an important step toward participating in global cultural exchange.
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