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.

Remarks in Honor of World Water Day

We are all here because we know ensuring that everyone has the clean water they need to live and thrive has to be a high priority for all of us. When I spoke on World Water Day two years ago, I talked about how water is clearly integral to many of our foreign policy goals.

Tags: united states, government pd, public diplomacy, new technology, water diplomacy, water

Secretary Clinton Launches New U.S. Water Partnership

Clinton also announced the release today of an Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Global Water Security. The ICA is based on a National Intelligence Estimate requested by Secretary Clinton a year earlier to assess the impact of global water issues on U.S. national security interests

Tags: united states, government pd, public diplomacy, new technology, us department of state, water diplomacy, water

World Water Day

To celebrate World Water Day 2012, the European Commission releases the video "More than Water" which shows concrete results of the EU-ACP Water Facility to provide access to drinking water in the Himba villages in the north of Namibia.

Tags: government pd, public diplomacy, new technology, europe, water diplomacy, european union, water, european commission

Future We Want: Water For Everyone

On World Water Day (March 22), numerous initiatives and announcements will sure come up. For one, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce a new public-private partnership, called U.S. Water Partnership, on Thursday to seek solutions to the global water problem.

Tags: united states, government pd, public diplomacy, new technology, water diplomacy, water, unicef

Citizen Power Rocking 2012

We have seen citizens empowered to use their voice, many for the first time ever. We have witnessed several countries fall to the "soft power" of people organizing, and then acting on the organization to effect change of a type we have never seen in our collective human history.

Tags: united states, soft power, public diplomacy, new technology, non-state pd, government 2.0

On World Water Day, Focus on the Publics

In recognition of World Water Day 2012, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy would like to acknowledge not just the organizations, governments and international coalitions that provide aid and solutions to water problems, but more importantly the publics that are experiencing water crises around the world.

Tags: united states, public diplomacy, new technology, non-state pd, water diplomacy, water, center on public diplomacy

Secretary Clinton to Announce Water Partnership on World Water Day

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce a new U.S. Water Partnership (USWP) in Washington D.C. on Thursday, March 22 at 10:30 a.m. The USWP is a public-private partnership formed to share U.S. knowledge, leverage and mobilize resources...

Tags: united states, government pd, public diplomacy, new technology, us department of state, water diplomacy, water

Sweden and Turkey - partnering for the future

In the region, the step from energy to the vital issue of peace and security is not far. Also, Turkey’s “soft power” as a forerunner of democratization, free trade and a liberalized economy in the Arab Spring, makes its role indispensible.

Tags: soft power, arab spring, turkey, european union, sweden, eu enlargement

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