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.
Guns and roses in Kabul
India's soft power in Afghanistan is omnipresent. Bollywood films, film stars, TV serials and cricket players are a national obsession...New Delhi's role in providing humanitarian support... has also helped build the groundswell of goodwill.
A Smart EU Reponse to Yanukovych
The cost of losing Europe would be equally devastating for Ukraine. The path of reforms would likely stall. Ukrainian industry would lose access to the world’s richest and biggest market. Likewise, Ukraine’s citizens would lose the European dream.
U.S. Department of State Announces The Rhythm Road
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today the 2011 late fall tour schedule for The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad...Using music and culture as diplomatic tools to bring people together and foster mutual understanding...
Feds Bust Student Exchange Program
The State Department’s summer cultural-exchange program is supposed to be a uniting exercise in public diplomacy...It was quite embarrassing, therefore, when 200 students walked off their factory jobs at a Pennsylvania Hershey plant in August, protesting exploitative working conditions.
Gangwon Province promotes the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics brand
t the convention another hot topic that was discussed was the diffusion of South Korean culture throughout Asia...and the growing popularity of Korean entertainment and culture. Korean dramas and pop music have grown quite popular among the youth in the region and abroad.
How about this? Jones the doper now a diplomat for U.S.
Former U.S. track star Marion Jones is telling children in Croatia to think hard about making big decisions, saying she wished she had done so"..."Jones' appearances were part of "our embassies' public diplomacy outreach to the Croatian and Serbian people.
Gilani, Clinton to further Pakistan-US cooperation
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani called on the US Secretary of State Ms Hillary Clinton to give peace a chance... which reflected the sentiments of Pakistani people....Both the sides urged on the importance of the positive messaging in public diplomacy...
New caution for US universities overseas
A new era of caution, particularly toward a model that once looked like the wave of the future. Some experts say branch campuses - where a U.S. university "plants a flag," operates its own campus and awards degrees in its own name - are falling from favor.
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