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.
Trey McIntyre Project: Making a cultural home base in Boise
The Trey McIntyre Project will bring its unique style of contemporary ballet to Kingsbury Hall this week. It’s easy to see that this isn’t a company that rides on its laurels: All three of the ballets on the program were choreographed in 2012, including "The Unkindness of Ravens," which premiered earlier this month at New York’s highly acclaimed Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Watch: Are women diplomats more effective than men?
And so, the question arises: Are women better diplomats than men? Some say the answer is absolutely yes. Some will say definitely not. The last two secretaries of the U.S. State Department have been women. Both strongly believed in the nation's two longest wars.
US can’t squeeze China out of Myanmar
That was the message that China sought to convey to President Barack Obama as he completed his eight-hour visit to Yangon (Rangoon) on November 19,2012, during which he met President Thein Sein and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and addressed the students of the Rangoon University.
Andrew W.K. & U.S. Department Of State: Entertainer Named Cultural Ambassador To The Middle East
In bizarre news of the day, the U.S. Department of State of has named Andrew W.K. the Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East. "This is a tremendous invitation," W.K. said in a statement on his website. "I'm very thankful to the Department of State for giving me the opportunity to visit a place I've never been before."
Back to the Future: 2012 US-Russia Relations Echo 1832
The U.S. Ambassador labored to get Congress to ratify a trade treaty that would grant “favored nation” status to Russia. Washington’s leading newspaper harshly criticized Russia for human rights violations. Russia’s secret police were reading all the Ambassador’s mail. The Czar was convinced that Washington was fomenting democracy rebellions inside his empire.
Lapid accuses FM of failing to cooperate on Gaza op
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid released a statement Tuesday night in which he boasted about his efforts to help Israel explain Operation Pillar of Defense to the international community and accused Avigdor Liberman’s Foreign Ministry of failing to cooperate with him. “I am trying to help in the public diplomacy effort with the foreign press,” Lapid wrote. “But despite my request, the Foreign Ministry did not agree to give me its message sheet so I could coordinate my positions with the official spokesmen.”
US cultural diplomacy put back on the map
Indonesia was not on US President Barack Obama’s Southeast Asian itinerary as he made his first trip abroad since winning reelection. But like many visitors to Southeast Asia, he might have enjoyed a brief respite from worries back home when he was in our region.
Netanyahu to public diplomacy activists: ‘We must fight for the truth…’
Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to Israeli public diplomacy activists Monday in a video conference, as he paid tribute to their “focus on refuting the industry of lies” as “a significant addition for the State of Israel”.
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