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.

Israel’s Minister of Public Diplomacy in a special address to Israel Online Ambassadors (video)

Israel's Minister of Public Diplomacy, Yuli Edelstein, recorded a special message for YOU, Israel's Online Ambassadors. In this video, the Minister gives us a few tips of how to best represent Israel in our online activism.

Tags: middle east, non-state actors, israel, new technology, non-state pd, internet diplomacy, youtube

Riots will not be inspired in China: officials

Recent riots in the Middle East and North Africa will not be repeated in China as the government is doing a good job and taking people's demands seriously, a key political adviser has said.

Tags: china, social media, crisis coverage, riots

‘Time to rediscover India’

The newly appointed British Council director, Robert Lynes, who was in the city recently, spoke to Metro about the council’s plans for the country, India-UK relationship in the 21st century and more

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, government pd, india, united kingdom

A UN resolution as a US public diplomacy nullifier

Rumor has it that when Canadians travel abroad, especially in the Middle East and increasingly in Western Europe after the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, they tend to wear something authentic to the distant corners of their country to recognize each other as true Canadians in foreign lands.

Tags: united states, israel, united nations, un security council, us mission to the un, susan rice

Livni: Netanyahu’s peace policy shows an utter lack of leadership

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni dismissed a purported plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a new peace initiative, saying on Sunday that the premier's attitude toward peace talks showed an utter lack of leadership.

Tags: israel, palestine, benjamin netanyahu, peace policy

Egypt: A Virtual Smoking Gun?

On January 12, 2009, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman joined a group of Egyptian political bloggers from the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo. Is this the “virtual” smoking gun that indicates American collusion in the subsequent ouster of Hosni Mubarak?

Tags: government pd, egypt, crisis coverage

U.S. Updates the Brand It Promotes in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia — On the third floor of a shopping mall here, around the corner from a Gap Kids and a Wedgwood china outlet, a new tenant is busily promoting what is perhaps the world’s biggest brand: America.

Tags: united states, nation branding, government pd, islam, indonesia, terrorism, southeast asia, anti-americanism

Peking Opera Star and CPPCC Member Sun Ping on Public Diplomacy

The phrase 'public diplomacy' was mentioned six times today in China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin's work report at the Fourth Session today of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Spokesman Zhao Qizheng also outlined the CPPCC's diplomatic work at the annual session's first press conference.

Tags: china, Cultural Diplomacy, universities, exchanges, opera

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