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.
Magnani: 50 years for the Peace Corps
On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps to fulfill its promise. He set forth the radical notion that a nation should have as its primary foreign policy objective, not to conquer, not to colonize, but to serve. Peace through service.
We must never again reduce foreign policy to the pursuit of profit
British citizens facing great danger in Libya have a right to expect more than David Cameron's shambolic, incompetent government gave them last week.
Iran Predicted To Be Winner From Uprisings
While the U.S. seems to be supporting the series of revolutions surfacing in the Middle East and Northern Africa, the big winner in the end may be Iran. Host Guy Raz speaks with Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett about the chance that these revolutions will shift influential balance in Iran's favor.
Hostage situation: Does India have a policy to deal with these crises? Read more: Hostage situation
Is India a soft power? This question has been asked so many times that it almost sounds like a cliché. But it comes back to haunt India every time a group of armed men makes the aspiring global power go down on its knees. It happened in Kandahar.
Israel’s Public Relations Gets a Brand New Face
What does a group of former Israeli soldiers do when the world public opinion of Israel is on the rocks? They launch their own initiative in order to show a different part of the army they served, a part that doesn't receive much international media coverage. The group created a new website, Friend a Soldier and is encouraging visitors to ask them anything.
Ideas exchanged in Warren
Although they were equipped with three interpreters, a group of Ukrainian leaders appeared well aware of the language barrier among them and local officials when they visited the city last week. That is, until Jerry Muzyka stepped in with a greeting they understood.
Cyberspace Wars
This year, the 47th Munich Security Conference included for the first time a special session on cybersecurity. “This may be the first time,” the president of a small European noted to the high-powered assembly, more accustomed to dealing with armies and alliances than with worms and denial-of-service attacks, “but it will not be the last.”
Pentagon, Inc.: How to Sell an Unpopular War
U.S. military psychological operations (PSYOP or psy-ops) and information operations (IO) are supposed to be directed to local and enemy populations in overseas "theaters," specific geographical areas of armed conflict, not where you watch Auntie Mame perform.
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