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.

Egypt unrest: Bloggers take campaign to Tahrir Square

Egypt's internet activists have played a key role in the pro-democracy protests from the outset, but they tell the BBC that the online campaigning is evolving to suit their real-life activism in Tahrir Square.

Tags: middle east, public opinion, social media, egypt, new technology, crisis coverage, twitter, facebook, blogging, cell phones

In Wake of Egypt Coverage, Al Jazeera English Pushes For Expanded Carriage

As we reported last week, while AJE is carried in some small markets (and on satellite) here in the U.S., most cable operators don’t seem to be eager to carry the network. Now, AJE is pushing back.

Tags: media, international broadcasting, public opinion, egypt, crisis coverage, al jazeera, television diplomacy

What Israel is Afraid Of

We’re almost two weeks into the revolution in Egypt and the American media keeps asking the question that my extended family asks during all world events: Is it good for Israel? Ask a Jewish question, get a Jewish answer, by which I mean, another question: What’s good for Israel?

Tags: middle east, public opinion, egypt, africa, israel, crisis coverage

Diplomacy By Other Means: ASEAN, Next World Cup Host?

ASEAN foreign ministers have discussed the possibility of hosting the FIFA World Cup. This initiative underlines the need for both academics and practitioners to include sports issues in international relations.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, sports diplomacy, fifa world cup, asean

Report: World Expo 2020 would drive $5.6 billion to Silicon Valley economy

Hosting the 2020 World Expo would put the Bay Area and Silicon Valley on the global stage in a very positive way," said Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman. "With its focus on innovation, sustainability and space science, the expo could help cement our reputation for good. Everybody will want what Silicon Valley's got.

Tags: public opinion, city diplomacy, economy, cities, silicon valley, world expo

Students visit Iraq over winter break NIMEP trip

Eleven Tufts students with the New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP) spent two weeks in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq on a fact-finding mission in January. Participants met with several local leaders, including Kurdistan's regional president Massoud Barzani.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, non-state actors, non-state pd, youth, iraq, citizen diplomacy

Cultural exchange between Filipinos, Saudis

There’s a joke among us Filipinos in Jeddah that Balad, a commercial center in the southern side of the city, belongs to us, while the neighboring Sarafiya center belongs to the Indians: Sa inyo ang Sarafiya, amin ang Balad.

Tags: cultural exchange, saudi arabia, philippines

AU sends new mediation team to Côte d’Ivoire

The new African Union (AU) team of experts left Addis Ababa on Sunday for Abidjan in a fresh bid to resolve Côte d’Ivoire’s political crisis.

Tags: africa, united nations, ethiopia, african union, côte d’ivoire

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