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.

India to host nation branding event at Davos

India’s promotional initiative Future of Change will be hosting at Davos during the World Economic Forum two, sort-of, nation-branding events.

Tags: nation branding, india

Taiwan: Asia’s unsung flower power

Taiwan may be famous as a high-tech manufacturing giant. But in the last decade, the island of just 23 million has also quietly become one of the world's top flower exporters, and the world's No. 1 exporter of orchids.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, taiwan

Carleton Helps Launch Year of India in Canada by Celebrating Major Investment

Carleton University marked the launch of the Year of India in Canada by celebrating a major investment in its Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, india, canada, education diplomacy

India’s Jaipur Literature Festival is one for the books

The Jaipur Literature Festival, which wrapped up Tuesday, is India at its best, and occasionally not-so-best, proving that the proud emerging nation can easily trounce China in at least this category: the soft-power world of ideas, debate, criticism and a willingness to question authority.

Tags: soft power, Cultural Diplomacy, india, bollywood, literature, festivals

Don’t cut the BBC’s World Service

This week a national and international love object will feel the chill of the government's need to cut the deficit. The BBC's World Service, broadcasting to 180 million people in 32 languages, and until 2014 still funded by the Foreign Office rather than the licence fee, will take its share of the pain.

Tags: media, international broadcasting, public opinion, bbc, britain

Facebook is fine, says Pope Benedict, but real faces are better

Pope Benedict XVI still won't let you poke him (he’s not on Facebook), but the pope has offered new praise of the “great opportunity” of social networking sites and invited Christians "to join the network of relationships which the digital era has made possible." With a caveat: Virtual relationships are no substitute for the real thing, he said.

Tags: non-state pd, facebook, social networking, pope benedict xvi

An Olympian’s Soccer Ball Diplomacy

This week, we're profiling the Young Global Leaders attending the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Food, water, medicine, shelter. For most international children's advocates, these items are high on the list of urgent post-conflict aid. For Johann Koss, Founder of Right To Play International, sneakers and soccer balls top the list.

Tags: non-state pd, development, soccer

Obama’s Unsung Tech Hero: Hillary Clinton

We're two years into the Obama administration, and many are measuring how President Obama's government has delivered on Candidate Obama's campaign promises. Here's a look at how he's done on technology policy.

Tags: government pd, barack obama, digital diplomacy, technology

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