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.
Ben Affleck: How the United States can help secure Congo
Ask many Americans to name the bloodiest war since World War II and chances are that most would not know the answer. If you told them it was in Africa, they might guess Rwanda or the ongoing conflict in Sudan. They'd be wrong. By far, the deadliest conflict was in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1998 to 2003.
Foreign governments say WikiLeaks revelations undercut relations with U.S.
Diplomats and government officials around the world lamented Monday the massive leak of U.S. diplomatic cables, and many predicted it would undercut their ability to deal with the United States on sensitive issues.
Kenya calls US ‘swamp of graft’ cable ‘malicious’
Kenya's government spokesman said Tuesday that a U.S. characterization of the country as a "swamp" of corruption in reports of leaked diplomatic memos is "malicious" if true.
Tourism, Global Culture and Transnational Diplomacy
Tourism is as much a political terrain as a cultural practice. It has been promoted as a route to economic development for poor nations and wielded as an instrument of political leverage between nations--as the U.S. embargo against travel to Cuba or the recent easing of tourist-visa requirements between Russia and Brazil demonstrate.
Clinton, in Kazakhstan for summit, will face leaders unhappy over WikiLeaks cables
As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton landed here Tuesday for a security summit, she faced the prospect of encountering people who might not be very happy with some of the State Department cables disclosed this week by WikiLeaks.
How will the US win back trust?
More revelations certainly await as the world combs through the more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables released Sunday by WikiLeaks, but already it is clear that the US is facing a monumental embarrassment and has vital questions to resolve about its trustworthiness and data security.
What will the Arab public think?
Confidential cables by American diplomats in the region, revealed by WikiLeaks, expose weak and fearful Arab leaders who are dependent on US protection against real and imagined fears over Iran's potential possession of nuclear arms and its influence in the Arab world.
WikiLeaks: Why They Help American Diplomacy
For all the State Department's understandable security concern about the recent disclosure of classified telegrams from its embassies by WikiLeaks, there are elements in this exposé that can actually improve how Americans and the rest of the world view US diplomacy and, most important, the United States itself.
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