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.
The first wives club plays safe
The teacup diplomacy pioneered by Nancy Reagan and her Soviet counterpart, Raisa Gorbachev, in the mid ’80s, and formally reinstated as the “spouse’s program” in 2004 by Laura Bush, is archaic at a time political spouses are as professionally accomplished as their mates—and increasingly male.
When Liking India Isn’t Enough
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently surveyed respondents in the United States, China, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Japan and India in terms of its influence in the world now and in the next 10 years. Not surprisingly, India was ranked last, says John Lee, a research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies.
Dammed if they do
China's hydropower plans are a test of its avowed good neighbourliness...
Govt uses rugby diplomacy to boost China ties
The Government is using "rugby diplomacy" - sending former All Blacks to China - to strengthen trade links...The initiative was the brainchild of Sports Minister Murray McCully, who calls it "rugby diplomacy". "In the context of our overall relationship with China, which is going places quickly, it's one of those areas where we can underpin the growth of trade and economic relations," Mr McCully said.
Welcome To The US Pavilion: We’re Here To Disappoint
When I entered the US Pavilion at the 2010 World’s Exposition in Shanghai, I anticipated the presentation of the nation’s character to its predominately Chinese audience and hoped to deconstruct its message. I wondered what virtues, ideas, personas, landmarks and struggles would, in the brief experience of Expo, encapsulate the entity I have dedicated my career to studying.
America in Alexandria, de Tocqueville in Arabic
...Initiatives in Education, Science and Culture Towards Enhanced US-Muslim Countries Collaborations aimed to focus on concrete projects and initiatives in those three areas, and not on divisive political issues such the Israeli-Palestine conflict and Iraq.
A responsible neighbor
[Syrian President Bashar] Assad's balanced position was a surprise. Instead of getting up and cursing Israel for its "aggression" against a Gaza-bound flotilla in May, he acted like a responsible neighbor by trying to calm the dispute.
Why Canada shouldn’t strut on the global stage
Canada has a new, confident strut. We held the world spotlight for a few days at the G8 and G20 meetings in Muskoka and Toronto, where we asserted our impressive record on fiscal management and led an international consensus on deficit reduction. Canada, some say, has finally found its footing on the global stage after years of stumbling.
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