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.
Shanghai’s photo exhibition opens in Ho Chi Minh City
Approximately 100 colour photos showcased at the exhibition feature Shanghai’s economic, political, cultural and social achievements in recent years. The exhibition, a rehearsal for the World Photo Exhibition to be held in Shanghai in May, gives visitors a comprehensive view of the city’s origins and history.
Meeting of the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
On Monday, March 15, 2010, the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy held a public meeting. The primary purpose was for the Commission to get a better handle on interagency collaboration on issues related to public diplomacy, specifically between the State Department and the Defense Department.
Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies
The CIA argued that dismantling the site would lead to a significant loss of intelligence. The NSA countered that taking it down was a legitimate operation in defense of U.S. troops. Although one Pentagon official asserted that the military did not have the authority to conduct such operations, the top military commanders made a persuasive case that extremists were using the site to plan attacks.
Iran’s Opposition Seeks More Help in Cyberwar With Government
At a time when the Obama administration is pressing for harsher sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, democracy advocates in Iran have been celebrating the recent decision by the United States to lift sanctions on various online services, which they say only helped Tehran to suppress the opposition.
Humiliation as American experience: US public diplomacy shattered at JFK Airport
These visitors may be esteemed scholars, journalists, artists, musicians, religious leaders, politicians, students, businessmen or businesswomen. No matter who they are in their own countries, once they arrive at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport after hours of tiring flight, they are immediately reduced to mere beggars in front of the immigration officer, hoping to clear their entry into the United States with a minimum amount of humiliation.
Face of elegance in Chinese diplomacy
Fu Ying is a rare specimen in the ranks of Chinese diplomacy. She is female, she comes from an ethnic minority. She is set to take up a new post in Beijing as only the second female vice-foreign minister since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.
Seib addresses future of journalism
What is a journalist? What is objectivity? And how will these two go together in the future? Professor Philip Seib of the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy answered these questions and more during a speech on Thursday afternoon.
Abu Dhabi Arts Festival Celebrates Frederic Chopin’s 200th Birthday!
Even sad faced Frederic Chopin would have smiled if he knew that one of the biggest bashes being thrown in honor of his birthday bicentennial takes place in a far away city the Franco-Polish piano prodigy never even heard of: Abu Dhabi on the distant Arabian Gulf.
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