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.
VOA Launches Special Pre-Election Programming to Sudan
The Voice of America ( VOA ) has launched special broadcasts to Sudan and created a content-rich website on elections more than a month before Sudanese are to vote in the country’s first free presidential contest since 1986.
Shanghai to do utmost to ensure safe, joyful expo
Shanghai will do its utmost to ensure the security and food safety of the Shanghai World Expo, making it a smooth, safe and joyful event, a senior official with the Shanghai World Expo executive committee has said.
China needs more public diplomacy, Zhao says
In an exclusive interview with China Daily in the Great Hall of the People, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the National Committee of CPPCC, said governmental diplomacy and public diplomacy are mutually complementary.
U.S. Weighs Law, Diplomacy in China Censorship
The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
Brazilian leader seeks peace in Mideast
Brazil's president plans an active role in world diplomacy during his final months in power, saying he will visit the Middle East to seek peace and prevent a possible conflict over Iran's nuclear program.
How to Win the War of Ideas
Barack Obama entered the Oval Office implicitly promising to single-handedly reinvent America's image in the world. And if his administration had a strategy for reducing the long-term threat of violent extremism, it boiled down to this: Put the president in front of a microphone, and let his natural charisma do the work.
Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy
The new framework rests on the core mission of public diplomacy to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world.
Networks, Theory, and Public Diplomacy
At this moment, I would argue that any theory of public diplomacy would likely be most useful as a strategic orientation, from which can be derived a set of tactical programs and initiatives for a comprehensive public diplomacy repertoire.
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