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.
North Korean Arms Lesson
Kudos to the government of Thailand for doing its part to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea. Acting on a tip from the United States, authorities this weekend seized a 35-ton haul of arms and explosives on a plane bound to points unknown from Pyongyang.
Dysfunctional diplomacy
First, U.S. public diplomacy has been dysfunctional since the shuttering of the U.S. Information Agency a decade ago....diplomacy and public diplomacy are very different. They have different audiences and require different skills and support, but both are very important.
NASA Partners with Saudi Arabia on Moon and Asteroid Research
NASA and Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research.
Collaborating with Muslim Countries for the Sake of Science
Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced new initiatives to bolster science and technology collaboration with Muslim communities around the world.
Iran decries Clinton’s remarks on Latin America ties
Iran on Tuesday criticized recent remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding Tehran's ties with Latin American countries..."It is clear that these comments are in contravention of diplomatic norms and the best proof of that is the reaction by the regional countries".
An Interview With Haider Mullick
The United States is badly losing the war of perceptions in Pakistan. By all accounts today more than 85 percent of Pakistanis are anti-Taliban and anti-America...ut what makes this current streak more dangerous is that perceptions are now deterring action.
The Tehran-Caracas Nuclear Axis
Here's one from the Department of We Are The World: Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address the U.N.'s climate summit in Copenhagen. Say what you will about these two gentlemen—the support for terrorists, the Holocaust denial, the suppression of civil liberties—nobody can accuse them of being global warming "deniers."
Medical aid to Cuba hits snags
A dozen Cuban children with heart defects were forced to endure unnecessary surgery because the U.S. embargo blocked them from receiving American-made catheters...A dramatic argument - but the facts behind it are fuzzy and tangled in the bureaucracies of two hostile countries.
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