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.
Peace Corps holds the swearing-in ceremony for volunteers in Azerbaijan
64 Peace Corps Azerbaijan Trainees will be sworn in as Peace Corps Volunteers. Beginning Dec. 11, Peace Corps Volunteers will start to work in schools and organizations in 32 Azerbaijani districts.
Israeli Consulate Initiates Cross-Cultural Exchange at L.A. Schools
In a series of events last year, the consulate and the long-established after-school program introduced inner-city school kids of various backgrounds to Israeli culture via presentations and programs organized by the Israeli consulate.
US Government Meets New Media
I would add that there is the convergence of new and old media into Now Media makes intense focus on "new media" channels as distracting and potentially dangerous. As Helle Dale notes, person to person contact remains essential.
Obama Must Cool Hugo Chavez Down
The Barry and Hugo good buds handshake squandered American prestige and gave the dictator a propaganda coup at a moment when a cold presidential stare and furrowed brow were the appropriate diplomatic and facial expressions.
The New Afghanistan Strategy: The View from the Ground
The State Department, USAID, USDA and other civilian agencies are working with our Afghan partners to bolster institutions at every level so that they are ready to take more responsibility when our combat troops begin to depart.
Cuba’s evolution
The advent of President Obama to office in the United States advanced the favourable external atmosphere, with a further lifting of the embargo on travel and remittances particularly as these related to Cuban-Americans (an Obama electoral promise). This coincided with the Summit of the Americas, where pressures from the other member states of the OAS induced a formal decision to rescind the suspension of the Cuban government from the organisation, in accordance with certain agreed principles of the institution.
Obama Should Bring Message of Restraint to Oslo
When President Barack Obama accepts his Nobel Peace Prize this week in Oslo, it will likely amplify the grumbling of those who think he is being rewarded for circumscribing American power. Obama's diplomatic efforts to date have elicited complaints that he is "starry eyed" and "weak,"...and even "accommodating" of America's enemies.These criticisms miss the point. Barack Obama isn't weak. He just helms a superpower whose power and influence is on the wane.
Turkey ’s Middle East Policy
Turkey ’s recent activism in the Middle East is widely misread as a departure from the West...Indeed, Turkey 's new standing in the region has a chance of transforming the country into something far more valuable to Brussels and Washington than a subservient tool or proxy. And Turkey ’s widely acclaimed international role as bridge role cannot be played if one leg of the bridge is weak. Strong relations with the East are widely seen as a strength in the West.
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