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.
EU Plans to Admit More Refugees
The European Commission has unveiled plans to allow more refugees from conflict zones and poor nations into European countries. The scheme is aimed at discouraging immigrants - mainly from Africa - from attempting to reach Europe illegally.
Chavez is smarter than FARC, at least on Facebook
But Chavez is no FARC and it's no longer 2008: anyone who wants to fight governments on Facebook or Twitter these days, has to be prepared that they would fight back using the very same tools - and often, will do so more effectively than their detractors.
Freedom…and Will That Be With Large Fries?
“This is where I belong, and this is where I want to die and be buried. A land where people accept each other for their differences, where nobody pays attention to what you are doing or what beliefs you are following. A land for everybody.”
Public Diplomacy: What It Is, Why It’s Needed and How It Could Work Well for America Again
Public diplomacy is what America does when the U.S. needs popular support in other countries for American policy, which is almost always the case. Public diplomacy, well done, pressures governments to do what leaders might be less inclined to do behind the closed doors of traditional diplomacy.
Can Mosquito Nets Stop Terrorists?
A little-noticed discussion in Washington has recently hit fever pitch as members of the U.S. government debate how to turn their ambition -- to win the hearts and minds of the global public -- into action.
It’s Not About Us
The United States need not be Miss Congeniality to win the war of ideas. We just need to make moderates hate extremists more than they dislike us.
Connecting Public Diplomacy and Policy
American public diplomats cannot do their job as long as people at the top of government see public diplomacy as primarily a smokescreen for ineffective or wrongheaded policy. The assumption that public diplomacy can move in one direction while policy goes in another shows how little understanding exists of what public diplomacy can and cannot do.
U.N. Chief’s ‘Quiet’ Outreach To Autocrats Causing Discord
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has a message for despots and dictators: We can talk...Ban has said he is confident that his trademark "quiet diplomacy" can help nudge the most recalcitrant leaders to mend their ways...The approach, however, has recently exposed the U.N. chief to criticism that he too often remains silent in the face of atrocities by the very leaders he seeks to cultivate...His frequent contacts with unsavory leaders have contributed to the United Nations' reputation as a forum for grubby compromises, detractors say.
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