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.
UAE, China to Promote Cultural Heritage
The Abu Dhabi Authority of Culture and Heritage (Adach) and the Chinese Ministry of Culture recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at supporting mutual understanding and dialogue between cultures and civilizations. Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, chairman of Adach, said that Adach is now playing a key role in supporting creativity and promoting cultural dialogue, as well as implementing a strategy aimed at protecting the cultural heritage of Abu Dhabi. He further noted that Adach’s strategy in its most part focuses on promoting cultural diplomacy as its approach.
What’s in That Obama Middle East Peace Plan? And Will He Talk to Israelis?
In anticipation of Wednesday's meeting between U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Laura Rozen at ForeignPolicy.com has some speculation from Middle East experts about the terms of an Israeli settlement freeze and the Middle East peace plan that President Obama is rumored to be rolling out next month:
With Video Games, Public Diplomacy by Mobile Phone
If the U.S. State Department is intent on using public office to bridge cultures, Ali Reza Manouchehri says he plans on doing it “one pixel at a time.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be busy making headlines in North Korea, but Manouchehri is crafting a more gentle type of public diplomacy from his small office in Virginia: a kind that you can download to your mobile phone.
2010 Communication: Still No Central Message
Having attended the fourth and final National Communications Partnership (NCP) Conference last week, I hoped to gain clarity on the NCP's communications plan and my role as a communicator in delivering on that plan. Although feeling inspired to take on an active role, I'm still unsure of what that role will be and the central message is that the NCP wishes professional communicators to champion....So in South Africa, what are we telling the rest of the world, for 2010?
Strong Brands Make a Strong Nation
How true is the statement that strong brands make a strong nation? Well, the conventional thought is that the strength of a nation lies in its military might, economic strength, natural resources, human capital or infrastructure. In today’s environment, strong brands are the foundation in building a strong nation. Let us take a look at some of the great nations of the world. The United States has the largest economy in the world and is also known as the land of brands.
Drivers and Doctors on the Road to Peace
A growing number of Palestinians are being personally chauffeured to life-saving medical appointments in Israel by volunteer Israeli drivers. It took more than half of her young life for doctors to diagnose two-year-old Aya Aiid Abo-Mois's chronic kidney disease. Today, it's the dialysis she receives four times a week at an Israeli hospital that keeps her alive. In the Palestinian Authority city of Jenin in the West Bank where she lives there are no adequate facilities to treat her rare condition.
Authoritarian Regimes Must be Opposed
In an authoritarian regime, political power is concentrated in an authority not responsible nor responsive to the people. Such a system is the polar opposite of a democracy.
Paying the Price for Hollywood Remakes
For years, Indian producers have paid Hollywood the ultimate compliment: knocking off American films scene-for-scene and turning them into Bollywood blockbusters. Now, Hollywood is paying Bollywood a compliment of its own. Instead of ignoring the plagiarism, American moviemakers have begun suing their counterparts in India, a sure sign that this country's booming, $2.2 billion-a-year film industry has arrived as a global player.
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