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.
Pakistan Wants US Role in Resolving Issues With India
Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday.
Review: PeaceMaker – Can You Bring PEACE to the Middle East?
PeaceMaker http://www.peacemakergame.com has just been released following substantial time in the design phase and after receiving several awards, including first prize at the 2006 Reinventing Public Diplomacy Through Games Competition sponsored by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
India To Help Mauritius Establish An Open University: Tharoor
India today announced a slew of steps to cement its relations with countries of the Indian Ocean Rim initiative, including support for setting up of an open university in Mauritius and 34 scholarships for students of member nations of the group. Minister of State for External Affairs (and CPD Fellow) Shashi Tharoor on his first tour after assuming office, said India favours strengthening of the Indian Ocean Rim - Association For Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC).
Out of India
The idea of India as a "benign giant" is fast gaining ground inside India and in Asia and the world at large. There is the unspoken realisation that the borders dividing the nation-states of South Asia are artificial. India as an idea is fast gaining momentum
FAPE Shares American Culture and Ideals Through Art
The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies was established with the objective of promoting and upholding the hallmarks of American culture throughout the world by dispatching freely-commissioned artworks, sculptures, and statuettes to be installed at the embassies of the United States in other countries.
Radio free Iran
The largest Iranian community in the United States is in Los Angeles, where radio station Radio Iran KIRN has a popular talk show that fields calls from Iranians still willing to share their opinions.
From The Good Neighbor Policy To The Fundacion Amistad: A Useful Historical Reminder For Obama
President Obama has stated that he will chart a different foreign policy path from the Bush administration. However, he has yet to articulate a substantial cultural diplomacy plan. Our new president must surely know that his administration must do more than find a way to handle the hearts and minds of demographics who view America immoderately.
Pulling the Plug on Hot-Dog Diplomacy
It was an attempt by President Obama to reach out to Iran with a classically American invitation: celebrate July 4 with hot dogs and hale fellowship at United States embassies worldwide. Now, hot-dog diplomacy is the latest casualty of the bloody clashes in Tehran.
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