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.
Little Japan in Singapore
'Innovation and tradition' is the main theme of the Japan Creative Centre (JCC) [in Singapore] and it will showcase Japan's 'soft power', such as pop culture and traditional arts, besides creating a space for people to experience the charms of Japan.
Commission out of Azerbaijani and Armenian intelligentsia offered to form
The Union of Azerbaijani Intelligentsia considers it possible to create a joint commission out of Azerbaijani and Armenian intelligentsia or the Union of Elders for implementation of public diplomacy in the solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
Vladivostok is the First Sister Town of Wonsan, North Korea
In the nearest future Vladivostok will become the first Sister City of this large N Korean port, which is the center of ship building industry, fish processing, public health care and education. Wonsan is situated in two-and-a-half hours drive from Pyongyang and is the second largest city of DPRK.
“There are so many things that surprised me”
Filmmaker Jennifer Taylor gives some insight into the people at the heart of her documentary film "New Muslim Cool", talks about avoiding the typical traps found when telling stories about Muslims, and explains how labels become meaningless for a community that increasingly blurs the lines between ethnicities, beliefs, and cultures.
Twitter’s Impact On Iran Protests Examined
A common observation in the protests in Iran is that demonstrators are using Twitter and other social media to communicate in the face of government censorship of traditional media. Ethan Zuckerman, a senior researcher at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, says though some protesters used Twitter, most of the organizing happened the old-fashioned way.
In Iran, The Revolution Will Be Tagged
Now combine that journalistic enthusiasm toward Twitter with the Iran protest story, and it's hard to resist covering it as something momentous. But how do you reconcile this pronouncement with the fact that only a small number of protesters are actively using Twitter?
The Tweet Heard ‘Round Tehran: A New Channel of Public Diplomacy?
witter, and other new media, have given a global voice to the angst over the elections and have made the intensity of those marching in Tehran palpable to those sitting on the couch watching halfway around the world. Most importantly, the social networking phenomenon has undermined the Iranian regime’s attempts to isolate its country from the rest of the world and has, perhaps, opened a new chapter of informal public diplomacy efforts.
Both Japan, U.S. Must Improve Their ‘Soft Power’
The world's two largest economies should reinvigorate their collaborative use of "soft power" to influence other countries as they approach a milestone year in their security alliance, participants said at a recent symposium that included key U.S. commentators on diplomacy.
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