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.
Our Films Have Kept India-Pakistan From All-Out-War: Mahesh Bhatt
Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt feels that steady, subtle infiltration of Indian cinema into Pakistani households is one of the reasons which has kept both countries from an all out war.
Democracy Video Challenge Winners Revealed
The Democracy Video Challenge, a global online video competition launched by the U.S. State Department in conjunction with entertainment companies and youth groups, announced on Tuesday the six winners of its inaugural competition, which attracted more than 900 submissions.
Twitter Revolutionizes Israel’s Global PR
A top Israeli envoy to the US told Ha'aretz on Tuesday that popular micro-blogging platform Twitter has really started to revolutionize the way the Jewish state gets its message out to supporters and critics.
Public Diplomacy, Iran and Jared Cohen
The New York Times identifies the State Department official who urged Twitter to reschedule a site maintenance — and risk disrupting the communications of thousands of Iranian dissidents using the #IranElection hashtag — as a 27-year old guy in the Policy Planning shop named Jared Cohen.
The Challenges To Turning Off The Internet In Iran
While the [Iranian] government has cracked down on dissent in the streets, it's having a harder time quieting electronic dissent. Which raises the question: Why doesn't the Iranian government just turn off the Internet? Answer: That's easier said than done.
America’s Iranian Twitter Revolution
While some, like Clay Shirky, will proclaim regarding this so-called “Twitter revolution in Iran,” that “this is it, this is the big one” the “it” and the “one” are what are most in doubt. Hype, promotional propaganda, wishful thinking — a rush to the headline-grabbing punchline. Shirky thinks the whole world is watching, and he may be right, but he is wrong about Twitter and other social media.
Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect - Christopher Grimes - Los Angeles
'Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect', casts Alexander Calder and his docile abstractions as the unlikely protagonists in a tale of international intrigue, a tangled narrative tracing the twinned histories of the US interest in Venezuelan and Iranian oil following World War II.
Experts praise PM’s public diplomacy with Pakistan
Foreign policy and strategic experts have welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s deft use of public diplomacy in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg to put Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on the back foot over terror attacks from across the border.
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