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Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck in Collaboration With Media Farzin at Christopher Grimes Gallery
A collaboration between a conceptual artist (Balteo Yazbeck) and an art historian (Farzin) doing research on the entanglement of modernist art with Cold War-era geopolitics and corporate maneuvers might sound like a promise of boredom — a seminar in picture frames hung on a wall. But this exhibition, which borrows its title, Cultural Diplomacy: An Art We Neglect, manages to be utterly compelling.
Number of Fulbright Scholarships from Iraq Doubled
Baghdad pledged on Wednesday to double the number of prestigious Fulbright Student Scholarships available to Iraqi students who want to study in the United States. "We hope this program develops cultural relations between Iraq and the United States, and gives Iraqi students an opportunity to study in good universities in the US and gain expertise to build their country and work in Iraqi universities."
Cultural Diplomacy in Brooklyn
The Muslim Voices Festival, a unique 10-day art and music festival featuring Muslim artists from around the world, brings a unique form of cultural exchange to New York City this week - starting with the celebrated Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour.
Entrepreneurs Play Important Role in Cultural Diplomacy
Vietnamese entrepreneurs have played a leading role in national economic development and actively participated in boosting external relations in general and cultural diplomacy in particular.
Winners and Losers in the New Geopolitics
Both the global economic crisis and the arrival of Barack Obama are transforming the geopolitical landscape. But how exactly is not yet apparent. Many Europeans and Asians predict a decline in the relative power of the US, partly because its model of capitalism is being blamed for the crisis. But such arguments are unconvincing.
China Makes Renewable Power Play to be World’s First Green Superpower
A game-changing moment could be upon us. In recent years, the world has grown used to condemning China as a climate criminal. But over the next few weeks and months, don't be surprised if you hear the same nation being hailed as the planet's first green superpower.
Obama and North Korea
Pyongyang, taking a leaf from Iran’s book (and its detention and subsequent release of American journalist Roxana Siberi) may well have the idea of releasing the two hapless American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee--who were just sentenced to twelve years of hard labor for illegally entering North Korea from China and for alleged “hostile acts”—as a goodwill gesture to the United States.
Omar Avital plants Israeli roots in NYC jazz scene
Critics call him a poet of the bass, and he is considered by international musicians and fans as one of the most innovative and exceptional musicians of his generation. Meet Israeli-American jazz musician Omar Avital.
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