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.
Is Diplomacy with Iran Futile?
Ask an auditorium full of smart, informed New Yorkers if diplomacy has a prayer of ending Iran's nuclear ambitions and, it turns out, they split evenly into three groups: the yeas, the nays, and the undecideds. Then offer that same audience 90 minutes of cogent debate from four experts…and positions can shift.
Indian cricket league relocates to South Africa
South Africa gets a taste of India as the Indian Premier League temporarily relocates. Due to security concerns surrounding India’s election, the entire IPL was rerouted and re-rooted. The combination of world-class cricket and India’s cultural glitz and Bollywood glamour has made the IPL a hit in South Africa.
Explaining War
Since each area has its own unique characteristics and its specific areas of interest, we provide each 'audience' with what it needs…We tailor information and stories for North America, for Europe, for Russian-language media, for Arabic media and for Latin America and the Far East.
Bleckner Becomes First Artist Appointed as UN Goodwill Ambassador
American painter Ross Bleckner was recently appointed to be the UN Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking. His work has been known internationally more than 20 years but Bleckner is not as well known as the celebrities the U.N. often picks for such ceremonial duties. Bleckner has been working to rehabilitate former child soldiers and abducted girls in Gulu, Uganda, through art therapy.
Senate Confirms [McHale as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy]
Also getting their official nods late Thursday were veteran cable lawyer Cameron Kerry (brother of Senator John Kerry) as general counsel of the Department of Commerce and former Discovery chief Judith McHale as under secretary of state for public diplomacy at the State Department.
Interview: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterates the administration's commitment to finding a two-state solution for the Middle East conflict...But she also tells Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara that talks with Hamas will only happen if the group meets certain conditions.
What is Azerbaijan to Turkey?
The driving forces behind Turkey's public diplomacy are communities. This is the same force that sends Turkish entrepreneurs everywhere around the world. Today Turkey owes its place in the Middle East arena to its economic power and social mobility, rather than its military power.
Obama’s Guantanamo Problem—And Ours
Whatever the president said this week, I think he is learning that foreign policy and national security—especially as they relate to America’s image abroad—are matters a lot more thorny than they appear from the outside and that to do the opposite of what George Bush did is not a strategy but, in some cases, a dangerous trap.
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