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.
Nominations Open for Second Annual Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy
The Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy is the most prestigious honor that the U.S. Department of State can bestow on American citizens who are making outstanding international contributions to public diplomacy. Nominations for this second annual award will be accepted from October 1, 2008 through December 15, 2008. In January 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced the creation of the award, which reflects the Secretary’s conviction that the solutions to the challenges of the 21st century will come from all sectors of American society working together.
New York Scene of Intense Turkish Diplomacy Over UNSC Bid
Turkey’s unwavering commitment to securing a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council after almost a half-century of hiatus has been best reflected this week by contacts made in New York at the highest level by its president and foreign minister as well as by top diplomats from its Foreign Ministry.
Why Asia Should Matter to Canadian Voters
In Canada's general election next month, voters should pay more attention than normal to the political parties' foreign policy platforms. As the current market turmoil demonstrates only too vividly, economics are intertwined on a global level, yet politics remain stubbornly local.
Coffee Cups and Communism
Design has long been seen as a mirror of social, political and technological progress. What's less well-recognised is its role as an agent of change. At no time in recent history was this better observed than in the decades after the second world war, when communists battled capitalists on multiple fronts.
Celebs launch YouTube poverty campaign at U.N.
YouTube has teamed up with will.i.am, and non-governmental organizations GCAP, Oxfam International, Save the Children and Comic Relief to help spread the message that poverty around the world needs to be eradicated. The company launched a new channel on its site Thursday where users can upload a video stating their name, home country, and a message to their government about the need to meet the poverty goals. Steve Grove, head of news and politics for YouTube, said the company will accept videos until Nov.
UN partners with YouTube to launch online television channel
The United Nations has launched its television channel on YouTube, a popular video sharing and social networking web site, in an effort to reach a broader and younger audience on a range of issues on the world body’s agenda. The programmes set to air on the channel are produced by UN Television (UNTV) with the Organization’s agencies and funds, and cover topics such as climate change, development, human rights and peace and security...The partnership with YouTube is the latest effort by the UN to use new media technologies to get its message out.
NATO and Public Diplomacy: The Need for the Alliance to Tell its Own Story
One thing, however, is certain: the re-emergence of Russia as a country which challenges the existing status quo has placed NATO in the hot seat. Once again, this is a battle of ideas, and NATO is back to its original business. Now, more than ever, NATO members need to engage in a sustained public relations campaign, and explain the continuing story of the Alliance to its voting publics.
VOA Interviews Balkan Presidents on Kosovo
Kosovan President Fatmir Sejdiu, in an interview today with the Voice of America (VOA), said he continues to lobby his Balkan neighbors to officially recognize his country’s independence from Serbia.
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