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.
State’s Trolls ‘Push Back’ Against Anti-U.S. Bloggers
The U.S. State Department is using a wide range of tactics to win over the populations of hostile countries such as Iran, according to James K. Glassman, Under Secretary For Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. "We want to bring people together," Glassman said during a teleconference on Wednesday. He listed programs ranging from pro-democracy videos to inviting the Iranian national basketball team to play in Salt Lake City.
Expatriate Iranian TV Struggles to Keep Islamic Republic Viewers
Inspired by a shared sense of exile, nostalgia for their home country and the desire to shape political developments inside Iran, expatriates have established newspapers, magazines, radio stations, satellite television channels and internet sites. But limited financial and human resources have raised doubts about the sustainability and quality of various outlets, while the intended target audience inside Iran questions this media's impartiality, relevance and political impact vis-à-vis the Islamic Republic.
China, India resume Himalayan dance
After a year-long hiatus, border negotiations between India and China resume this week in Beijing. The latest round of talks, the 12th since special representatives were appointed in 2003 to hammer out a solution to the almost half-century-old dispute at a political level, will take place against a geopolitical tapestry of burgeoning complexity. On the one hand, booming bilateral trade, increasing people-to-people contact and a sustained exchange of high-level visits indicate a maturing of ties.
Ahmadi-Nejad backs aide over Israel
Although Mr Ahmadi-Nejad is more used to attacking Israel and predicting its demise, he defended Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, the vice-president for tourism, against calls to sack him for saying Iran was “a friend of [the] Israeli people”. The president on Thursday made the first public defence of Mr Mashaei, saying his government was, in any case, acting independently of the Qom-based senior clergy.
Business for Diplomatic Action & Thunderbird Team to Offer Program on Global Corporate Diplomacy
In an age of hyper-globalism and a waning economy, U.S. business must be surefooted in knowing how to engage with the rest of the world to maintain a competitive edge. In response, the nation's top business-led public diplomacy advocate and the No. 1 school of global management education are joining forces to help multinational corporations better understand foreign cultures in order to operate more successfully and diplomatically across borders. Keith Reinhard, president of Business for Diplomatic Action, and Dr.
Diverting Attention
Numerous documentaries about Fidel Castro’s “heroic” struggle against American imperialism, accompanied by no less complimentary memoirs of the Soviet military that helped in the struggle, inundated the evening prime-time of Russian state-owned channels in recent years. Castro, portrayed by Russian media as an irresponsible and cruel dictator in the early 1990s, suddenly turned his “pop-culture” side to the Russian public.
Rice Tries Taming Putin While Still Engaging Him
Rice said in a Washington speech today that the U.S. and its European allies would push back against what she described as Russian bullying of ``free nations'' including neighboring Georgia and not ``validate the prejudices that some Russian leaders seem to have'' that the West would ``cave in'' eventually. At the same, the U.S. wants to keep working with Russia on countering terrorism, nuclear proliferation and climate change, and maintaining cultural exchanges, said Rice, who joined President George W. Bush's administration as national security adviser in 2001.
American Exception: U.S. Court Is Now Guiding Fewer Nations
Judges around the world have long looked to the decisions of the United States Supreme Court for guidance, citing and often following them in hundreds of their own rulings since the Second World War. But now American legal influence is waning. Even as a debate continues in the court over whether its decisions should ever cite foreign law, a diminishing number of foreign courts seem to pay attention to the writings of American justices.
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