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.
The Case for Sofa Diplomacy
This is how I discover what couchsurfing is about. Had it not been for Anne offering me hospitality though couchsurfing.com - an online community of travellers and hosts - I doubt I could have experienced Seoul with such insider knowledge...Started in 2003, couchsurfing.com has 650,000 members worldwide, and rising.
Public Diplomacy Resource Centers Act of 2007
The Committee on Foreign Relations, having had under consideration the bill H.R. 2553, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for the establishment and maintenance of existing libraries and resource centers at United States diplomatic and consular missions to provide information about American culture, society, and history, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill do pass.
Kenya: Country’s Poor Show in Global Image Ranking
Kenya's image globally is yet to recover from the effects of the recent post-election violence, grand corruption and threats of terrorism, a new survey shows. The study released in London last week ranked Kenya at position 176 out of 200 countries surveyed based on stories published in the international press.
Drawing Gaza’s battle lines
As violence continues between Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas, Artsworld meets a Gazan cartoonist trying to make a difference through her drawings.
Federation honoured with classical concert
Classics by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and others echoed through the Sugar Bay Club on Wednesday evening, as the United States Embassy partnered with the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture in observance of 25 years of Independence in St. Kitts/Nevis. Internationally renowned pianist, Roman Rudnytsky, of the United States entertained an appreciative crowd at a piano recital held under the distinguished patronage of the Governor-General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian.
India Set to Lose Voice of America
In a move that reflects shifts in U.S. foreign policy after the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors has decided that VOA's seven-hour Hindi-language radio service will end this month, after 53 years. VOA will also eliminate radio broadcasts in three Eastern European languages. Radio broadcasts in Russian went off the air in July.
Washington Expels Bolivian Envoy
The U.S. move comes after Bolivian President Evo Morales blamed the US envoy for inciting protesters in Bolivia - a claim denied by Washington. And Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez now says he will expel the US envoy in Caracas, in solidarity with Mr Morales.
James Glassman
They say it is also a defining war of ideas in which a key weapon against Islamist extremism is 'public diplomacy' and the power of persuasion. On the anniversary of 9/11, Stephen Sackur talks to James Glassman, the State Department's new chief of public diplomacy. Is America now equipped to win a worldwide propaganda war?
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