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.
Europeans Back Obama but Not Necessarily His Policies
'TRANSATLANTIC TRENDS' SURVEY 2008: According to a major survey, Europeans want the Democrats to win back the White House this year. But Barack Obama's positions on Iran's nuclear program and Afghanistan are not widely supported in Europe, and the huge European interest in the election may not translate into closer trans-Atlantic ties.
State Department’s diplomats dip into blog-world
They may not have solved all the world’s problems, but no one can say the senior diplomats in the Bush administration’s State Department haven’t put serious effort into joining the Internet age...In August, in the middle of an ominous standoff with Russia, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried took time out to punch out a 600-word defense of U.S. diplomacy on the Georgia crisis in Dipnote, the State Department’s blog...This week, the blog posted a stack of photos of Rice’s North Africa trip, just to give the State.gov website a bit of a Facebook feel.
Paralympic Athletes Able to Match Olympic Greats
In the Athens Olympics in 2004, Phelps came up one short of matching Mark Spitz's 1972 gold medal haul, while Popovich went 7-for-7 in five individual events and two relays in the ensuing Paralympics.
We Are a Service Nation
On the seventh anniversary of September 11, Senators McCain and Obama will gather in New York to discuss one of the most powerful, but frequently overlooked, pillars of our global public diplomacy efforts—service and volunteerism. For this September 11 marks the beginning of the two-day ServiceNation Summit, which will herald the potential impact of citizen service and offer a forum to discuss policy options to address some of America’s toughest challenges through service—both at home and abroad.
Asia requires urgent US attention: Report
Among the findings and recommendations of the Asian taskforce: The United States would be well advised to set a good example of upholding the very values it espouses. U.S. allies in the region are acutely aware of America's poor image among their own publics and want the next administration's foreign policy to pay special attention to public diplomacy. Both Americans and Asians will benefit if the political, intellectual, and cultural bridges are strengthened.
No Consensus On Who Was Behind 9/11
A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 17 nations finds that majorities in only nine of them believe that al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. In no country does a majority agree on another possible perpetrator, but in most countries significant minorities cite the US government itself and, in a few countries, Israel.
How The Olympics Didn’t Change China
The most important event in China in the last 60 years is over. There appears to be great debate outside China about the legacy of the games. Inside China, the business class is back to work, the volunteers are back to school, the restaurants are back to being filled with locals and everyone is watching reruns of the women's 75-kilo weight lifting competition
Iran’s arrest of doctors jeopardizes US program
Two celebrated Iranian doctors who participated in a US-funded exchange program have been arrested in Iran and accused of using their global AIDS work to destabilize the Iranian government, according to State Department officials and former students at Harvard's School of Public Health who are seeking their release.
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