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.
What Others Say: America’s image an easy sell in Iran
Although their leaders still call America the "Great Satan," ordinary Iranians' affection for the United States seems to be thriving these days, at least in the bustling capital. This rekindled regard is evident in people's conversations, their insatiable demand for U.S. products and culture, and their fascination with the U.S. presidential campaign.
The Nasrallah speech: Hezbollah ruled, the West is fooled
In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's strategic communication machine (as our Western jargon likes to describe it) to frame the outcome of the battle for Lebanon, significantly lost by the United States, the West and the forces of Democracies in the region.
Strategizing Strategic Communication
As the two-front war in Iraq and Afghanistan continues, Congress is finally beginning to calibrate the nation's instruments of foreign policy on a new front—the information battle in the War on Terror. While scholars and policymakers may differ on what to call this new battlefield—the War of Ideas, Fourth Generation Warfare, or Soft Power—most would agree that the U.S. government has done a woeful job in wielding its most effective tool to engage foreign audiences: strategic communication
Worldview: Everyone should agree on this Iraq program
The Iraqi government has proposed using oil revenue to send 10,000 high school graduates a year to study abroad for the next five years. The students would go to the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia, with the bulk of them headed here. Then they would be required to return home.
Time To Make It People-centric
The increasing importance of public diplomacy in the execution of foreign policy owes itself to the enhanced awareness of the people toward the situation fraught with risks as well as the stakes to be involved in any foreign undertaking. In reality, the people are the stakeholders in any major activity that state actions intend to carry on.
Mahendra Ved: There’s no bigger business than showbusiness
While presenting the budget this year, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram described the entertainment industry as India’s “soft power” — the expression coined by Harvard economist Joseph Nye to describe a nation’s cultural assets...There is a need to curb the hype, however, about the growing popularity of Indian cinema worldwide not just rivalling Hollywood but even replacing it some day soon.
U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
The U.S. Africa Command, designed to boost America's image and prevent terrorist inroads on the continent, has scaled back its ambitions after African governments refused to host it and aid groups protested plans to expand the military's role in economic development in the region.
U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
The U.S. Africa Command, designed to boost America's image and prevent terrorist inroads on the continent, has scaled back its ambitions after African governments refused to host it and aid groups protested plans to expand the military's role in economic development in the region.
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