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.
Brand Cuba
The Cuban Revolution is and always has been a brand. Its face has changed over time -- from the "barbudo" rebels of the Sierra Maestra to Che Guevara's piercing stare, from Cuba's graying salsa legends to its globe-trotting medics -- but incredibly, its essence has survived.
CNN Unveils Bulgaria Campaign
CNN International will deliver Bulgaria Tourism's first multimedia advertising campaign, using its innovative Sights & Sounds solution to combine a rich-media online push with traditional TV vignettes.
Kenya focused on tourism revival
The ministry of tourism has appealed for a further 2 billion shillings for the marketing of Kenya as a preferred tourists destination in the next two years. Key players in the tourism sector have attributed the decline due to the negative publicity that the country received during the post-election violence.
An American – university – in Kosovo
Chris Hall is president of a three-year-old college that hopes to instill values of free exchange and civil society....Most important, Hall and many students say, AUK offers Kosovar youths a school where they encounter Western-style debates, interaction, and educational standards.
A President, Not a Symbol
The question is whether the virtues that Mr. Obama would bring to the Oval Office as a symbol will translate into effectiveness as a president. The strong argument that they will rests on Harvard professor Joseph Nye's notion of "soft power": The idea that America's real strength rests not so much on its ability to impose -- as it can and often does through the military and economic tools of hard power -- but on its ability to attract.
Advisors clash over proposed ‘symbolic city’
Political advisors disagreed Monday over a proposed "Chinese cultural symbolic city", to be built in Chinese philosopher Confucius' hometown of Jining in Shandong province...."The 'city' will contribute to China's `soft power' and its construction should become one of the nation's key cultural projects," Geng Jiahuai, an NPC deputy who is also board chairman of the Yanzhou Mining Group, said yesterday.
PR-friendliness
The Turkish position on relations with Baghdad had to be explained to the world in general and not only to the Turkish public. As expected, the Office of the President held a press conference to inform media organs' Ankara representatives. The list of the invitees reflected the same "Bana ne!" (What's it to me!) tradition. The Presidency was apparently trying to rationalize the visit in the eyes of the Turkish public and was neutral on what the world media would write.
US Sends First Envoy to Fight Muslim Misperceptions
The United States is seeking to dispel Muslim misperceptions about it by sending its first envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.
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