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.
Promote Independent Global Media to Reverse Global U.S. Isolation and Win the War of Ideas
One way to do this is to promote the development of independent global media. The State Department, not the Pentagon, should have the lead on public diplomacy and strategic global communications. The United States should support the expansion of genuinely independent and privately owned media around the world where none exist.
Barack Obama ‘will repair image of US in UK’
America needs to work hard to regain the trust of the British public following the Iraq war and the Bush years, a senior adviser to Barack Obama says today....In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Samantha Power, who is a key member of the Presidential hopeful's foreign policy team, says anti-Americanism is now "vehement" in the United Kingdom.
A Popularity Offensive
The one goal that unites and explains the Democratic approach to foreign policy is this: America must try -- urgently and desperately -- to be more popular in the world....This argument depends on three premises -- all of which are questionable.
Identity crisis: When brands fake their nationality
Borrowing the brand attributes of another country to help sell your product and service carries considerable risks, even if, as with Citroen’s latest ad for its C5 model, it is done tongue-in-cheek.
Foreign Policy Increasingly Flows Through Pentagon
US foreign policy is becoming increasingly dominated by the Pentagon rather than the State Department....If permitted to continue, current trends will "diminish Congressional, public and even diplomatic control over a substantial lever and symbol of foreign policy. It will undercut human rights values in our relations with the rest of the world, and increase the trend toward a projection of US global power based primarily on military might," the report concluded.
Pope approves permanent Catholic-Muslim forum
The historic move follows three days of talks in Rome between Vatican officials and a Muslim delegation representing 138 Muslim scholars who last year wrote an open letter to the Pope and other Christian leaders calling for dialogue, a move inspired by Prince Ghazi bin Muhammed bin Talal of Jordan.
Defense Secretary Gates Discusses U.S. Foreign Policy Budget Imbalance with Committee Members
Diplomacy and development are just as important as defense. They will not be funded equally, but we should strive to strike a better balance than we have now. The budget for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development together is anemic next to that of the Defense Department.
Cyber-Rebels in Cuba Defy State’s Limits
A growing underground network of young people armed with computer memory sticks, digital cameras and clandestine Internet hookups has been mounting some challenges to the Cuban government in recent months, spreading news that the official state media try to suppress.
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