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.

New Peking Opera Tells Stories of the Silk Road

Like the Chinese title 'Silk Road and the Great Wall,' the Silk Road' symbolizes the country's soft power, while the Great Wall represents the country's hard power. National prosperity must be achieved on the basis of supreme integration of hard and soft power.

Tags: Cultural Diplomacy, silk road, china, soft power, peking opera

Neutralizing Terror: Soft power and the Islamic State

How can democracies fight this ideology? People may die, but ideologies are forever. I suggest that we begin to think of the Islamic State as having soft power but with its own evil spin.

Tags: islamic state, soft power, terrorism, hard power, digital diplomacy and new tech

Medical Diplomacy Against Global Turmoil: Battling Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Ebola

One extra benefit of working in the humanitarian sector after a major disaster is that by treating the sick and the injured, we can do more than help survivors - we can also enhance the image of our own country overseas.

Tags: medical diplomacy, soft power, nation branding, global aid and development, humanitarian aid

Fixing America’s Aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan

The US needs a more strategic approach in providing assistance to the two troubled countries.

Tags: international aid, united states, afghanistan, pakistan, nato, usaid, Foreign assistance programs

Somalia: UNSC Diplomacy in Action 2015

Ambassador Nicholas Kay provides Reporter with exclusive analysis of the recent political developments in the Somali Regions, the role the UNSOM has played in Somalia for peace, security and reconstruction efforts for new Somalia in 2016 . 

Tags: somalia, unsc, diplomacy, government pd, united nations, unsom

ADA Successfully Ends Training Program for Diplomats

During the next training the young diplomats were trained on the topics as leadership skills, effective communication, teamwork, negotiation skills, proper management of the business meetings, oratory, as well as current trends in public diplomacy, building relationships with the media and Azerbaijani studies.

Tags: ada, diplomats, training program, azerbaijan, public diplomacy, media

Philanthropy's Power Gap: Nonprofits Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Though Maybe They Should Be)

The power disparity between donors and causes, between foundations and nonprofit organizations is as great a gulf as any other in civil society.

Tags: non-profits, international aid, power disparity, 'new power', philanthropy, crowd sourcing

NATO Works to Include Balkan Youth in Security Politics

The second Belgrade NATO Week kicked off on December 15th. Organised by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division in Serbia and the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies, the forum gathered young members of political parties in Serbia in order to educate them on basic information about NATO and its principles.

Tags: nato, balkans, international exchange, serbia, public diplomacy

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