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.

Albright Exhibit Shows Off Her Quirky Diplomacy

Now a collection of unlikely diplomatic tools – more than 200 of Albright’s pins and brooches – is on display at the Truman Library in Independence. “Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection” is on display through Feb. 22.

Tags: madeleine albright, bill clinton, united states, iraq, nato, brooche exhibit, truman library

Liberal Japan Needs to Drown Out Revisionist Voices

Since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s return to power in December 2012, Japan’s diplomatic relations with South Korea have continuously worsened. Abe’s persistent stance on the Yasukuni Shrine, the Dokdo/Takeshima territorial dispute and the ‘comfort women’ issue has elicited fierce opposition from the South Korean government.

Tags: japan, south korea, diplomatic relations, Democratic Party of Japan, east asian community, yasukuni shrine, territorial dispute

India and Pakistan: A Debilitating Relationship

For a brief moment after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election victory, there was optimism in both India and Pakistan. (...)Unfortunately, it has all been downhill since. 

Tags: india, pakistan, bilateral relations, suicide bomber, kashmir, military, afghanistan, narendra modi

Erdogan Turns Back on EU Membership Bid

Given the current turmoil along Turkey’s eastern borders, many have forgotten that Ankara is still technically vying for EU membership. This bid, however, remains in the doldrums due to a combination of factors involving Turkey and Europe.
 

Tags: EU, government pd, membership bid, erdogan, turkey, Turkish Industry and Business Association

How Income Inequality Undermines U.S. Power

How will the social science experiment of allowing wealth to settle so unequally between the top 1 percent and rest of the United States impact the foundations and contours of U.S. foreign policy?

Tags: united states, international standing, activism, power, public opinion, income inequality, U.S. foreign policy

“APEC Blue” and China’s Soft Power

Weeks before the summit, environment unfriendly industries within Beijing and the adjacent regions were suspended as required to reproduce the long lost blue sky and as short as the APEC meeting, the blueness was gone with the closure of the summit.

Tags: china, soft power, apec, beijing, environment, culture, social and economic development, China's Soft Power

Does Reconciliation Process Have Precedents In Colombia?

Latin America’s Colombia and Turkey are sharing a mutual fate of ending decades-long conflict in their countries. According to experts, reconciliation in such processes could face obstacles, but with real commitment both sides can solve the problematic issues.

Tags: colombia, farc, conflict resolution, peace process, latin america, terrorism, turkey

Pakistani Students Find Comfort, Understanding

Fatima and Khan are exchange students at Maryville College. They came to East Tennessee through the U.S. Department of State's Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Euroasia & Central Asia, a highly competitive scholarship program designed to provide cross-cultural education and understanding.

Tags: pakistan, Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, international exchange, education, united states, tennessee, us state department

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