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.

Tremors on the Fault Line: Reading the 2014 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index

This week the world of public diplomacy got a set of readings of similar significance.  They mean trouble for the USA.  The seismograph in the story is the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index.

Tags: nation branding, anholt-gfk roper nation brands index, simon anholt, united states, germany, denmark

LGBT Rights Advocacy: the Quintessential U.S. Public Diplomacy Tool

In the past four decades, since the disastrous events of the Stonewall Inn in 1969, the United States has undergone rigorous legal transformations to eliminate various discriminatory laws against its LBGT community.

Tags: americas, lgbt, human rights, advocacy, united states, john kerry, barack obama

From Schmatta District to Paris Runways, Jewish Designers are Dominating the Fashion Industry

Ralph Lauren. Donna Karan. Marc Jacobs. Alber Elbaz. Diane von Furstenberg. Arnold Scaasi. Sonia Rykiel. Michael Kors. Calvin Klein. Levi Strauss. Is it mere coincidence that so many Jews have earned international acclaim in the fashion business?

Tags: fashion diplomacy, jewish, faith diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy

Gary Hart and Northern Irish Diplomacy: Public vs. Private

Gary Hart has become the latest in a line of U.S. Senators and diplomats to wend their way to Northern Ireland to serve in the role of adviser, negotiator, and conscience-in-chief to the political process in Stormont. 

Tags: europe, Gary Hart, northern ireland, special envoy, Troubles, public diplomacy, devolution

U.S. ‘Soft Power’ Hits Another Hard Reality in the Middle East

The nation now most prone to such diplomatic pirouettes is the United States, still the world’s greatest power. Its strength has ever been defined, in important part, as idealism, “soft” power: belief in pluralism in politics, in free speech and a free press. These institutions are held to self-evidently good for a society: and the United States, with the European allies, has long preferred and rewarded those states which promise to follow that path.
 

Tags: united states, soft power, middle east, egypt, arab spring

Germany Named Best Country in the World

Germany has beaten the US to be named the best country in the world, according to a survey that rates nations on how they are perceived by outsiders.

Tags: germany, united states, global public opinion, anholt-gfk nation brands index, berlin, fifa world cup

Israeli Chef Yotam Ottolenghi Gives London ‘Plenty More’ to Talk About

This isn’t fusion cooking so much as look-what-happens-when-we-all-get-along cooking. Skipping across continents, he takes the food of his native land as well as its less-friendly neighbors, leaps to southeast Asia, and returns to host an informal brunch or an impromptu dinner party.

Tags: israel, london, gastrodiplomacy, Chef Yotam Ottolenghi, public diplomacy, jerusalem

Americans Think Globally, Connect Locally at Citizen Diplomacy Summits Across the United States

 Beginning this week, the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with Global Ties U.S., will sponsor the Diplomacy Begins Here series - eight citizen diplomacy summits in communities across the United States. The summits will bring attention to the critical role that public and citizen diplomacy play in building a more peaceful, prosperous world at home and abroad. 

Tags: citizen diplomacy, united states, us state department, Global Ties U.S., citizen diplomacy summits

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