French Pavilion: Culture as a Nation-Branding Platform (Videoblog)
This video is part of the series CPD Video Conversations: National Branding at Expo 2010 Shanghai. Read More
Shanghai’d, or the USA Pavilion as a Corporate Theme Park
Co-author: Hailey Woldt
Let’s begin with the positive: the United States is present at the World Expo in Shanghai. The Secretary of State deserves praise for making this possible, by launching an eleventh hour fundraising drive, after the previous administration had done virtually nothing (besides rejecting a proposal that included Frank Gehry as architect). The Chinese cared enough about the U.S. presence to have contributed both public and private funds to guarantee that the U.S. showed up for Expo Shanghai 2010. Read More
Israel and Turkey: End of an Alliance
Israel's 2009 war on Gaza has been exhaustively documented: some 1,400 Palestinian deaths (compared to 13 for Israel), a vast, rubble-strewn landscape, international condemnation culminating in the hard-hitting and controversial "Goldstone Report" from the UN, and a blockade, tacitly approved by the U.S. and EU, that led to a humanitarian crisis, and ultimately to the high-seas catastrophe this week on the Free Gaza flotilla. Read More
THE UNITED STATES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: NEW DIRECTIONS IN CULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
A Little Good News from the U.S. Pavilion
There has been plenty of bad news concerning the unimaginative U.S. pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai. But let me for the moment, share a little good news.
Indeed, like many who have visited the pavilion, I couldn’t find any “wow” moments. Still, there are noteworthy highlights, especially when viewed from the vantage point of a Chinese visitor. Read More
Why Isn’t the Expo a Media Event?
According to Media Tenor, a Zurich-based research institute, like other recent world expositions, Expo Shanghai only received scant attention in the international media prior to its grand opening on May 1.
This is hardly surprising. The Expo, as it is currently conceived and presented, is simply not a media magnet to start with. Read More
Herbert Hoover and the Origins of American Public Diplomacy of the Deed
APDS Blogger: Paul Rockower
With the recent earthquakes that devastated Haiti and Chile, the concept of aid diplomacy has arisen in the global consciousness. Aid diplomacy is predicated on the notion that in times of crisis, nations can do well in public diplomacy terms by doing good works for those in need. Read More
A Report on the AUD - USC Exchange
APDS Blogger: John Nahas Read More
Russia Is a Testing Ground for U.S. Public Diplomacy
MOSCOW---To commemorate the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Russia staged an impressive Victory Day celebration on May 9, with plenty of troops and military hardware rolling through Red Square and a display of air power in the sky above Moscow. On first glance, it was just like the good old (or bad old) days.
But among those troops on parade were U.S. and British soldiers. Joseph Stalin’s picture was banned from the many posters in the center of the city, and Lenin’s Tomb – the reviewing stand for so many Cold War ceremonies – was covered by a billboard. Read More
Arizona’s New Immigration Law: How State Politics Can Inhibit Our Public Diplomacy
APDS Blogger: Hilary Tone
On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law, legalizing one of the harshest immigration enforcement laws this country has seen in decades. SB1070, dubbed by some as the “Papers, Please” law, is a hefty piece of legislation whose creators claim that the unprecedented crack down on illegal immigration will lead to safer neighborhoods in Arizona. Read More
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