PD Happenings: April 14 - April 20

This Week in PD is a weekly 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.

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Exchange Diplomacy

• 55 Batangueño Farmers Leave for Agri-Training in South Korea - Manila Bulletin
• More Cultural Exchanges Between China, Scotland - Xinhua News Agency
• In Omaha, Second Lady Karen Pence Says Importance of Sister Cities ‘Cannot Be Overstated’ - Omaha World-News
• Russian Students Get a Taste of the Southwest - The Daily Wildcat

Corporate Diplomacy

• Australia’s Impact Entrepreneur Investor Ygap Opens Office in Kenya - Nairobi News
• Water From the Sun: Solar-Powered Water Pumps Offer African Farmers a Way Out of Poverty - Greentech Media
• Tech Firms Sign ‘Digital Geneva Accord’ Not to Aid Governments in Cyberwar - The New York Times

Soft Power

• Emmanuel Macron is Making France Great Again - The Spectator
• PD and the Decline of Liberal Democracy: The Case of Hungary - CPD Blog
• First Lady Diplomacy - CPD Blog

Foreign Aid

• Civil Society Fundraising in Belarus: Time To Go Local and Crowdfund? - Belarus Digest
• USAID, State, and DOD To Release First-Ever Stabilization Assistance Review - Devex

Nation Branding

• As HMI Expands, Sights Set on Drawing Indian Visitors- The Japan Times
• Branding the Land of Ice and Fire - CPD Blog

Economic Diplomacy

• India Eyes Soybean Diplomacy With Beijing Amid China-US Trade War - NDTV
• The IMF and World Bank Must Evolve or Lose Their Place in the New World Order - City A.M.

Cultural Diplomacy

• The Increased Importance of Cultural Diplomacy - Arab News

Youth Diplomacy

• Two Penn Professors Start Program for Philadelphia Students to Simulate Diplomacy in Latin America - The Daily Pennsylvanian

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