News headlines showcased this week how nations utilize cultural diplomacy and other soft power assets to brand themselves abroad. While we saw some soft power triumphs—music diplomacy between the United States and Iran; film...
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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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Global Development
- A Vision to Bring Glasses to the Developing World - The Telegraph
- Denmark Provides Loan for 100-MW Wind Farm in Ethiopia - Renewables Now
- France to Reopen Embassy in the Gambia, Pledges $58 Million Development Financing - Africanews
- China Says Its Space Station Belongs ‘To The World,’ Welcomes Cooperation - International Business Times
Art Diplomacy
- New British Council Colombo Library to Open on June 2nd - ColomboPage
- Tanzanian Dancers Mesmerize - The Tribune
- Exhibition at FIT’s New Exhibition Space This Fall - WWD (Women's Wear Daily)
Digital Diplomacy
- Morocco in African Digital Development's Top Ten - Morocco World News
- Social Media Shaping Norms of Expression in the Arab World - Arab Weekly
- Place Branding Estonia - Transform Magazine
Soft Power
- There Is Growing Momentum to Adopt China’s Yuan as a Reserve Currency in Africa - Quartz
- Red Velvet's Bubblegum Pop Fine-tunes South Korean Diplomacy - Asia Times
- How Britain Can Remain a Soft Power Superpower After Brexit - The Conversation
Sports Diplomacy
Foreign Aid
- Foreign Aid Subject to Major Reforms - News in English
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