As a burgeoning, boisterous democracy and a growing economic power with a tradition of nonalignment, India has tremendous assets that can be put to work in its public diplomacy; but it should re-orient its strategy to reach out to the world in a way that leverages its strengths and national values rather than simply inviting other nations to sample its rich culture and diversity.

Hallyu or the Korean Wave, which refers to the fast-growing popularity of Korean entertainment and culture through TV dramas, movies, pop music and food around the world, particularly in Japan, China and Southeast Asia, could be a valuable soft-power asset to improve better understanding of Korea and its national brand value.

China’s Confucius Institutes around the world are about spreading appreciation for Chinese culture and language, not news about political fault lines in China. Since the Confucius Institute project started seven years ago, some 300 have opened around the globe – 21 in Africa.

USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to host Fulbright Professional Scholar Sarala Fernando for Fall 2011. While at the Center, she will research the training challenges faced by developing countries with small cadres of diplomats and the support of public diplomacy initiatives.

Our research will assess the role of each of these actors: public, private, and nonprofit, as well as media and academia—and seeks to understand how they create the public diplomacy ecosystem in India. We will survey a wide range of ‘diplomacies’—from cultural to economic...

Brazil, stressed the availability of the Angolan musician and composer André Mingas for the enhancement of cultural diplomacy between the two States..."The country thus lost an outstanding man of culture... he contributed to the spreading of the Angolan culture and strengthen cultural relations with Brazil,"

D.C. has lots of embassies, and lots of embassies host cultural events that showcase arts and culture from their countries...I think embassies produce this kind of programming because want to share their culture with Americans. Cultural diplomacy at its best!

With a political even-handedness that deserves a place in the annals of diplomacy, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is presenting the Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan this week and the Beijing Dance Theater...The dance idiom mixes Eastern and Western styles...