public diplomacy
As Friday's curtain came down on this year's Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), a public diplomacy event, the lasting effect on China should be progress and reform. It is fair to say that the four days of the conference, covering sixty topics and attracting over 3,000 global figures from all walks of life, were a good example of public diplomacy itself.
In this audio clip, former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter speaks to MPD candidate Bryony Inge about the complex relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan, and how to improve relations going forward.
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Christoph A. Geisler, MIMA Media founder and current MPD candidate speaks about the importance of public diplomacy during geopolitical crises. The “Band Together” program, co-sponsored by the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg and MIMA Music, teaches songwriting, recording, and filmmaking by bringing American facilitators to train Russian musicians and NGO leaders in these skills. St. Petersburg Public Affairs Officer Steven J. Labensky states, “I think more important sometimes than the diplomats speaking to each other, are people speaking to each other.”
The Turkish government's obsession with becoming a global power is providing a study in contrasts: While Turkey has been using civilian planes to transport weapons to Nigeria, it also is employing navy combat vessels to hand out humanitarian assistance in Africa.
Governments worldwide are increasingly facing a fundamental question: how to deal with the causes of violent – often religiously motivated – extremism. They are not short of advice – and from a wide range of sources.
Having recently returned from the International Studies Association (ISA) conference in Toronto, I wanted to share some thoughts with the PD community, and particularly the scholars who for some reason or other couldn’t attend.
Having recently returned from the International Studies Association (ISA) conference in Toronto, I wanted to share some thoughts with the PD community, and particularly the scholars who for some reason or other couldn’t attend. For those who aren’t familiar, ISA is the major annual conference where PD scholars convene, particularly through the International Communication (ICOMM) and Diplomatic Studies divisions. ISA has around 5,000 participants, of which the regular faces working on PD comprise of less than one percent.