public diplomacy

Former U.S. Ambassador Christopher R. Hill’s recent book, Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy, is a memoir that provides much insight into his day-to-day life as an American diplomat in the Balkans, Poland, South Korea, Iraq, and his role in various multilateral negotiations such as Dayton and Six Party Talks on North Korea. Hill, who has worked with six different U.S.

Ottawa is putting more money into a project aimed at communicating directly with Iranian citizens as it looks to apply a similar strategy in other countries including Russia and parts of Iraq and Syria.

Bloom Consulting’s fourth edition of their survey uses six objectives (or dimensions). These are attraction of investment (trade), attraction of tourism, and attraction of talent.  Strengthening national pride (increase of national pride), strengthening public diplomacy (increase of public diplomacy efforts), and strengthening exports (increase of exports) are considered as well.

India and South Korea share warm and friendly relations that are officially described as a “friction-free relationship”. Its major companies have experience of manufacturing in India, and South Korea is looking to diversify its markets. (...) Korea with its trade and economic prowess should be a natural partner for prime minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme.

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January 2, 2015

The debate over the strengths and weaknesses of Israel's public diplomacy efforts have been a point of interest for the Jewish state and its supporters around the world.

The mission of American public diplomacy is to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives ... and influencing foreign public and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and Government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world, including Somali Diaspora Worldwide.

In recent years the debate over Israel’s efforts in public diplomacy, or hasbara, has been a recurring topic on the agenda of the Jewish state and its supporters around the globe.

2014 a banner year for Pope Francis.

Highlights of Pope Francis’s bold moves in 2014 and their public diplomacy implications.

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