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US’s Milan expo dream crushed by debt
Sarah Wheaton, politico.euDozens of vendors built a chic pavilion but no one knows how to pay them.Image from article, with caption: US Secretary of State John Kerry visits the US pavillion at Expo...
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Public Diplomacy – What It Is and How to Do (2015)
un.org.au; see also [:)]image fromGovernment endeavours to influence foreign publics have long pre-dated the concept of public diplomacy, coined in the 1960s. The communication and technology...
View ArticleLessons in Leadership: A Conversation with Richard Stengel
Event Detail, hks.harvard.eduFriday, March 4, 2016Join Richard Stengel, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, for a conversation about the role millennials can and...
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A Big World Out There
Elizabeth Redden, insidehighered.comimage fromExcerpt:The senior administrators tasked with promoting and coordinating international activities on their university campuses are gathered here for the...
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Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Organizations
fletcher.tufts.eduExcerpt:Edward Schumacher-MatosPublic Diplomacy; Journalism; Migration ...
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CIA Director John Brennan: U.S. Needs to ‘Come to Grips’ With Islamic State...
Ted Johnson, variety.comBrennan image from articleThe White House convened a meeting of Silicon Valley, Madison Avenue and a few entertainment executives on Wednesday with an eye toward finding ways to...
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New Report: World Leaders on Instagram
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryFeb 25, 2016Global strategic communications firm Burson-Marsteller, known for their highly-acclaimed annual Twiplomacy report, have expanded their 2016...
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UK spends £1.35 million on Chevening scholarship for 45 Nigerian scholars in...
premiumtimesng.comArkwright image from articleThe UK says it has spent approximately £1,350,000 (approximately 400 million naira) in sponsoring 45 Nigerian Chevening scholars currently in the UK...
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Canada's liberals attack Palestine solidarity
Gregory Shupak, middleeasteye.netimage from article: Canada's ties to Israel go much deeper than partisan politicsOn Monday, Canada's House of Commons passed a motion condemning the movement to...
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Former U.S. Ambassadors Coming to Texas Tech for Middle East Forum
image from entrynewswise.comFormer ambassadors with more than 100 years of combined foreign service experience offer intriguing insight on foreign policy.Excerpt:[Among the ambassadors]: Richard...
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BBG Networks Present a Unified Strategy
bbg.gov [Original article contains links.]image from entry, with caption: CEO John Lansing (l) moderates a discussion with members of the ICC in Voice of America's new HD studioWASHINGTON – As a part...
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Corbyn's Decision to March Is Brave and Visionary
Indra Adnan, Director of The Soft Power Network, Huffington Postimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:For my sins -- I'm a soft power consultant -- I spoke at a NATO conference on public diplomacy...
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Visualize This: Public Diplomacy in Pictures
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from entryFeb 26, 2016From film to graphic design, PD News headlines this week explored the power of visual storytelling. A graphic artist in China is using pictograms to...
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BD takes initiative to boost its outreach with Myanmar society
thefinancialexpress-bd.comimage (not from article) fromDHAKA, Feb 26: Bangladesh Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar has taken an initiative to increase its outreach with the Myanmar society and people in order...
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Media crucial in marketing Kenya abroad
Eric Wamanji, standardmedia.co.keimage fromNAIROBI: Sometime in March last year Kenya’s diplomatic corps, attending the17th Biennial Ambassadors and High Commissioners’ conference in Mombasa,bemoaned...
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IVLP participants enhance State Department counter-terrorism efforts
via LJB by emailimage (not for entry) fromFri, 02/26/2016 - 16:09 — Kaitlyn Chriswell, alliance-exchange.orgInternational Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participants are contributing to U.S....
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Estonia allocates EUR 105000 for Crimean Tatars rights protection
uatoday.tvLocal residents hold Ukrainian and Crimean Tatars flags in the village of Chongar, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo)Project launched to raise awareness of Crimea's indigenous people...
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Hearts, Minds and the Art of Soft Power: U.S. Diplomats Talk Public Diplomacy
heyevent.comimage from entryHow can new media be harnessed around the world to shape preferences, opinions, and allegiances? What role does our generation play in interacting with states, be they...
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U.S. State Department, Chronicle of Higher Education Name Loyola University...
Press release, loyno.edu; via JB on Facebookimage (not from entry) fromThree Fulbrights and a Fulbright mtv-U award during the 2015-2016 year places private Jesuit Catholic liberal arts university...
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The Kids Are All White: Hollywood's Diversity Issue
Yesenia Vargas, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage (not from article) fromFeb 26, 2016For the second year in a row, #OscarsSoWhite has dragged America’s diversity problem back into the global spotlight. After...
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