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Digital diplomacy conference opens in Tel Aviv
Herb Keinon, jpost.comImage from article, with caption: Is Israel winning the social media war?It is bringing together some 50 diplomats and scholars from 25 countries to look at how states are using...
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Distribber: Connecting Filmmakers, Outlets, and Audiences
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryMar 26, 2016Distribber is an online platform that connects independent filmmakers to distribution platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon. This...
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a meeting of the Gorchakov Public...
russianembassy.orgMarch 29, 2016Mr Drachevsky, colleagues, friends,We are happy to welcome you to the regular meeting of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund Board of Trustees. As usual, we will discuss...
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Egyptian Embassy launches 2016 public diplomacy campaign
sis.gov.egEgyptian Embassy image fromThe Egyptian Embassy in Washington launched the 2016 public diplomacy campaign to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the inception of parliamentary life in...
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Amnesty International criticism returns Qatar to square one
James M. Dorsey, playthegame.orguncaptioned image from articleA new report from Amnesty International slams Qatar for not living up to promises to improve workers’ rights and adds to a growing...
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Indicting the System with Noam Chomsky
Andrew Smolski, counterpunch.orguncaptioned image from interviewExcerpt:In this 30-minute interview Noam brings once more to bear on current and historical events his eviscerating analysis of power...
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The Public Diplomacy of Yoga
uscpublicdiplomacy.org [includes video]image fromMar 31, 2016A new film, Yoga: Harmony with Nature, celebrates the public diplomacy dimensions of yoga abroad. The short film was released June 21, 2015...
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Quotable: Pascale Siegel on the Global Engagement Center and its challenges
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgThursday, March 31st 2016“Designating the Global Engagement Center as lead agency for coordinating and synchronizing fills a much needed void. Yet, it can hardly be said that...
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Netanyahu guilty of 'diplomatic terrorism against US,' Livni says
Herb Keinon, Dana Somberg, 04/01/2016 Jerusalem PostBaratz image fromThe former foreign minister attacked Netanyahu's decision to name Ran Baratz as his next chief media adviser despite highly critical...
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Turkey 'Will Respond' to Russian Signals for Normalization
sputniknews.comImage (not fom article) from, with caption: "The Russian menace: a comic map of Europe" an English cartoon from 1877 showing Russia as a monstrous octopus devouring neighbouring lands,...
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Ongoing updating of article, "Diplomacies, from Public to Pubic"
image fromJohn Brown, "Diplomacies, from Public to Pubic," Huffington Post (3/23/2016)A comment on the above-cited HP article by scholarNicholas John Cull· Professor at USC Annenberg School for...
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Our Sister Cities: A new chapter with Russia?
Daniel G. Clark, Muscatine JournalImage from article, with caption: This painting of Mt. Elbrus is now on display at Muscatine City Hall. Dan Clark (left to right), Natalia Lutsenko and Alexander...
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Presidential rhetoric is damaging the U.S. abroad
Philip Breeden, tulsaworld.comBreeden image from articleTwo days after al-Qaida terrorist attacks in Cote d’Ivoire killed 19 people, I sat down with a group of Ivorian religious, government, and civil...
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Meet the Central Asian Nation Trying to Benefit From the Iran Nuclear Deal
Reid Standish, foreignpolicy.com [original article contains links.]uncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:[O]n the sidelines of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington this week, Kazakhstan has...
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Consul General Riva Ganguly Das chalks out open door policy to solve...
The Indian PanoramaImage from article, with caption: Consul General Riva Ganguly Das takes questions from media persons. To her right is DCG Manoj Mohapatra Photo/ Mohammed JafferExcerpt:NEW YORK CITY,...
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New European Cultural Diplomacy Platform Launched
publicnow.comimage fromBrussels, 31 March 2016 - A Cultural Diplomacy Platform was launched to enhance the European Union's engagement with third countries and their citizens.'Cultural diplomacy is an...
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Israeli, Yemeni, and Funky: The Musical Diplomacy of A-WA
Jennifer Yael Green, uscpublicdiplomacy.org; all images from articleApr 1, 2016Note from the CPD Blog Manager: The author serves as Assistant Director for the NuRoots Community Fellowship, the program...
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Connecting Cultures through Public Diplomacy
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgApr 1, 2016From cultural centers to nation-branding events, stories about art, food and cultural exchanges featured prominently in this week's PD News roundup. France organized a...
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Quotable: State's Inspector General on Public Diplomacy at the American...
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSaturday, April 2nd 2016The short front summary of the March, 2016, report by the State Department’s Inspector General, “Evaluation of Embassy Baghdad’s Implementation of Line...
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Learning from Turkey
Mahrukh Sarfraz, Letter to the Editor, The Express Tribuneimage fromRAWALPINDI: The secret to successful public diplomacy for a state may sound like a surreptitious potion whose recipe lies with the...
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