Appetite for Diplomacy
uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryApr 8, 2016In this week's PD News roundup, headlines offered a taste of cultural diplomacy abroad. From the nourishing nature of gastrodiplomacy to the...
View ArticleAmerica’s war of ideas
Nida Khan, lhrtimes.comimage (not from article) fromAmerica has an overwhelming presence in the international system, is a state responsible for global peace and security, a state is known to be a...
View ArticleObama’s presidential legacy in South Asia is abysmally poor
MK Bhadrakumar, atimes.comModi-Sharif image from articleThe latent India-Pakistan tensions have erupted following a disclosure by the Pakistani envoy toNew Delhi Abdul Basit on Thursday that the...
View ArticleThe New York Indian Film Festival
The Indian Panoramaimage from article, with caption: Aroon Shivdasani, the festival's driving spirit and its executive directorExcerpt:The New York Indian Film Festival was the first festival in the...
View ArticleFound on the Web: Public Diplomacy Italy - Soft Power, The Means to Success
homepage of site atImage on home pageSample entry, under the section, ItalyUSrelations:Matchmaking for U.S. Companies, States, Territories and EDOs at the Hannover FairThe U.S. Commercial Service in...
View ArticleThe 2016 presidential election and the future of U.S. foreign policy
Lawrence Katzenstein, globalriskinsights.comuncaptioned image from articleWhile the U.S. presidential candidates have some flexibility on the extent of foreign intervention, by and large they all seem...
View ArticlePublic Lecture of Steven Mehringer, Head of Communications Services in the...
atlantic-club.orgThe Atlantic Club of Bulgaria organises a public lecture of Steven Mehringer, Head of Communications Services in the NATO Public Diplomacy Division with the main topic being „NATO: The...
View ArticleThe Good Country
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgApr 7, 2016image from videoWhat is a “good country?” This new animated video [see] from Simon Anholt, policy adviser and founder of The Good Country Index, explains how the...
View ArticleThe Israeli Right’s Monstrous Naiveté on the Occupation
Rogel Alpher, haaretz.comImage from article, with caption: An Israeli border policeman orders Palestinians to move away from a checkpoint, Hebron, March 15, 2015.When IDF chief Eisenkot became the new...
View ArticlePolls show most Israelis oppose segregating Jews and Arabs in hospitals
Lahav, Harkov, Jerusalem PostImage from article, with caption: Long empty hospital corridor (illustrative). A poll presented on Channel 2’s “Meet the Press” Saturday night found that only a third (34...
View ArticleA Facebook note on public diplomacy to former in-country colleagues at an...
John Brown Storytelling--"narrative" -- is the new viral definition (especially cited by Pentagon-affiliated experts in "strategic communications") of what "public diplomacy" should be. Of course,...
View ArticleCorrecting Voice of America history
BBG WatchVOA journalist Myroslava GongadzeFormer Voice of America (VOA) acting associate director, Ted Lipien, who earlier in his VOA career was also in charge of broadcasts to Poland, has written a...
View ArticleAmerican expert: NATO membership would ensure stable future for Georgia
agenda.ge6 - 13:49:00Philip Seib is a Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy and Professor of International Relations at University of Southern Carolina.Georgia, which has a solidly pro-Western...
View ArticleOngoing updating of article, "Diplomacies, from Public to Pubic" (updated,...
image fromFollow-up to John Brown, "Diplomacies, from Public to Pubic," Huffington Post (3/23/2016)A valued comment on the above-cited HP article by scholarNicholas John Cull· Professor at USC...
View ArticleLive Australian Captain Meg Lanning Heads to China to Train with Chinese...
Press Release, Wisden IndiaLanning image fromCommonwealth Bank Southern Stars Captain Meg Lanning will this week travel to China as part of a Cricket Australia and International Cricket Council...
View Article2,500 victims of binary options fraud to sue in London
Simona Weinglass, timesofisrael.comLaw firm claims many of the 120 alleged scammers have ties to Israel, pleads with Israel’s Justice Ministry to help bring them to justiceWolfsfeld image...
View Article1st professorship on Koreanology to be set up at Singaporean university
english.yonhapnews.co.krImage from article, with caption: Korean Foundation chief Yu Hyun-seok (3rd from R) and Bertil Andersson (3rd from L), head of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, pose...
View ArticlePeace alliance seeks to move beyond sharing a plate of hummus
Dov Lieber, timesofisrael.comImage from article, with caption: ALLMEP Community Graduate Fair 2016 - Jerusalem April 7 2016With aid of umbrella network, eclectic group of Palestinian and Israeli NGOs...
View ArticleNetherland Embassy Extends Dutch Support
pakobserver.netimage (not from article) fromThe Embassy of Netherlands invited a Dutch agricultural expert to visit Pakistan and share his knowledge of latest technologies and solutions, challenges and...
View ArticleHow 'Asiavision' could be a boon for cultural diplomacy
Jess Carniel, Damien Spry, The Conversation AUSBS’s deal with the European Broadcasting Union to develop a Eurovision Song Contest equivalent in Asia is a welcome chance for Australia to develop...
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