Impact of news and social media on global politics
Press Release: University of Otagoimage fromExcerpt:This year’s University of Otago Foreign Policy School will bring together an impressive line-up of national and overseas speakers to explore the...
View ArticleWhite House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 19, 2016
enewspf.comImage from "Obama toasts queen, special US-Britain bond,"NBC (May 24, 2011)Excerpt:MR. EARNEST: ... [T]he President is traveling to London and will spend a couple of days in the United...
View Article'Leave Taiping issue alone'
The Straits TimesImage from article, with caption: A member of Taiwan's coast guard speaks as he guides visiting journalists on Taiping island in the Spratlys chain in the South China Excerpt:Taiwanese...
View ArticleASU political science major shares experience writing for USA Today
Matt Oxford, asunow.asu.eduAlthough Arizona State University student Jenny Ung is pursuing three majors — political science, journalism and mass communications, and Asia studies — that hasn't stopped...
View ArticleI'm not bossy
Katrina Swarthout, The Crimson While (serving the University of Alabama since 1894)image (not from article) fromExcerpt:One of the things I have come to learn in my 21 years on this Earth is that less...
View ArticleObama in Argentina: The relaunch of bilateral relations
Maria Agostina Cacault, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (blog)uncaptioned image from articleExcerpt:A week before President Barack Obama’s arrival to Argentina, the visit had already...
View ArticleACI Indonesia – Rebranding Islam: Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, and the...
blogs.nd.eduimage (not from article) fromAs part of the introduction of the Authority, Community, Identity working group, the Contending Modernities blog will feature a series posts outlining the...
View ArticlePinkwashing: Israel’s Rainbow Flight to Nowhere
Aeyal Gross, haaretz.comImage from article, with caption: A simulated image of the plane promoting Tel Aviv Pride 2016.The state has commandeered the gay community for propaganda. The gay pride parade...
View ArticleBring Back the USIA, and Defeat ISIS
James K. Glassman, insidesources.comimage fromEver since last summer, I’ve been jawing at more meetings on countering violent extremism – or CVE, the catch-all phrase for soft power efforts against...
View ArticleJordan Suspends Plan to Install Cameras on the Temple Mount
Jack Khoury, haaretz.comImage from article, with caption: In this Oct. 5, 2012 file photo, Israeli forces take position during clashes with Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in...
View ArticleAustralia's Public Diplomacy Challenges - Engaging with China in the Asian...
Australian Institute of International AffairsWEDNESDAY 27TH APRIL 2016 6:00PM TO 7:30PMuncaptioned image from entryPresented by Professor John Fitzgerald FAHA, Swinburne University of Technology.Like...
View ArticleLevantine Public Diplomacy: About
levantinepd.orgPaul Rockower has over a decade of experience in the field of communications and public diplomacy, with a vast and varied career in both the academic and practitioner domains.Presently,...
View ArticleHow Iron Ore Markets Reveal China's Mercantilist Approach To Trade
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwideimage fromExcerpt:China’s approach to trade is not quite so ‘win win’ as their public diplomacy suggests. While Brazil still has much to gain from the upside of a future...
View ArticleAnti-Semitic Protesters Demand Kremlin Outlaw Chabad in Russia
Hana Levi Julian, jewishpress.comImage from article, with caption: Jewish men praying in the community of Perm, Russia.Anti-Semitism is again raising its ugly face in the Russian city of Perm, thinly...
View ArticleIndia-Nepal ties back on an even keel
Rajrishi Singhal, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global RelationsNepal and India are trying to even out recent crimps in their decades-old relationship by focusing on areas of cooperation – such as,...
View ArticleCan Russia stomach Ukraine and Georgia becoming NATO ‘associates’?
Vladimir Mikheev, Russia Beyond the HeadlinesImage from article, with caption: The upcoming NATO summit will be held in Warsaw on 8-9 July, 2016. Source: ReutersThe upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw (8-9...
View ArticleNew Messianic Jews' Advocacy Group Lobbies for One-state Solution
Debra Nussbaum Cohen, haaretz.comSztulman image fromThe Alliance for Israel Advocacy, which aims to be a counterpart of Christians United for Israel, says it was encouraged by government officials in...
View ArticleHave MFAs Realized the Potential of Digital Diplomacy?
Ilan Manor, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryApr 21, 2016The migration of ministries of foreign affairs (MFAs) to social media is by no means a new occurrence. Indeed, the Israeli,...
View ArticleGeorgia's Nino Nanitashvili Sweeps the Young Emerging Leader Award in...
Nana Sajaia, georgiatoday.geFrom Tbilisi, Georgia, 23-year old Nino Nanitashvili was among the US State Department’s award recipients as a young emerging leader. On April 20, 2016, the US State...
View ArticlePetrishenko: EEU membership enhances Belarus' economic sustainability
Belarus News (BelTA)Petrishenko image fromExcerpt:Against the backdrop of the unstable global economic system, Belarus views its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) as a factor of raising...
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