Announcing Summer Institute Class of 2016, New PD Interest Group, Video...
via email from USC PD CPD Announces Summer Institute Class of 2016The Summer Institute is the most comprehensive, cutting-edge professional training program of its kind. 2016 is poised to be our most...
View ArticleASU students research solutions to real-world policy issues in DC
ASU News NowJune 15, 2016Brainstorming solutions to global problems, spending afternoons on Capitol Hill and touring national monuments like Gettysburg — that’s all just another week for students in...
View ArticleLjubljana to host Belarusian-Slovenian Business Forum 23
eng.belta.byimage fromMINSK, 16 June (BelTA) - Belarusian-Slovenian Business Forum will be held in Ljubljana on 23 June, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik told a press...
View ArticleChina in Central and Eastern Europe: 4 Myths
Dragan Pavlićević, The Diplomat [original article contains links]Image from article, with caption: China's Premier Li Keqiang attends the 4th Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and...
View ArticleWhither nonalignment?
Kosh Raj Koirala, RepublicaImage (not from article) fromExcerpt:Although policymakers and the strategic community in New Delhi seem convinced that the alignment with the US is a fitting response to...
View ArticleDiplomacy can undermine extremism
Hashim Thaci, Religion News ServiceImage from article, with caption: Hashim Thaci is the president of the Republic of Kosovo. Photo courtesy of Interfaith Kosovo(RNS) Islamist extremism has become an...
View ArticleAfter Facebook jab, journalists fire back at PM: We are doing our duty
Herb Keinon, Jerusalem PostImage from article, with caption: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Netanyahu, in a Facebook post, charged that the “majority of the...
View ArticlePNG and Vanuatu entrepreneurs to attend 2016 global summit
press release, news.pngfacts.comImage from entry, with caption: GES 2016 participants: U.S. Ambassador Catherine Ebert-Gray with Haroun Rashid and Vavine Nadesalingam.The U.S. Embassy Port Moresby has...
View ArticleWhat music star 2baba was seen doing abroad recently (Photos)
naij.comExcerpt:Image from entry, with caption: 2baba at the Ikoyi residence of US Consul General on Friday, April 22, 2016 to honour Melissa Clegg-Tripp, the director of public diplomacy and public...
View ArticleDiaspora Diplomacy: A Double Edged Sword
Belgrade Initiative 4 Digital Public Diplomacyhttp://www.shaunriordan.com/?page_id=48Diaspora diplomacy or the use of overseas expatriates and populations in the pursuit of diplomatic agendas is of...
View ArticleThe Obama era is coming to an end
Nachman Shai, jpost.comimage (not from article) from06/15/2016 According to media reports, in the 24 hours following the brutal attack by Omar Mateen on the gay club in Orlando, Islamic State leader...
View ArticleBBG Governor Confirms Inadequacy of U.S. BBG Media in Countering Putin...
Ted Lipien, BBG WatchRepublican member of the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), Russia expert Dr. Leon Aron, has confirmed the inadequacy of U.S. BBG media outreach in countering...
View ArticleRationalizing Rhetoric, Ridicule Aimed at Public Servants
BloombergStengel image from9:32 AM EDTJune 17, 2016Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel discusses public perception of politicians, rhetoric aimed at public...
View ArticlePDC & AFSA Present: The British Council: Role Model for Public Diplomacy?...
On Monday, June 6, 2016 AFSA and the Public Diplomacy Council Hosted Paul Smith, Director of the British Council USA, for a discussion on "The British Council: Role Model for Public Diplomacy?"...
View Article22 Nigerians to Attend the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit [...]
bellanaija.comimage from articleExcerpt:The U.S. Embassy has announced that 22 representatives of organizations benefiting Nigerian entrepreneurial development will attend the Global Entrepreneurship...
View Article10 Years under the Flag of CICA
Gong Jianwe, astanatimes.comImage from, under the headline: Xi addresses CICA foreign ministers' meetingExcerpt:Over the last few years, international relations have been going through a difficult...
View ArticleFrom climate change to mediation: should the EU be a strategic actor in...
Olivia Gippner, blogs.lse.ac.ukShanghai Skyline image from articleExcerpt:A new report by LSE IDEAS and the Dahrendorf Forum ... argues that a new EU Asia strategy should be built around enhancing...
View ArticleModi's first two years have raised India's profile abroad
Stéphanie Heng, visiting fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India. scmp.comModi image fromIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in May 2014.Two years later, one can easily...
View ArticleChinese media: Attack to defend
Deutsche WelleChina's media is increasingly broadcast around the world, yet the Asian country's state-controlled media is still regarded as lacking credibility compared to other international news...
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