Culture Posts: U.S. & Cuban Lessons in Isolation and Engagement
R.S. Zaharna, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage (2011) fromAfter more than 5 decades of estrangement, the United States and Cuba are set to restore full diplomatic relations with the reopening of their...
View ArticleCulture Posts: U.S. & Cuban Lessons in Isolation and Engagement
R.S. Zaharna, uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage (2011) fromAfter more than 5 decades of estrangement, the United States and Cuba are set to restore full diplomatic relations with the reopening of their...
View Article“Caspian School – 2015”. Call for applications!
gorchakovfund.ruimage from entryOn September 15-18, the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund will hold Caspian Youth School in Astrakhan.This project will bring together young professional from...
View ArticleChiara Loda – Public Diplomacy and Intransigency in Domestic Affairs: The...
This is a guest post by Chiara Loda is Marie Curie ITN “Post-Soviet Tensions” Fellow at Dublin City UniversityAzerbaijan is mainly known for being a South-Caucasian country blessed by energy resources....
View ArticleInnovating U.S. Public Diplomacy Around TTIP in Germany and Austria
Zachary Evans, Kuros Ghaffari, Andre Rosenblatt, Julian Steiner, elliott.gwu.eduimage fromExecutive SummaryPublic support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in Germany and Austria...
View ArticleThe complexity of China’s soft power
Brad Williams, themalaysianinsider.comConsiderable ink has been spilled by scholars and pundits debating the merits and dangers of China’s rise. An equally ubiquitous issue is China’s soft power.image...
View ArticleUS Firms Claim Compensation for Nationalized Property in Cuba
sputniknews.comimage from entryWhile US companies are seeking compensation for the nationalization of their property, Cubans are ready to demand compensation for the years under the trade...
View Article'For the first time in history, Jews can take part in war from home'
Noam Sheizaf, 972mag.comExtract:Avi Benayahu, who served as IDF Spokesperson during both Operation Cast Lead and the Mavi Marmara incident, explains his worldview and tactics in a lecture obtained by...
View ArticleTENDER EU Public Diplomacy In Japan
image fromdevex.comFunded byEuropeAid Co-operation Office - EuropeAIDLocationJapanStatusSmall Opportunity SizeDeadlineDeadline not specifiedThe programme aims to boost the visibility and understanding...
View ArticleCommunications, Public Diplomacy, and National Security
MARK SEIP, atlanticcouncil.orgPart One: Understanding the evolution of audiences (Note: This article is taken from a forthcoming report by the Atlantic Council on public diplomacy and its role in...
View ArticleA Syria breakthrough? Don’t hold your breath
english.alarabiya.netimage fromExtract:Today, there is renewed talk from the White House about a political process following the nuclear agreement with Iran and a more “open” Russian position. Hope...
View ArticleFeature: "Cultural diplomacy" brings China, Italy together on new Silk Road
Marzia De Giuli, Song Jian, globalpost.comimage fromChina and Italy have already enjoyed profound cultural exchange in history, but potential for further mutual understanding is still huge, said Li...
View ArticleWrong on the Facts, Wrong on the Law: Israeli’s False Claims of...
JAMES MARC LEAS, counterpunch.orgExtract:Public relations campaigns based on self-defense have been critical to Israeli officials avoiding accountability after each of the six major assaults on Gaza...
View ArticleLord Paul calls for revamping United Nations
business-standard.comimage fromExtract:NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today called for re-evaluating the United Nations, where the crucial veto is held by few countries despite changed global...
View ArticleNikos Kotzias: ‘Greece returns to the Balkans’
turkishweekly.netWith the simple phrase, “Greece returns to the Balkans”, foreign minister Nikos Kotzias set the tone of the Greek foreign policyExtract:With the simple phrase, “Greece returns to the...
View ArticleNixon vs. Khrushchev — The 1959 Kitchen Debate
adst.orgIt was undoubtedly one of the most unorthodox – and therefore memorable – settings for a major political debate. On July 24th, 1959, the United States opened the American National Exhibition at...
View ArticleRICHARD STENGEL: US is beating the Hashtag Jihadis
sunherald.comimage fromLet's examine the prevailing media narrative that the United States is "losing the digital war" with ISIL, also known as Daesh (as it's called in the Muslim world) or the Islamic...
View ArticleGuy W. Farmer: PR can't defend policy when there isn't one
nevadaappeal.comimage fromExtract:I’ve written many times your PR is only as good, or as bad, as your policies. You can pour a lot of perfume on a goat but in the final analysis, it’s still a goat....
View ArticleThe megaphones remain mute
Debrashi Dasgupta, thehindu.comimage fromExtract:Chhattisgarh continues to overlook and under-utilise the radio to counter Maoist influence.It is easy to overlook the megaphones affixed to poles all...
View ArticleIran can buy a lot of terror with $100 billion
Jeff Jacoby, bostonglobe.comKerry image from Extract:AS A CANDIDATE for president in 2004, John Kerry couldn’t bring himself to worry overmuch about Islamic terrorism. Today, as a secretary of state...
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