Quotable: Laura Jackson on “China’s New Way of War”
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSunday, October 11th 2015“China’s doctrine of Three Warfares, approved in 2003, recognises how war is changing in the information age. While kinetic force still remains...
View ArticleQuotable: Martha Bayles on "the American Dream" and U.S. Public Diplomacy
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgSunday, October 11th 2015“The American dream has always been global. In 1931, when the historian James Truslow Adams first introduced the concept, he credited the dream with...
View ArticlePublic Diplomacy and Cultural Relations - Islands Society
islandssociety.orgPublic Diplomacy and Cultural RelationsThe Public Diplomacy and Cultural Relations Discussion Group examines the public dimension of diplomacy that is global in nature, involves a...
View ArticlePrime minister invites opposition to join government
israelhayom.comimage from article, with caption: Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog Excerpt:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says at press conference that he wants a "broad government and a unified...
View ArticleAnti-Americanism and the Limits of Public Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds?
taylorandfrancis.comBy Stephen Brooksimage fromRoutledge – 2016 – 153 pagesSeries: Routledge Studies in US Foreign PolicyContrary to the view held by many who study American foreign policy, public...
View ArticleSustainable diplomacy
thereporterethiopia.com; see also.Public diplomacy could change negative media agendas into heart-touching stories and nurture the minds of the public with positive attitudes, writes Zekarias Talo...
View ArticleThe Social Media Intifada: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Used Extensively for...
Ruthie Blum, algemeiner.comAn image from the Facebook page, “Palestine Belongs to Palestinians!”“All the rioters and rock-throwers we are seeing have smartphones, computers, websites and Facebook and...
View ArticleClassic Quotable: Rep. Chris Smith on principles to guide U.S. Public...
Saturday, October 10th 2015On October 4, 1999, a few days after the U.S. Information Agency became part of the Department of State, Representative Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey entered remarks on...
View ArticleRemarks With UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate...
state.gov, October 2015image fromExcerpt:ASSISTANT SECRETARY RYAN: Thank you. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the State Department today in honor of Our Cities, Our Climate – an...
View Article“Made in Ghana” - A Conversation with President John Dramani Mahama
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgOct 11, 2015In this new video from CPD, John Dramani Mahama, the President of Ghana, discusses his country's role in global society. The president’s October 1 visit was part of...
View ArticleQ&A with CPD: Ambassador Nicole Wyrsch
uscpublicdiplomacy.orgimage from interviewOct 8, 2015Ambassador Nicole Wyrsch, member of the Swiss diplomatic service since 1989, has held a variety of positions, mostly in developing and transition...
View ArticleIntensive Training in Soft Diplomacy Skills
euagenda.euJoin the ISPD for this series of fascinating seminars presented by experts on public diplomacy, negotiations skills, media, cross-cultural communication and many others!Soft diplomacy...
View ArticleNew Public Diplomacy & TB Global Care and Prevention Efforts
Tara Ornstein, uscpublicdiplomacy.orguncaptioned image from entryOct 12, 2015Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease most often transmitted from person to person via droplets originating...
View Article'Xi has greater foreign policy clout than predecessors’
Song Sang-ho, koreaherald.comKim Heung-kyu image from articleExcerpt:Chinese President Xi Jinping has forged a new institutional mechanism to enable him to ease the constraints of the country’s...
View ArticleQuotable: RAND on military influence programs in Afghanistan
publicdiplomacycouncil.orgMonday, October 12th 2015At the request of the Marine Corps, the RAND Corporation evaluated “U. S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan: Effectiveness of...
View ArticleDon’t Blame the New York Times
Saadya Notik, blogs.timesofisrael.comimage fromExcerpt:Eyebrows were raised. Diplomats looked at each other in disbelief. Were they really hearing Israel’s top diplomat suggest that they start quoting...
View ArticleIndia’s move towards Israel ‘a loss for Palestinians’
Nasouh Nazzal, gulfnews.comIndian president greeted in Jerusalem with angry Palestinian protestersImage from article, with caption: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd L) and Indian President...
View ArticleFrom the past: FBIS and World War II
mountainrunner.usOctober 13, 2015 in HistoryThe below was derived from one in a series of articles ('Classic Quotables') by Don Bishop at the Public Diplomacy Council website, which in turn cited me as...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Might Be America's Best Public Diplomat
Alexander Howard, Senior Editor for Technology and Society, huffingtonpost.comMembers of the Twitterati might be useful in spreading a new kind of American diplomacy abroad.Posted: 10/14/2015 01:03 PM...
View ArticleHarper sounded wrong notes in Fahmy affair
Editorial, thestar.comImage from article, with caption: Former Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy held a press conference at Ryerson University after returning from Canada from Egypt where he was...
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