PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

OCT 6, 2008
Public Diplomacy and its role in the EU’s external relations
EU Press Release Rapid
Public diplomacy as a concept is not new, as many commentators constantly remind us. What is new is that despite residual scepticism by many 'classical' diplomats, public diplomacy is now broadly accepted as an essential arm of external relations. It is evolving rapidly in a world where the communication technology revolution has completely transformed how information is transmitted and who has access to it. The real technological leap is that one individual today can do mass communication. Just think of the importance of blogs. And the use “You tube” in your Presidential elections.  Read more...

OCT 6, 2008
Seige Diplomacy
The Globe and Mail
The announcement last week that the United States will relocate its London embassy from Grosvenor Square, in the heart of the British capital, to an out-of-the-way spot south of the River Thames may be good news for property developers, but should concern almost everyone else. The London move is the latest and most dramatic example of a worrying trend toward vastly scaling down American public diplomacy abroad, abandoning embassies that were once beacons of American culture and openness in favour of walled suburban fortresses. (Canada, meanwhile, has shuttered missions in key cities including Milan, Osaka and St. Petersburg).  Read more...

OCT 6, 2008
Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum
Aspen Institute
Announcing the Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum. Join us at the inaugural Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum sponsored by The Aspen Institute, the Arts Arena, and the Institut Aspen France. The independent, multidisciplinary, and action-oriented worldwide convening will be in Paris, France, November 13 – 15, 2008.  Read more...

OCT 6, 2008
National Presidents’ Initiative Proposed to Address Global Diplomacy
Marketwatch
To dramatically improve international relations throughout the world, the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (U.S. Center) announced today a National Presidents' Initiative for Citizen Diplomacy. The National Presidents' Initiative was launched as a result of discussions by 40 U.S. leaders, associated with more than 90 organizations in international affairs, who attended a Leadership Forum on Citizen Diplomacy. A National Presidents' Initiative Steering Committee plans to meet with members of the U.S. Center's Board, forum participants, nationally recognized leaders in foreign affairs, members of Congress, members of the new administration's transition team on foreign policy, and with the president-elect in early December to discuss this strategic plan and its implementation.  Read more...

OCT 5, 2008
Spielberg leaves Paramount Pictures for Indian joint venture
France 24
"The 50-50 joint venture, which will target global audiences, will be launched by January 2009 and will produce 30 to 35 films over the next five years, the source said, valuing the deal at 1.5 billion dollars...The tie-up with Spielberg, the highest-grossing film director ever, raises the Mumbai-based telecommunications-to-energy group's global profile in the entertainment industry, into which it has been muscling at high speed.  Read more...

OCT 4, 2008
The Fall of America, Inc.
Newsweek
The American brand is being sorely tested at a time when other models -- whether China's or Russia's -- are looking more and more attractive. Restoring our good name and reviving the appeal of our brand is in many ways as great a challenge as stabilizing the financial sector. Good branding is not, to quote a presidential candidate, a matter of putting lipstick on a pig. It's about having the right product to sell in the first place. American democracy has its work cut out for it.  Read more...

OCT 4, 2008
U.S. Shelves Plan for Office in Iran, AP reports
CNN
While the administration has given up on opening the interest section in its waning months in office, it has gone ahead with promoting unofficial contacts with Iran. Late last month, the Treasury Department gave special permission to the private American-Iranian Council to open an office in Tehran. The office plans to promote educational and cultural exchanges by hosting round-table discussions and conferences.  Read more...

OCT 3, 2008
Policy report urges broad-based US-Pak ties, cautions on unilateral actions
Associated Press of Pakistan
The United States should forge a broad-based relationship with Pakistan, support its democratic and economic development, bolster its counterterrorism capability and help foster peace in the region by reducing tensions fueling extremism, American experts urged Thursday in a report recommending policy priorities toward Pakistan. The report calls upon the U.S. to “develop, invest in, and implement a far-reaching public diplomacy program that emphasizes common U.S. and Pakistani interests in combating extremism, creating prosperity, and improving regional relationships instead of highlighting the struggle against extremism in Pakistan as part of the “Global War on Terrorism.”  Read more...

OCT 3, 2008
Key Question Lingers: Who Started The War In Georgia?
The Christian Science Monitor
Finding the answer is not merely an academic or historical exercise. Russian observers say the answer is critical to current global perceptions of a resurgent Russia. Is it a rational – if increasingly assertive – regional power protecting its flanks? Or is it reviving the international ambitions and military expansionism of the former USSR?  Read more...

OCT 3, 2008
Next U.S. Leader Must Revamp Pak Policy
The Nation
As Pakistan intensifies action against extremists, an experts report says the next US President must revamp policy toward its ally, mixing deft diplomacy, security support and economic aid to help the country defeat a grave threat from extremists.  Read more...

OCT 3, 2008
Taiwan Must Not Use China’s News Standards
Taiwan News
The decision of state-run Radio Taiwan International Chairman Cheng You, RTI President Shao Li-chung, RTI Deputy President Chang Cheng-lin and two board directors to resign Tuesday has cast a dark shadow over the commitment of the restored Chinese Nationalist party (Kuomintang) government to maintaining full news freedom in Taiwan.  Read more...

OCT 3, 2008
U.S. To Fund Pro-American Publicity In Iraqi Media
The Washington Post
The Defense Department will pay private U.S. contractors in Iraq up to $300 million over the next three years to produce news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements for the Iraqi media in an effort to "engage and inspire" the local population to support U.S. objectives and the Iraqi government.  Read more...

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