PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

FEB 22, 2008
Bush, Feeling Appreciated Abroad
<b>The Washington Post</b>
They proclaimed George W. Bush Day in Benin, thronged streets by the tens of thousands in Tanzania and christened the George Bush Motorway in Ghana....Despite the crowds he generates in Africa, Bush remains a deeply unpopular figure in many other parts of the globe, where he is viewed as a cowboy bent on imposing his own views.  Read more...

FEB 22, 2008
Ghana: Kufuor names road after Bush
<b>AfricaNews</b>
Kufuor said that the move was to immortalise Mr Bush for his contribution towards the development and warefare of the people of Ghana and Africa at large.  Read more...

FEB 22, 2008
A Seasoned Troubleshooter In International Conflicts, Focuses on Sri Lanka Issue
<b>Asian Tribune</b>
Despite the United States and European Union have designated the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organization the effective Tamil Tiger lobby in the West and the inability of Sri Lanka's overseas diplomatic posts in Western nations to successfully launch a public diplomacy campaign have contributed to create a ‘mind-set’ in the West that Sri Lanka is engulfed in a civil war between the Sinhalese and Tamils making LTTE terrorism a secondary issue.  Read more...

FEB 22, 2008
Olympians weigh politics
<b>The Denver Post</b>
U.S. Olympic Committee officials this year instituted mandatory "ambassador" seminars that teach about China and encourage athletes to think carefully about how best to represent their country.  Read more...

FEB 22, 2008
U.S. Policy in Africa Faulted on Priorities
<b>Washington Post</b>
While Bush has received praise across the continent for his fight against malaria and AIDS, many Africans who hoped that the United States would support their struggle for more just and open societies have been disappointed.  Read more...

FEB 21, 2008
US Embassy hosts Yemeni applicants for special Undergraduate Programs
<b>Yemen Times</b>
Megan Goodfellow, the US Embassy’s cultural affairs officer, spoke about the new programs and their impact on public diplomacy between Yemen and America.  Read more...

FEB 21, 2008
A new face for American diplomacy
<b>Salon.com</b>
Barack Obama is perceived by Muslims abroad like no other candidate. He would begin a presidency with tremendous potential to heal U.S. relations with much of the world.  Read more...

FEB 21, 2008
How Pyongyang Plays the West
<b>Wall Street Journal</b>
There is evidently no disabusing some people of the notion that North Korea is a Marxist-Leninist state, and thus one that can be expected to show some positive response, as our Cold War adversaries did, to bold gestures of goodwill and conciliation. It is time America realized that Kim Jong Il derives his regime's legitimacy not from communism, but from crude, race-based nationalism.  Read more...

FEB 21, 2008
No Bases Planned for Africa, Bush Says
<b>Washington Post</b>
The concept behind AFRICOM was that it would be more integrated with civilian efforts and focused on "soft power" rather than traditional military muscle....Talk of an Africa headquarters, however, "ignited a very negative and strong reaction across the continent"  Read more...

FEB 20, 2008
DC’s Best Embassies
<b>Washingtonian</b>
Any architect setting out to design a new chancery must deliver plenty of space for events intended to showcase a country’s culture. “Public diplomacy” is the catchword, and Washington’s embassies open their doors each year to art exhibitions, craft shows, lectures, symposia, concerts, plays, fashion shows, programs for children, films, dances, winetastings, and ethnic buffets.  Read more...

FEB 20, 2008
International Students a Growing Force in US Colleges, Universities
<b>VOA News</b>
The Institute of International Education reports that during the 2006-2007 school year, the number of foreign students enrolled in colleges in the United States hit almost 583,000. That is three percent more than the year before and the first increase since before the 2001 terrorist attacks. As VOA's Alex Villarreal reports, international students contribute greatly to American society, and U.S. officials want to make sure they keep coming.  Read more...

FEB 20, 2008
The Persian Gulf Primary
<b>Time</b>
In an effort to escape the thrilling claustrophobia of the presidential campaign, I took a busman's holiday and spent Presidents' Day weekend at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha. But there, too, our campaign was pretty much what everyone was talking about. "Excuse me, Mr. Joe," a confrere from Qatar asked, "what's a superdelegate?" An Iranian businessman told me that "Obamamania" was sweeping the America-loving young people of Tehran.  Read more...

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