PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

APR 2, 2008
Germany Tops Global Popularity Poll
Deutsche Welle
Germany is not just seen as an economic powerhouse, but as a positive force in world affairs, according to poll results released Wednesday, April 2. Germany came out ahead of 23 other countries, winning a 56 percent positive assessment by the 17,000 people surveyed. The survey was conducted for the BBC World Service.  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
Biennial of Dance of the Caribbean in Cuba started with the right foot
Cuba Headlines
The event’s artistic director, said the effort is aimed at “creating a space of exchange, confrontation and dialogue between colleagues in the Caribbean. It will be a platform to take our art to an international level in terms of recognition and validation. The biennial was organized by the National Council of Stage Arts of Cuba, Culturesfrance and the Brownstone Foundation. This is the ideal framework for bringing the cultural relations between our peoples closer, and at the same time it will promote artistic progress and human improvement for everyone: choreographers, dancers, teachers, researchers, students and spectators.”  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
Global BBC poll shows improved U.S. image
The Christian Science Monitor
The wide-ranging survey, conducted in 34 countries, also found that Russia's status has significantly increased...An overwhelming 91 percent of Chinese citizens and 78 percent of Russians say their country is having a positive influence on the world. Where do they get their chutzpah from? Culture and economics, say analysts.  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
World views US ‘more positively’
BBC
The average percentage of people saying that the US has a positive influence has risen to 35% from 31% a year ago, according to the survey...However, the poll finds that views of US influence in the world are still mainly negative, though they improved in 11 out of the 23 countries also polled a year ago.  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
Finding the Voices of Moderate Islam
U.S. News and World Report
In addition to the widely acknowledged failures of leadership within those U.S. agencies most responsible for public diplomacy and the war of ideas, Americans are far from arriving at any clear or secure sense of what "moderate Islam" or "moderate Muslim" means.  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
NATO to launch new TV channel at summit
Trend News (Baku, Azerbaijan)
The new TV channel is the result of close cooperation between the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the Danish Government to improve the way the Alliance communicates its work and image to the general public.  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
U.S. image improves after years of decline: poll
Reuters
The U.S. image abroad has begun to improve after worsening for years, but the United States is still viewed more negatively than the European Union, Brazil, China, India and Russia, said a BBC World Service survey released on Tuesday.  Read more...

APR 2, 2008
Muslim true/false
Los Angeles Times
Winning hearts and minds -- the Bush administration, foreign policy wonks, even the U.S. military agree that this is the key to any victory over global terrorism. Yet our public diplomacy program has made little progress on improving America's image. Few seem to recognize that American ignorance of Islam and Muslims has been the fatal flaw.  Read more...

APR 1, 2008
Athletes struggle to balance politics, Olympic decorum and sponsors
International Herald Tribune
With growing protests in Tibet and pressure mounting on Olympic sponsors to denounce China for its policy on Darfur, socially conscious athletes said they were struggling to figure out how to honor their own beliefs while also respecting the purpose of the Olympic Games - the celebration of athletic excellence.  Read more...

APR 1, 2008
Global Views of USA Improve
World Public Opinion
After years of becoming progressively more negative, public views of the United States have begun to improve, according to a BBC World Service Poll across 34 countries.  Read more...

APR 1, 2008
Chavez and his friends are an unholy alliance
Insight
Chavez is conducting a public diplomacy campaign on several fronts. He has bought ads lauding Venezuelan accomplishments in the Economist, New Yorker, and Roll Call among others. And he has hired public relations firms to burnish the image of his government....He has carefully cultivated hard core left wing opinion in the United States and has used his plentiful oil revenue to buy friends.  Read more...

APR 1, 2008
Reaching Out to the Russian World
Russia Profile
Prominent political scientist and commentator Vyacheslav Nikonov has added one more title to his long list of occupations -- last June he became the executive director of the Russky Mir Foundation, which was founded through a presidential decree "for the purposes of promoting the Russian language."  Read more...

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