PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

APR 1, 2008
El Pomar CEO’s new goal: improving world’s view of U.S.
Colorado Springs Gazette
Bill Hybl, chairman and CEO of the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs and past U.S. Olympic Committee president, will head a federal agency that oversees the State Department's diplomacy policies and programs. Hybl said that as chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy he wants to improve the world's view of the United States through music, sports and cultural affairs.  Read more...

APR 1, 2008
U.S. losing global fight for talent
The Toronto Star
"Other nations are benefiting from our misguided policies," Gates told a congressional hearing last month..."They are revising their immigration policies to attract highly talented students and professionals who would otherwise study, live and work in the United States for at least part of their careers. "At a time when talent is the key to economic success, it makes no sense to educate people in our universities, often subsidized by U.S. taxpayers, and then insist that they return home."  Read more...

MAR 31, 2008
Listen! A professor of marketing is talking
Daily Sun
‘Brand Nigeria’ is at a pivotal stage at the moment....although advertising and other integrated brand promotions and communications are important, it is essential to have coherent and relevant distinguishing value propositions to communicate. The same thing applies to nation branding. Therefore spending a lot of money to improve our image without changing our behaviours and offering something good that we want to be known for, does not seem to be the right approach in my view.  Read more...

MAR 31, 2008
Olympic torch threatens to scorch China
Financial Times
The Olympic torch's journey to the Beijing Olympics is threatening to turn from triumphal progress into marathon humiliation. Protesters are rushing like moths to the Olympic flame.  Read more...

MAR 31, 2008
Criticism and Islam
The Wall Street Journal
Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders put the 15-minute movie about the Quran on the Internet Thursday night. But for weeks before anyone saw it, the Dutch flag was burned around the Islamic world. Iran's undemocratically-elected parliament endorsed a boycott of the Netherlands, and Web sites linked to al Qaeda called for terrorist attacks.  Read more...

MAR 30, 2008
The Collapse of American Public Diplomacy
Public Diplomacy Alumni Association
Nearly all (98 percent) the USIA alumni expressed extreme concern about America's declining image in the world, with similar numbers (95 percent) expressing similar concern about the rise in global anti-Americanism. When asked whether they believe the United States is diplomatically prepared to address ideological threats to U.S. interests in the 21st century, an overwhelming majority (88 percent) said "No."  Read more...

MAR 30, 2008
‘People trust Canadians, no matter whom you ask, no matter where’
Canada.com
Canada says, "we've got good peacekeeping." If our foreign public -- or the target market -- is aware of the fact that Canada has good peacekeeping, and if the image of that peacekeeping is good, then clearly the agenda of Canada with relation to that country, wherever the target is -- is going to be advanced, which is why our diplomats and our government want to be able to do this.  Read more...

MAR 30, 2008
What it will take to heal U.S. diplomacy
Slate
What we do sends a more potent signal to the world than the cleverest PR campaign. But once we start doing smarter things, we should also be smart about promoting our efforts.  Read more...

MAR 28, 2008
China must prepare for new challenges
China Daily
It is worth serious thought that what China is faced with first and foremost is not governments of other sovereign countries, but problems caused by certain lawmakers, trade groups, consumers, non-government organizations such as trade unions, single-issue pressure groups and media entities, and even a few individual celebrities. Compared to the traditional international relations system, which has about 200 members only, these scattered action groups and individuals of different stripes are spread out and impulsive. They constitute a challenge to China more difficult to deal with because of the development of the so-called "global citizens' community", which is driven by fast-evolving telecommunication technology, flow of information, individual contacts and values.  Read more...

MAR 28, 2008
Fallout From Tibet Is Test for China’s Rulers
The Washington Post
David L. Shambaugh, at George Washington University, characterized the government's attempt so far to manage its image in the aftermath of the violence as "heavy-handed" -- resorting to vilification of the Dalai Lama and questioning the motives of foreign critics. "The government is not particularly adept at public diplomacy, as they define it as 'external propaganda' and pursue it as such," he said.   Read more...

MAR 28, 2008
Caribbean sings (literally) Obama’s praises
The Miami Herald
The trend is not just another instance of pop culture and politics merging in a presidential campaign that have hip-hop stars like Jay-Z and Wyclef Jean endorsing Obama from center stage. It's an example of the Illinois senator's growing appeal beyond U.S. borders and the global excitement enveloping his campaign and candidacy -- even among those who can't vote.  Read more...

MAR 27, 2008
Welcome to the Olympics
The Economist
Resenting criticism of its handling of unrest in Tibet, China wages a gruesome propaganda offensive...The unrest is being fuelled by the Olympics. Many Tibetans see the games as a chance to highlight their grievances and put pressure on the authorities to relax religious and political controls. As China pours more security forces into the region, foreign human-rights activists and Tibetans living outside China are stepping up their protests.  Read more...

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