PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

JUN 6, 2008
Analyze This: Time for the government to get off the Gaza fence
The Jerusalem Post
For once, Israel's oft-criticized official hasbara (public diplomacy) has not been complacent in its response: It has provided the international press with meticulous weekly reports about the regular flow of food and other goods into Gaza,...and been proactive in trying to focus the press's attentions on the hardships that Hamas's aerial attacks are causing to Israeli civilians.  Read more...

JUN 6, 2008
India as a soft power on agenda of IIFA
ExpressIndia.com
As Thai dancers and drummers welcomed the Bollywood glitterati the focus on the opening day of the IIFA weekend was not just cinema but also communication and diplomacy. In its ninth edition, IIFA is focusing on building brand Bollywood as a soft power.   Read more...

JUN 6, 2008
Small country, big ideas
The Economist
Oil and clever diplomacy win friends and influence...Most of that wealth came easily, from oil. But Sheikh Hamad has succeeded in achieving something that other petro-despots have not. Qatar's emir has stamped this Jamaica-sized patch of flat, scorched desert, which sticks out of Saudi Arabia into the Gulf like a sore thumb, firmly on the map of international diplomacy.   Read more...

JUN 6, 2008
Al Qaeda Issues ‘Request For Proposals’
Wired News
Frankly, it seems like Al Qaeda is becoming more like the Pentagon with each passing day. Women want equal rights to wage Jihad; the bureaucrats issue nasty memos and want to coordinate strategic communication; and now they're putting out the equivalent of a "request for proposals" on how to cause madness and mayhem.  Read more...

JUN 6, 2008
Cultural Empathy Doesn’t Need Your Sympathy
Arab News
On Saturday, Gary R. Weaver, Ph.D., began his tour of the Kingdom, lecturing in Dhahran, Riyadh and Jeddah on “Understanding American Culture: Cross-Cultural Communication and Adaptation.” Professor Weaver, the director of the Intercultural Management Institute at the American University in Washington, D.C. (www.imi.american.edu) was sponsored for the visit by the US Embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia as part of their programs to prepare Saudi students for success in higher studies in America.  Read more...

JUN 6, 2008
Do we really want the freer circulation of cultural goods?
The Art Newspaper
I believe we are likely to see pressures mounting on the museum to give things back to other communities in the future. When objects are free to move, where should they go? To those who most devoutly believe in them in a religious sense? To those who would be the best physical caretakers or the most engaged or sophisticated interpretive community? To those national or local formations that most urgently need them for their sense of identity? Or to the highest bidder?   Read more...

JUN 5, 2008
Overseas, Excitement Over Obama
The Washington Post
The primary race generated unprecedented interest outside the United States, much of it a reflection of a desire for change from the policies of President Bush, who surveys show is deeply unpopular around the globe. At the same time, many people abroad seemed impressed -- sometimes even shocked -- by the wide-open nature of U.S. democracy, and the history-making race between a woman and a black man. "The primaries showed that the U.S. is actually the nation we had believed it to be, a place that is open-minded enough to have a woman or an African American as its president," said Minoru Morita, a Tokyo political analyst.
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JUN 5, 2008
Sanchez: Chile seeking answers at U.S. campuses
Rocky Mountain News
In a presentation here last week, Alejandro Foxley, Chile’s foreign minister, referred to U.S. academic institutions as a “considerable soft power” the United States could use to generate new trust and increase areas of shared interests in inter-American relations.  Read more...

JUN 5, 2008
South Korea strives for soft power
The Guardian
South Korea's discovery of soft power came almost by accident. Some years ago, a South Korean soap opera...was a surprise hit throughout Asia. Tourists from Singapore, Vietnam and Japan, who were fans of the programme, started turning up in South Korea.  Read more...

JUN 5, 2008
Iran: Farda Journalist Details ‘Unfortunate’ UN Incident
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
A correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Persian-language Radio Farda, barred from covering a UN food summit in Rome, is speaking in detail about the incident, which has attracted the attention of Italian politicians and the international media.  Read more...

JUN 5, 2008
European Commission signs up UK media chief
Antonia Mochan moves to London this month to take up the role. The move follows more than three years as the European Commission spokeswoman for science and research, based in Brussels...As well as providing a service to British journalists on European issues, Mochan is also handling the European Commission's cultural diplomacy service, which involves organising film festivals and cultural events.
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JUN 5, 2008
Africa: U.S. Military Set for a Long Campaign
allAfrica.com
Strident hostility towards a US military command centre for Africa (Africom) has prompted the US defense establishment to lobby civil society and key stakeholders in Africa, in a bid to garner support for the centre's planned relocation on African soil.  Read more...

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