PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

MAR 18, 2008
Get the UN message out there
The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
Think of the United Nations and you think of those huge imposing meeting rooms where international delegates gather to talk about global peace and security. But the UN is more than just the Security Council, says Carmel Mulvany, head of its Works Program, which raises awareness about the UN's work on critical global matters.  Read more...

MAR 18, 2008
With Repression in Tibet, Rethink Olympics
The Heritage Foundation
The United States should let American athletes compete in Beijing; they've worked hard for it. But America's political leaders should think twice about the serious "public diplomacy" impact of their appearances at the Games.  Read more...

MAR 18, 2008
America’s election; the world’s concern
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
With Americans participating in what is the longest presidential race in history, the United States' primaries have also earned the rapt attention of people around the globe. By learning how overseas publics are reacting, the candidates can get a preview of the diplomatic challenges the next president will face, and see how the campaigns, in their own way, might help improve America's standing in the world.  Read more...

MAR 18, 2008
New board requires Sh300m to market Kenya
Business Daily Africa
A policeman guards tourists as they queue at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa when violence erupted after the December elections. The new tourism corporation is expected to revive the sector that had been affected adversely, leading to job losses and reduction of foreign earnings.   Read more...

MAR 18, 2008
McCain’s Trans-Atlantic Trip Appears to Serve Domestic Purpose
Deutsche Welle
The trip is being called a fact-finding mission for the Armed Services Committee, but "this visit has more to do with domestic politics in the US than anything else," said Josef Braml, a US-expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), an independent foreign-policy think tank. "It is more for McCain to demonstrate his foreign policy credentials -- that he can talk to Europeans," he said. "That is the message they want to drive home to the domestic audience."  Read more...

MAR 17, 2008
War in Iraq Badly Damages US Image Internationally
Voice of America
The image of the United States has suffered as a result of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. Opinion surveys show international approval of the United States at all-time lows. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, America's continued involvement in Iraq remains a major irritant in global perceptions of the United States.  Read more...

MAR 17, 2008
Iran’s Global Ambition
Middle East Forum
While the United States has focused its attention on Iranian activities in the greater Middle East, Iran has worked assiduously to expand its influence in Latin America and Africa. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's outreach in both areas has been deliberate and generously funded. He has made significant strides in Latin America, helping to embolden the anti-American bloc of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua. In Africa, he is forging strong ties as well.  Read more...

MAR 17, 2008
Campaign to Attract Foreign Students to US Shows Results
VOA News
U.S. officials are calling an ongoing campaign to attract foreign students to American colleges and universities a success. They point to a rise in applications and enrollments as an indication the campaign is working.  Read more...

MAR 17, 2008
The Imperial Branding of Simon Bolivar and the Cuban Revolution
CounterPunch
In the old days tangible consumer goods were branded. Today branding knows no boundaries. Branding is now applied to people, institutions, political entities, right up to national governments. Nations are brands now, in the logic of 21st-century capitalism.  Read more...

MAR 17, 2008
Olympic politics heating up even faster than expected
MinnPost
There are 145 days to go until the first athletic event of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But the political activity that was expected to swirl around the global extravaganza has ripened sooner than anyone could have imagined.  Read more...

MAR 16, 2008
“Ethiopian women to change nation’s image”
Ethiopian News Agency
Minister of Trade and Industry, Girma Biru said women possess the capacity needed to change the image of the country if they are empowered and take leadership at various levels.  Read more...

MAR 14, 2008
State Dept. notes rise in global anti-Semitism over last decade
Haaretz
Anti-Semitism, including government-promoted hatred toward Jews and prejudice couched as criticism of Israel, has risen globally over the last decade, the State Department said on Thursday.   Read more...

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