PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

MAY 29, 2008
QU professor addresses scholars’ forum in US
Gulf Times
During his visit at UL, Prof. Galander addressed the Honor Society of International Scholars and gave a speech on "US public diplomacy and the image of the US in the Middle East" to the Society of Professional Journalists. He also gave lectures on image-building, opinion-making and image consulting.  Read more...

MAY 29, 2008
Actress Sharon Stone apologizes to China
McClatchy Newspapers
In an era when China is intensely sensitive to its global image, even the utterances of Hollywood actors can draw pronouncements from the Foreign Ministry...One overseas analyst of Chinese affairs said the Chinese reaction to Stone could rebound negatively outside the country.  Read more...

MAY 29, 2008
Media war is the real war: Mehsud
Daily Times
The Taliban are preparing to launch a propaganda offensive with greater (global) outreach by arming some of its members with requisite skills to upload videos on websites such as YouTube. “The real war is the media war,” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud told Daily Times. “It is our desire to learn also how one should fight the media war.”
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MAY 29, 2008
Al Jazeera issue draws crowd to Contois Auditorium
Burlington Free Press
The question of whether Burlington Telecom, the city-owned telecommunications company, should continue to air Al Jazeera English news service drew a large and passionate crowd Tuesday afternoon to City Hall.  Read more...

MAY 28, 2008
Wen wants to be your friend on Facebook
International Herald Tribune
Chinese leaders are not known for making themselves available to the public, even after the Internet opened the door to governments around the world. But Facebook, one of the most popular online social networking sites, now has a page for Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.  Read more...

MAY 28, 2008
Arab journalists seek democratic change
Middle East Times
Most journalists in the Arab world consider their primary mission as that of driving political and social reform in the Middle East, a just released study by The American University in Cairo found..."The findings shatter most of the American stereotypes about Arab journalists and undermine the very basis of U.S. public diplomacy strategy since 9/11," said the survey's lead author, Lawrence Pintak.  Read more...

MAY 28, 2008
Net access for African universities would boost continent
The Daily Yomiuri
In addition to providing educational and research opportunities, high-speed Internet access will also help improve cultural exchanges and improve understanding between Africa and the rest of the world. It is one of the most effective tools for advancing public diplomacy.  Read more...

MAY 28, 2008
Association for International Broadcasting Requests Return of Signal for RCTV
El Universal
The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) requested on Wednesday in Lima the return of a free signal for Caracas-based TV channel Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), which went off the air one year ago when the government of President Hugo Chávez did not renew an operation license.  Read more...

MAY 28, 2008
Europe lagging in effort to train Afghan police
International Herald Tribune
For all the EU's talk about its support for soft power - for example, using diplomacy to resolve conflicts or providing vast sums of development assistance to rebuild societies - the Europeans have been unwilling to provide sufficient funds or personnel to create an accountable and well-trained Afghan police force.  Read more...

MAY 28, 2008
Significance of the Africa global sister city conference and youth summit held in Accra
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Africa Global Sister Cities Foundation, an umbrella body of the Sister Cities International, currently has a membership of twenty countries with Ghana having the biggest number of twenty sister cities...After forty-five years of a seemingly losing battle by the African Union to unite the continent, the African Global Sister Cities Foundation is one of the ways of bringing the African people and cities together for meaningful cooperation and development.  Read more...

MAY 27, 2008
China plc needs new foreign formula
BBC News
Among the challenges that China plc needs to grasp, experts argue, is how to use "soft power" to its advantage. This concept has tended to more be familiar in diplomatic than commercial circles...In business terms, Chinese firms are not short of the basic attributes associated with so-called "hard power".  Read more...

MAY 27, 2008
AFRICOM Boosts Public Relations Efforts
VOA News
Louis Mazel, director of the Office of African Regional and Security Affairs at the U.S. State Department, told a recent public meeting on AFRICOM at the Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, D.C.: “What AFRICOM needs at this point is much better public diplomacy and strategic outreach campaigns to inform African audiences, African leaders, African partners of what AFRICOM is going to be.”  Read more...

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