October 16-17

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PAST EVENT

Public Diplomacy: Academic and Cultural Exchange Programs - brookings.edu: "On October 17, the Brookings Institution celebrated its 50th year as a designated sponsor of the Department of State’s Exchange Visitor Program. Brookings is just one of several organizations that bring individuals and their families to the U.S. for academic and cultural exchange. The decades of exchange have strengthened our research and enriched our community. But most of all, the alumni of our exchange program have returned to have an impact in their home countries and added their voices to critical discussions globally. Brookings welcomed back some of our exchange visitor alumni to share their experiences as exchange program participants and how they continue to affect the global policy-making community. Dr. Nicholas Arrindell, a leader in the field of international education and exchange, moderated the discussion. The discussion was preceded by keynote remarks from Tara Sonenshine, distinguished fellow at George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs and former under secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs."

BOOK REVIEWS

Hot Books, Cold War [Hot Books in the Cold War by Alfred A. Reisch, Central European University Press, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-6155225239, pp. 574, $63.00] - Review by Leonard J. Baldyga, American Diplomacy: "'Hot Books in the Cold War' is a must read for all those diplomats who served in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, since I am certain, that they too were affected and assisted in carrying out their political, press and cultural work without ever hearing about the existence of the extraordinary CIA-run book program. I, myself, can attest to that. Bravo CIA."

The Creation of the American Era [Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013 ISBN 978-0-691-15836-5 Cloth, 183 pp., $27.95] - Review by John H. Brown, American Diplomacy:

"Quiz question to bright high school students on the It’s Academic TV show: Who is soft/hard/smart power guru Joseph Nye, Jr.’s favorite twentieth-century American president in the field of foreign affairs? ... It turns out ... that ... reputedly liberal ... Nye’s commander-in-chief of choice is a middle-of-the-road conservative, Republican George Herbert Walker Bush."

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Progress in Iran’s nuclear issue - Kaveh Afrasiabi, presstv.ir: "[G]iven the scope of anti-Iran hostility in the US Congress, which has inserted itself in the US's Iran policy for some time, the fate of a future [nuclear] deal may hinge on the White House's ability to deliver sanctions relief to Iran without facing backlashes by Congress.

Given the present inter-party US factionalism, vividly demonstrated over the US government shutdown, this is indeed a formidable challenge that the Obama Administration may or may not be able to overcome, thus requiring a great deal of public diplomacy by the White House." Image from entry

An Obama field guide to friends and enemies - washingtontimes.com: "Though newly elected President Hasan Rouhani has signaled a fresh approach to Iran’s relations with the West, it’s most likely for show. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran’s real boss, and he’s waged a low-level war against the United States for decades.

 Then the regime will continue with Perhaps Iran is simply adjusting its public diplomacy strategy so cash-strapped and war-weary America and Europe will ease up on tough economic sanctions, thus allowing Iran to recover economically. ...Remember, Iran excels at chess. Let’s stop playing checkers." Image from article

Parliament Deputy Speaker: US-Iran Friendship Not Red Line - Arash Karami, al-monitor.com: Days after members of Iran’s parliament welcomed a “parliamentary friendship” between the United States and Iran, deputy speaker of parliament and conservative politician Mohammad Reza Bahonar agreed that the formation of such a group is a positive step. Bahonar said, 'Parliamentary diplomacy between Iran and America must take shape before official diplomacy.' When asked if the formation of such a group were not a 'red line,' he said that one of the weaknesses of the previous administration was that it did not use 'public diplomacy,' and that 'Official diplomacy has limitations that public diplomacy does not have. Public diplomacy can start with a soccer match, parliamentary consultations or lobbying.' On the issue of lobbying, Bahonar added, 'It’s possible to say that in the American congress, the Iranian lobby is not significant, but I believe that if we have five people there who support Iran — not that they believe in the system of the Islamic Republic, but they feel that their interests or their group’s interests lie in dealing with Iran — if we have this type of lobby, it is positive and not negative. Therefore, the administration must use public diplomacy.' Bahonar added, however, that if the plan is not welcomed by the United States and 'If Washington plans on pursuing a win-lose game in favor of itself, the previous direction will be repeated and we will pursue a win-lose game in favor of ourselves, which is defense of the heritage of the revolution.'”

Should We Negotiate With Terrorists? -- Analysis - Lara Sievers, eurasiareview.com: "First, it can be stated that terrorist groups hold rather temporal than transformational aims. An example of AQ is provided arguing that while, as previously stated, the group holds global aims, it also emphasises temporal and local goals which are held by specific local groups.

These aims can be identified, for instance, as security in certain districts. If these aims are placed within the present socio-political context one can argue that these temporal aims hold more common values than is generally assumed. Secondly, terrorist groups can act with surprising loyalty to existing diplomatic norms. The Taliban, for instance, engaged in public diplomacy in the time between the events of 9/11 and the demolishing of the group by the US in Afghanistan."  Image from

Viewing U.S. in Fear and Dismay - Damien Cave, New York Times: "Faced with Washington’s march toward a default, the world has reacted mostly with disbelief that the reigning superpower could fall into such dysfunction, worry over global suffering to come and frustration that American lawmakers could let the problem reach this point." Comment by Prof Craig Hayden on Facebook: "The wages of our dysfunction: the de facto public diplomacy of our reckless and unnecessary political crisis."

As it happened: US debt deal - Tom Geoghegan, Jude Sheerin and Jasmine Coleman, BBC News: "1933: The international media is whipped up by the sense of crisis emanating from the Obama administration, says Helle Dale, senior fellow for public diplomacy at The Heritage Foundation. But the US has been through shutdowns and debt ceiling confrontations before and survived as a world power, she tells BBC Mundo's Thomas Sparrow."

Getting the Message Out - Daniel Larison, theamericanconservative.com: "Now it’s possible that House Republicans’ message wasn’t 'getting out' because it seemed to change from day to day, but it seems more likely that the original message–shut down the government to defund the ACA–was received and rejected by most of the people that heard it. I am reminded of the clumsy efforts at public diplomacy during the Bush years, which started from the premise that other nations would ultimately be more approving of what the U.S. was doing abroad if Washington could just get the message out and get the messaging right. It was unthinkable that the problem might have been the substance of U.S. policies or the way they were being carried out, and so the only thing that needed fixing was the 'messaging.' When someone insists that the main problem that a party or a country has is that it needs better or more effective messaging, it is usually the case that he doesn’t have the first clue what the real problems are."

USA: DofS Regulations: Program sponsor eligibility - trygghetforutvekslingseleven.wordpress.com: "d) Program administration. Sponsors must ensure that all organizational officers, employees, representatives, agents, and volunteers acting on their behalf: (1) Are adequately trained. Sponsors must administer training for local coordinators that specifically includes, at a minimum, instruction in: Conflict resolution; procedures for handling and reporting emergency situations; awareness or knowledge of child safety standards; information on sexual conduct codes; procedures for handling and reporting allegations of sexual misconduct or any other allegations of abuse or neglect; and the criteria to be used to screen potential host families and exercise good judgment when identifying what constitutes suitable host family placements.

In addition to their own training, sponsors must ensure that all local coordinators complete the Department of State mandated training module prior to their appointment as a local coordinator or assumption of duties. The Department of State training module will include instruction designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the Exchange Visitor Program; its public diplomacy objectives; and the Secondary School Student category rules and regulations. Sponsors must demonstrate the individual’s successful completion of all initial training requirements and that annual refresher training is also successfully completed." Image from

Does Technology Persuade (Part II): Looking to Media Practices for Insight - Craig Hayden, PD News–CPD Blog, USC Center on Public Diplomacy: "US public diplomacy has been dubbed a 'cauldron of innovation.' To live up to this label, it must engage in more pilot programs, mine the localized knowledge of the communication infrastructure, and remain aware of the work being done outside the context of diplomacy.

As an interface between diplomats and publics, public diplomacy must leverage knowledge of how people, publics, and organizations live increasingly mediated lives, where politics are shaped by media connections or facilitated by politics uniquely engendered by media contexts. Indeed, the history expressed in public diplomacy memoirs reveal Foreign Service officers doing these very things all along. Now, as before, public diplomacy practitioners and policy-makers need to be better consumers of knowledge production about media technology (though perhaps less so the systemic debates that define international relations theory)." Image from entry

Hillary Rodham Clinton Named 2013 Chatham House Prize - Winner 2013 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, wwwwam.blogspot.com: "Hillary Clinton has been awarded this year’s Chatham House Prize in recognition of her significant and impressive contribution to international diplomacy as US Secretary of State and her work on behalf of gender equality and opportunities for women and girls. ... Her creation and implementation of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) made a bold comment

on the importance of comprehensive diplomacy and 'civilian power'. Her understanding and use of public diplomacy demonstrated that values and ideas must be promoted through two-way dialogue, especially in the age of social media." Image from entry

IBB’s Kim Andrew Elliott is wrong on USIA’s record at Voice of America, distorts CUSIB’s positions - BBGWatcher, usgbroadcasts.com: "I ... strongly disagree with Mr. Elliott’s attack on USIA record’s historical and his assertion that USIA was not missed by VOA journalists, especially those in the language services. I and many of my colleagues missed USIA after we realized that IBB was far worst. Many of my friends at VOA tell me that the state of VOA has never been as bad as it is now."

Op-Ed: VOA and U.S. public diplomacy failed on Obama-Malala meeting - Ted Lipien, digitaljournal.com: "Voice of America (VOA) and U.S. public diplomacy failed to take full advantage of President Obama's meeting Friday with teenage Pakistani campaigner for girls' education Malala Yousafzai. But Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) did a good job.

If web users around the world went to the Voice of America (VOA) English website Friday, Saturday and until 9 p.m. ET Sunday (when this op-ed was being written), they would not find a photo of President Obama meeting with young Pakistani human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. Even worse, they would not have learned from a very short VOA English-language news report that during the Friday's meeting at the White House, Malala confronted President Obama on the issue of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan. ... VOA regularly misses major news stories of great interest to international audiences, is often late in posting its news reports, and offers only superficial coverage of many news developments. ... U.S. funded broadcasters: VOA, Radio and TV Marti, RFE/RL, RFA, Alhurra and Radio Sawa are primarily in the news business. When they do their journalistic job right, there are enormous short-term and long-term benefits for U.S. public diplomacy around the world. When they fail, as VOA did on the Obama-Malala meeting and on many other major news stories, U.S. public diplomacy abroad is diminished or even suffers real damage.

But there is also a larger problem with U.S. public diplomacy as seen by how the White House handled the media angle of the Obama-Malala meeting or the fact that the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad website failed to post any information or a photo from this remarkable event. U.S. public diplomacy structure also needs a major reform. These journalistic, management, and public diplomacy failures make America less understood abroad and less safe. If done right, however, the work of the Voice of America on the journalistic side, and the work of the White House and the State Department on the public diplomacy side, can not only help to make America more secure but also help those who struggle for freedom and democracy abroad." Image from

VOA faulted for insufficiently duplicating RFE/RL on the Malala story - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting: Elliott comment: "When USIB is finally consolidated into a single nonprofit corporation, it should have a for-profit subsidiary corporation. The for-profit would engage in various media projects that make money, while avoiding competition with US private-sector efforts. The profits would be channeled into the non-profit activities of USIB. One such profit-making activity would be to translate the unique reportage of the many USIB non-English services into English, then selling that content, as text and/or as videos, to English-language media in the USA and elsewhere. US media and their audiences would benefit from greater international news coverage. USIB would derive additional income. This could be the making of a win-win."

Advocacy group for US international broadcasting advocates keeping things much the same - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting: Elliott comment: "CUSIB [Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting], BBG Watch, and fellow travelers want to Keep Everything The Same As Before, and that includes keeping USIB in the second tier, allowing BBC to bask alone alone at the top, even though the BBC has a smaller budget for international broadcasting. I will never be satisfied with this state of affairs. USIB should aspire to compete with the BBC. It can do so only by consolidating its resources into one corporation, with a single, powerful, memorable, global brand. It must have an unambiguous commitment to independent, credible journalism, leaving public diplomacy to the public diplomacy branches and bureaus in Foggy Bottom. And just as the BBC world services derive advantages from working with the domestic BBC (and vice versa), so, too, should USIB partner with US domestic media."

Africans without a privilege: Is the Maghreb the Black Swan of US diplomacy? - Abdelilah Bouasria and Mohamed Abdouh Kabir, American Diplomacy: "Radio SAWA (our American public diplomacy arm in the MENA region)"

Chinese Public Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds Abroad or at Home? - Nicholas Dynon, PD News–CPD Blog, USC Center on Public Diplomacy: "Interestingly, the many aspects of Beijing’s international charm offensive that have arguably had limited efficacy among external audiences have nevertheless found public relations success domestically, celebrated as examples of China’s national rejuvenation and growing international clout."

China’s foreign propaganda chief outlines external communication priorities - chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com: "This article was first published in today’s People’s Daily. Cai Mingzhao, director of the Foreign Propaganda Office (or State Council Information Office)

discusses the future priorities in public diplomacy work in the light of Xi Jinping’s recent speech at the National Propaganda and Ideology Work Conference. Interestingly, it mentions soft power only once. Rather, the tone of the article is – in a welcome development – much more moderate than other documents that have come out of Beijing. The core of the argument is that China must develop its own conceptual vocabulary to be able to better set the terms of the international debate, rather than being forced to discuss itself in a discourse that is not its own."  Mingzhao image from

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Some European countries against Chinese robbed robbery cracked slower [sic] - bbs.isvoc.com: "This year is the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership between the tenth anniversary. By the China Association for Public Diplomacy and the State Development Bank, Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association organized the China-EU partnership, cooperation and win-win as the theme of Chinese enterprises in Europe forum October 10 to 11 held in Shanghai. Delegates on the European economic situation, investment laws and regulations, cultural traditions, corporate public diplomacy and other topics in-depth discussion. State Councilor Yang is very concerned about this forum, I hope all walks of life participate in the forum Central Europe frank exchanges, enhance understanding, and discuss cooperation, to promote the further development of China-EU relations play a constructive role. Li Zhaoxing, China Association of Public Diplomacy during an interview at the forum, said that Chinese enterprises into Europe can not be a one-shot deal, to perseverance persistence."

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Sri Lanka: Coming To Terms With New Environment - Col R. Hariharan, thesundayleader.lk: "[T]he maiden visit of Indian Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid on October 7 and 8 assumes greater importance than merely meeting with his counterpart . ... There was a welcome effort at public diplomacy during the Indian MEA’s visit."

Why Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi should visit Pakistan - Rajeev Sharma, firstpost.com: "Officials and diplomats should keep up ... engagement. But what about our politicians? They have even a bigger role to play: conducting public diplomacy. This brings me to the main theme of this article – the role two principal contenders for the post of the prime minister in the 2014 elections, Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi need to play.

The former has been officially anointed by his party, the BJP, for the top job candidate, while the latter has not been. Obviously, Rahul enjoys immense leverage over Modi in this respect as unlike Modi, he does not have to deal with dissenters, critics and nay-sayers in his Congress party. Since the two PM candidates are as different as chalk and cheese, their goals and strategic imperatives will also be different." Image from article, with caption: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi (L-AFP) and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi (Reuters)

The future of the Western Balkans and the role of Turkey - tuskoneu.org: Bestami Bilgiç, Professor of International Relations at Ipek University in Ankara, explained that until the early 20th century, the Ottoman Empire extended its rule over large swathes of the Balkans that are multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural. ... Dimitar Bechev, Senior Fellow at the European Council for Foreign Relations, explained that the situation in the Western Balkans is currently ‘a mixed bag’ as the enlargement process is continuing, and in the mid-term, the Western Balkan countries will become EU members. ... Professor Bestami Bilgiç noted that

Turkey has the capacity to speak various 'languages', and that one language which the EU is unable to speak in the Western Balkans is that of religion. While the EU can be an important mediator in the region, he stressed that the most favourable situation would be one where Turkey and the EU could “get together” and cooperate in their dialogue toward the region. Dimitar Bechev echoed the sentiment that Turkey has several “faces” and can appeal to a wider set of people, although more could be done in terms of human rights, public diplomacy and economic relations." Image from entry

Senate nearing a shutdown deal — Sequestration showdown in January - Kate Brannen, politico.com: "EGYPT HIRES NEW LOBBYING SHOP, via POLITICO’s Byron Tau: “Egypt’s exile on K Street is over. The country has hired the Glover Park Group on a lobbying and public affairs contract following the U.S. decision to suspend some of its aid. Glover Park will ‘provide public diplomacy, strategic communications counsel and government relations services’ for Egypt — including communications with government officials and business leaders. Egypt has been without a K Street lobbying shop since lobbyists Bob Livingston, Toby Moffett and Tony Podesta all jointly terminated their relationships with the country in early 2012.” See also

Hamas built mega tunnel for 'rainy day' option - Yoav Limor, israelhayom.com: "Sunday saw Israel focus its public diplomacy efforts on the Arab media, especially the Palestinian media: it's not only the Negev communities that have been enjoying an unprecedented calm for the past 11 months -- it is Gaza Strip as well."

APN's daily news review from Israel - peacenow.org: Fashion victim (Michal Aharoni, Maariv/NRG Hebrew ) "'Whoever advised Netanyahu to talk about jeans as a symbol of freedom should go home...He can be the Prime Minister's friend but not write his speeches.' Aharoni notes that hardly anyone at Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's funeral wore jeans and that the vast majority of the wives and sisters of the men who attended the funeral do not wear pants at all, and asks, 'What does that say about us as a society? If Israel's public diplomacy was clever and would think in contemporary terms - even just a little - it would understand that Netanyahu's remarks could boomerang...Israel is a democracy because it does not arrest bloggers and it has media outlets that investigate the Prime Minister and his wife and because it has demonstrations and its senior officials are investigated by the police and a former president is in jail because he did things which it is forbidden to do. Our democracy is not in clothes, it is in our ability to loudly criticize ourselves without fear; it is the ability and the willingness to hold public debates, to air the dirty laundry in public.' The author says, 'It is not that Israeli public diplomacy can drastically change our situation in the world but it can prevent us from being seen as pathetic.'"

The long road back to El Dorado - Boyd Tonkin, iol.co.za: "Next Thursday, the British Museum will open its exhibition, Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia. It has borrowed more than 200 treasures from co-organiser, the Museo del Oro (Gold Museum) in Bogotá - 'the best collection in the world of pre-Colombian gold,' confirms Elisenda Vila - and supplemented them with its own ample holdings of the gorgeous artefacts via which leaders and prophets summoned and channelled the forces of nature. Dazzlingly crafted bats, jaguars, fish, toads or caimans served as their iridescent spirit guides. 'It's a wonderful opportunity to be

in London again,' says Maria Alicia Uribe, the Gold Museum's director, 'and to put our collections together.' ... Outside Colombia's borders, the gold - especially in the British Museum, with its public that, as Uribe notes, 'comes from everywhere' - perhaps has an extra symbolic role. It will help set the seal on a decade of canny and strenuous public diplomacy that has seen Brand Colombia (a body which really exists; we lunched at its offices in Bogotá) work smartly to burnish the national image." Image from article, with caption: A lime flask in the shape of a man is displayed at the British Museum in central London.

SURFing the new wave in US-Russia relations: With U.S.-Russia relations in decline, students attempt to bolster the bilateral cooperative agenda by working on collaborative research projects - Pavel Koshkin, Russia Beyond the Headlines: Five years ago, students from leading U.S. and Russian universities came together in a Moscow cafe to discuss a huge geopolitical issue: U.S.-Russia relations. This was following the Russo-Georgian war, after the deterioration of Russian-American bilateral relations and shortly before the official launch of the so-called reset. This is how the story of the Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum (SURF) began. ... Annually held in Russia and the U.S., the forum brings together students from some of the world’s top universities . ... This year, SURF is celebrating its fifth anniversary. ... The project is expected to involve around 50 people, including student advisers and mentors. In April, students will travel to Stanford to present their findings and meet with high-profile experts, academics and politicians.

'I found out about SURF purely by accident: I was browsing one of Russia’s websites and, finally, came across the Stanford forum official page,' says Stanislav Budnitsky, a Higher School of Economics graduate who is currently working on a doctorate degree in communications at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. 'I am studying public diplomacy, and exchange programs like SURF are one of the most effective ways of public diplomacy,' Budnitsky says. 'Most importantly, students from the American side have the chance to be exposed to Russian expertise and pundits. Likewise, when we Russian students go to Stanford, we will have the chance to hear the American experts, academics and their analysis, thoughts on U.S.-Russia relations — and that’s crucial.' ... According to Ekaterina Markaryan, SURF president on the Russian side, organizing these kinds of conferences is very challenging and time consuming. 'First, you have to do a lot of fundraising, which is pretty competitive given the growth of interest in soft power and the increasing number of public diplomacy projects,' she says. 'This time, for example, our team did its best to get funding and scholarship from the Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy. Second, inviting experts is a pretty tricky thing, because all of them have a very tough schedule: They may promise to come, and reject shortly before the conference. That’s why you should to be as persuasive and resourceful as possible.'” Image from article, with caption: The forum brings together students from some of the world’s top universities.

Children under seven will only be able to access the Camp Nou with a match ticket or season ticket - erasmusbarcelona.com: To imitate with stream regulations as well as to equivocate the risk of surpassing capacity, young kids up to seven, who until right away could entrance the track though the sheet as prolonged as they were accompanied by an adult, will additionally need to have the chair to attend Barça v Madrid. Toni Freixa announced: 'It’s an though the friend decision, though we’re receiving this preference as an practice in responsibility. We cite to take pre-emptive measures prior to woeful any misfortunes'. ... Mr Freixa summarized the series of alternative issues discussed during the meeting, together with sponsorship deals. 'With the same resources you will consequence 8,750,000 euros some-more in this section'. He explained which the Board has supposed an call in from DiploCat (Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia) to form partial of the Plenary Council. The Club will be represented by Carles Vilarrubí, vice-president of the institutional area."

Nº52: Estrategia y diplomacia pública: el tiempo de la política - compolitica.com:  "Este número, el 52, contiene, entre otros, un monográfico sobre Diplomacia pública y marca país. Además, entrevistamos a Bruce Gregory, profesor adjunto de la George Washington University´s Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication y en la Georgetown University´s Master of Foreign Service Program."

Social Media Campaign Review: Pockets by ICICI Bank Facilitates Financial Transactions via Facebook Application - Rahul Dubey, socialsamosa.com: - "I am Public Diplomacy Officer at the Australian-Consulate General, radio announcer at All India Radio’s FM Rainbow and volunteer at Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation. I have written extensively on economics of digital and social media. I teach and learn mass media economics and research at KC College and KJ Somaiya Institute of Mass Communication in Mumbai. If you are in a generous mood, you can read my thoughts on @_Rahul_Dubey."

Imperial Designs - Review by Amb. (ret.) Greta Morris, American Diplomacy: "During her 28 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador (ret.) Greta N. Morris served in public diplomacy positions in Kenya, Uganda, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia as well as in Washington. As Counselor for Public Affairs in Jakarta, she led the Embassy’s public diplomacy program to strengthen U.S.-Indonesia ties and build support within Indonesia for counter terrorism efforts, and participated actively in the Embassy’s outreach to the Muslim community."

Class Notes: University School grad gives insight on Egypt - clevelandjewishnews.com: "Seth Wikas, the U.S. ambassador’s staff assistant in Cairo, discussed the unrest in Egypt and the effects on the Middle East at University School’s 11th annual George E. Spencer III lecture series. ... Wikas

was previously vice consul in Cairo and public diplomacy officer at the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan." Wikas image from entry

Panelists focus on women’s role in technology - Grace Kim, Daily Trojan: The Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy hosted a lunch on Tuesday as part of 'Wired Women: Bridging the Technology Gap,' a series exploring the opportunities and challenges faced by women in technology. ... 'It’s interesting that the progress of women has been different in different industries,” said Elise Welch, a graduate student in public diplomacy. 'It was interesting to hear from women who have succeeded in that area. Though there are still gender biases, I think it’s important for women to overcome their insecurities. Women have to get out there.'”

RELATED ITEMS

Around the globe, U.S. debt deal prompts relief, but also exasperation, worry for future - Simon Denyer and Michael Birnbaum, washingtonpost.com:  There was relief around the world on Thursday after Congress reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling for three months, mixed with exasperation that a longer-term solution to the political crisis had not been found and a sense that the image of the United States had been tarnished. Newspapers from Beijing to Madrid said the crisis raised fresh questions about the strength of the American political system and its claims to global leadership. On Monday, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua published a commentary calling for a “de-Americanized world.” Newspapers and state television here suggested that the entire showdown demonstrated the drawbacks of the U.S. political system.

Iran stalls, centrifuges spin - Jennifer Rubin, washingtonpost.com: The regime has spent all of Obama’s first term and some of George W. Bush’s talking, but not deviating one iota from its nuclear weapons plans.

U.S. Senate Confirms Caroline Kennedy as Ambassador to Japan – Domani Spero, DiploPundit: Of all ambassadorial appointments to Japan since 1960, 71.4% went to non-career political appointees.

Forbes: State Department Number Three Dream Employer - Peter Van Buren, We Meant Well: The Department wants smart people who will do what they are told, believing that intelligence can be divorced from innovation and creativity. State has created a personnel system that will require you to serve in more and more dangerous places, and more and more unaccompanied places without family, as a routine.

Propaganda artists from North Korea paint a rose-tinted China: The Beautiful Future sees icons of Beijing's skyline reimagined by a team of propaganda painters in Pyongyang - Oliver Wainwright, theguardian.com The Beautiful Future, which comprises six such paintings to date, is the brainchild of British ex-pat

duo Nick Bonner and Dominic Johnson-Hill, who both arrived in the Chinese capital 20 years ago and caught the Beijing bug. Bonner runs Koryo Tours, a travel company specialising in trips to the DPRK, while Johnson-Hill presides over a street-wear empire, Plastered, producing

T-shirts emblazoned with Maoist kitsch. The paintings, on show earlier this month as part of Beijing Design Week, are the inevitable result of their mutual obsessions. Caption of top image: CCTV Tower With Bountiful Harvest' Image: The Beautiful Future; below image caption: 'Water Cube for Clean Air and Healthy Life' Image: The Beautiful Future

SERBIANA?

Crazy-Rich Serbian Bachelor Shows Off On The Internet To Find A Bride (27 pics): To all you single ladies out there, this guy can put a ring on your finger so big you couldn’t even lift it. Don Milisav Juan Gonzales Brzi is (or was, whether he has found love yet is unclear) a Serbian bachelor who decided to find the love of his life simply by showing off his wealth…which is massive! And I’m not talking about some chandeliers hanging around but fully goldified bedrooms and frescas in the bathrooms. According to the Internet, he claims to be 39, living in St. Petersburg, and looking for a rather young girl, 16-20 years old, for marriage.

Here’s how Don presented himself: “To all unmarried ones who would like to spend their life by my side and within all the beauties of my home. Please look below at all the magic of my home that I have decorated with taste, perhaps just for you.” Couldn’t have said it better myself! I suggest taking a look and giving this eligible bachelor a shot. Images from

October 14-15

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Can Diplomacy Really be Public? "Just what is public diplomacy, or PD? Can diplomacy even be public? For many countries PD is already an integral part of the way their embassies conduct business around the world. This is especially true in Washington. Public Diplomacy Alumni Association and Embassy of Sweden will join forces at House of Sweden on Tuesday, October 15 to sponsor a late-afternoon panel discussion of public diplomacy as practiced by three European embassies in Washington.

The program features a panel discussion and a behind-the-scenes look at diplomats at work, shedding light on the role of public diplomacy as they discuss what they do best."  House of Sweden image from entry

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Cultural Understanding: The Key To Diplomacy - Pauline Gebczak, diplomaticourier.com: "American University celebrated the third anniversary of the Initiative for Russian Culture at a gala held at the National Building Museum last week. It was an evening of Jazz Diplomacy, bringing together students, esteemed guests, and accomplished musicians to promote understanding through music and culture. The event was a collaborative effort between American University's Initiative for Russian Culture, the Open World Leadership Center, and The Brubeck Institute. Cultural understanding is the key for growth in democratic relations between any countries. The Initiative for Russian Culture believes in this philosophy and it reflects in their efforts to engage students in learning about Russian culture and history as well as taking up the language.

Igor Butman was the jazz maestro for the evening joined by the U.S.-Russia Rising Stars Jazz Band to perform for guests, which included Open World alumni and the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet. The Brubeck Institute combines a passion for music education and international relations through their music programs that allow young artists to experience performing in many different cities and venues. Recently the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet performed at a forum entitled 'Jazz: A Language for Peace' as well as at the United Nations. Brubeck students joined Igor Butman and the Open World All Star group for an evening of great music, food, and culture. Initiative for Russian Culture Chair Susan Carmel Lehrman spoke about her goal for the initiative: 'Through events like this one which emphasize importance of common cultural bonds especially to younger generations I believe we are helping find common ground necessary to be able to work together and to interact with mutual respect well into the future.'" Via AK; uncaptioned image from article

Advocacy group for US international broadcasting advocates keeping things much the same - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting: Elliott comment: "To CUSIB [Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting] and others who insist there is no duplication in US international broadcasting, the facts are overwhelmingly against you. The truth (and isn't US international broadcasting all about transmitting the truth?) is that duplication is so prevalent in US international broadcasting that one cannot help tripping over it..."

Al Jazeera America: "foreign gaze for domestic consumption," "focusing on the failures of the United States" - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on Iternational Broadcasting

Egyptian coup leaders hire US lobbyist with ties to Israel - middleeastmonitor.com: "The Hill, a political newspaper based in Washington DC, has revealed that documents filed with the US Justice Department on Friday confirm that Egypt's interim authorities are employing the Glover Park Group to 'provide public diplomacy, strategic communications counsel and government relations services' for Egypt's post-coup government. ... The Glover Park Group

is no stranger to Israel. The group's managing director, Arik Ben-Zvi, is an Israeli citizen who served in the Israeli army and consulted on Israel's elections. In addition, one senior executive previously served as the National Deputy Political Director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, also known as AIPAC, the most powerful arm of the Israel Lobby in the US, while another senior executive served in its legislative department." Image from entry

Big week for Benjamin Netanyahu: jeans gaffe, then Persian erotica gaffe - Kirsten Reach,

- mhpbooks.com: "Max Fisher of the Washington Post explains:  [']Even if Netanyahu were the sort of person who could compellingly speak directly to Iranians, and even if Iranians were ready to hear him out, the Israeli leader’s message here may not have been the sort of language likely to bring the two sides together. That goes beyond jeans, although the flub was part of it. . . The Islamic Republic has some of the world’s worst civil rights, but it is a far cry from Pyongyang's style of rule, and

is not peopled with 78 million Iranians just waiting to be liberated. . . . It’s a telling little irony that, when Netanyahu criticized Iran’s severe restriction of civil liberties, it led Iranians not to criticize their government but Israel’s — and to do it using the very social networks, such as Facebook, that are banned by Tehran. This was a relatively minor misstep in public diplomacy, but it’s a worrying indication for Washington and Tehran of the sort of role that the Israeli leader sees himself playing in their burgeoning outreach.[']"

MRE - Ministério das Relações Exteriores da Repúbl [sic]: Agreed Minutes of the Sixth Meeting of the Brazil-India Joint Commission on Political, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation - 4-traders.com: "Brazil and India highlighted the importance of deepening mutual understanding and strengthening friendship ties between their respective government institutions and civil societies and business and academic communities. In this sense, the parties welcomed the joint initiative of the Brazilian 'Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão - FUNAG' and the Public Diplomacy Division of Ministry of External Affairs of India in organizing the seminar 'India and Brazil: A Partnership for the 21st century', held in Brasilia, in October 2013 with the participation of very knowledgeable speakers from both sides. The seminar provided the occasion for fruitful discussions on important issues in the bilateral agenda: Challenges and Opportunities of Global Governance; Challenges and Opportunities in the Strategic Partnership between India and Brazil; and the Historical bonds and transformative convergence in the relations between India and Brazil. It was also agreed that a reciprocal event would be organized in India next year."

Sri Lanka: Coming To Terms With New Environment - R. Hariharan, thesundayleader.lk: "[T]he maiden visit of Indian Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid on October 7 and 8 assumes greater importance than merely meeting with his counterpart . ... There was a welcome effort at public diplomacy during the Indian MEA’s visit. In the two public interactions, the MEA spelled out his perceptions on some of the major issues after interacting with his counterpart and the President."

Diplomatic missions being mobilised to attract investment - nation.com.pk: "Foreign Secretary-designate Abdul Basit has said that Pakistan’s diplomatic missions abroad will be mobilised to generate more economic activity in the country by bringing in foreign investment. Informally discussing foreign policy challenges in a media programme Sunday‚ Abdul Basit said trade and investment conferences

will be organised in diplomatic missions to increase country’s exports. He pledged to implement the vibrant foreign policy agenda of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif with focusing on creating linkages in the region‚ and encouraging economic and public diplomacy. He said Afghan reconciliation process is the key to success for Pakistan and Afghanistan. He said Pakistan is making sincere efforts to settle down the Afghan issue." Uncaptioned image from entry See also.

Filipino students in Korea promote the Philippines - gmanetwork.com: "Public diplomacy has never been so dynamic and energetic. The Pinoy Iskolars sa Korea, Inc. (PIKO), an organization of Filipino scholars studying in South Korean universities, led a one-of-a-kind event last October 6 that promoted Filipino culture in the form of a race in the South Korean capital. International and Korean students who participated in the event were involved in different tasks related to Filipino culture around different spots in Seoul, from Filipino traditional games to matching Philippine tourism spots to buying Filipino vegetables in the infamous Hyewha Filipino Market."

FM touring Korea, China from Thursday - "Foreign Minister Dipu Moni

will leave Dhaka for South Korea and China in her last tour before the election countdown begins on Oct 25. ... Emerging global power China has influence on Bangladesh’s politics while South Korea as a development partner recently stepped up its public diplomacy. ... She will return home on Oct 22." Uncaptioned image from entry

The long road back to El Dorado: Colombia is rediscovering its ancient trade in gold - independent.co.uk: "Next Thursday, the British Museum will open its exhibition, Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia. It has borrowed more than 200 treasures from co-organiser, the Museo del Oro (Gold Museum) in Bogotá – 'the best collection in the world of pre-Colombian gold,' confirms Elisenda Vila – and supplemented them with its own ample holdings of the gorgeous artefacts [sic] via which leaders and prophets summoned and channelled the forces of nature. ... Outside Colombia's borders, the gold – especially in the British Museum, with its public that ... "comes from everywhere" – perhaps has an extra symbolic role.

It will help set the seal on a decade of canny and strenuous public diplomacy that has seen Brand Colombia (a body which really exists ... ) work smartly to burnish the national image. Four decades of vicious interconnected strife between the state, the narco-barons, leftist guerrillas and rightist paramilitaries have cost almost a quarter of a million lives." Image from article

Hamas built mega tunnel for 'rainy day' option - Yoav Limor, israelhayom.com: "Sunday saw Israel focus its public diplomacy efforts on the Arab media, especially the Palestinian media: it's not only the Negev communities that have been enjoying an unprecedented calm for the past 11 months -- it is Gaza Strip as well. Things have been calm since Operation Pillar of Defense and it is unlikely that Gaza misses the nightly fighter jets' flyovers or the one-ton bombs dropped from the sky."

We must bring university education to young Syrian men and women in refugee camps - Mark Angelson and Allan Goodman, universityworldnews.com: With ...Dr Keith Watenpaugh, director of the Human Rights Institute at University of California, Davis, the conversation turned to the future: what can we do to save higher education in Syria? Several ideas emerged. ... Watenpaugh described an idea for ‘University in a Box’, which could bring two- to three-week intensive university courses that would be taught in refugee camps by professors from the United States and other countries. Syrian scholars participating in IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund might also teach these courses. This would afford refugee students and professors the opportunity to do productive work, reawaken students' enthusiasm for education and, perhaps most important of all, give them some hope for the future. The public diplomacy implications also are compelling. In addition, we must bring young Syrian men and women displaced from higher education to universities around the world."

Globally, 'girl power' should be much more than a slogan - Donald Steinberg, Tara Sonenshine, Op-ed contributors - csmonitor.com: "Tara Sonenshine is the former US undersecretary of State for public diplomacy and public affairs."

Off Topic #17: Radio on the Radio - krcc.org: Ira Wagman is a communications

scholar and professor at Carleton University in Ottowa. He is currently the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School. Image from entry

Interactive: Who’s Pulling the Strings? [from Google entry] - BillMoyers.com Staff: "Richard R. Miller – Partner with Oliver North in IBC, an Office of Public Diplomacy front group, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States."

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America’s Orphaned Diplomacy: America’s money-soaked political system simultaneously bolsters the military-industrial complex and undermines diplomacy - Moritz Laurer, fpif.org: It turns out that members of Congress

and their staffers—those people who decide what the budget for diplomacy will be—don’t even know what exactly U.S. diplomats do. Image from entry, with caption: Foggy Bottom in Washington, DC

Kobe Bryant REALLY draws a crowd in Beijing: Kobe Bryant's popularity in China is off the charts, making it hard for him to leave hotel. 'It's uncontrollable,' Lakers star says - Mike Bresnahan, latimes.com

Image from article, with caption: Lakers star Kobe Bryant sits inside a ring of security guards while doing an interview prior to practice at the 2013 Global Games in Beijing on Monday.

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The Sustainability Of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Addressing The Security-Development Nexus In The 21st Century - Anita R Sundarajan

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CHINOISERIE

From: Kaushik, "The Latest Chinese Beach Craze – Face-kini," amusingplanet.com

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Image from Barbara Demick, "Cockroach farms multiplying in China," latimes.com, with caption: Dried cockroaches are ready to be sold to pharmaceutical companies from a farm in Jinan, China. One farmer says the insects are easy to raise and profitable.

October 12-13

"The Department of Veterans Affairs bought $562,000 worth of artwork. ... the Navy paid $51,000 for clarinets and $21,000 for an organ. The Army spent $40,000 on violins."

--Domani Spero, "State Dept’s Made in the USA Glass Stemware Makes News on Shutdown Week," DiploPundit, noting that "In many cases, agencies must spend all their allotted funds by September 30, the end of the fiscal year. If they don’t, they lose the money, or Congress could cut short their future funding." Image from;  See also John Brown, "A Modest Proposal: Make the Pentagon Our Very Own Ministry of Culture!" Huffington Post (2009)

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The Upcoming Geneva P5+1 Round: An Opportunity to Explore - brookings.edu: "Iran and the United States are each saying that the other side should come up with a new proposal when the P5+1 negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program resume in Geneva on October 15-16.

But the upcoming talks, the first at the sub-cabinet level since a meeting in Almaty in April and the first since the June election of President Rouhani, will be more productive if they produce an informal exploration of what is possible rather than the introduction of detailed formal proposals. ... Still, even if Geneva doesn’t produce tangible results, it is important for the Iranian negotiating team to demonstrate convincingly that all the encouraging words coming from Iran in recent weeks are not just rhetoric and clever public diplomacy but instead reflect a new willingness in Tehran to reach a compromise solution that alleviates international concerns about the nature of its nuclear program." Image from entry

Freezing Aid Without A Strategy - Jonathan Guyer, aucegypt.edu: "This week Washington announced a downgrading of aid to Cairo, which flows annually to the tune of $1.3 billion. ... Washington has done itself a disservice by evacuating non-essential embassy staff on July 5, warning against travel, and cancelling the Fulbright fellowship program (full disclosure: I was one of the Fulbrighters affected). These precautions are understandable on a security level, but they’re a blow to public diplomacy."

US Consulate General Encourages Nigerian Youths on Personal Effectiveness - jimidisu.com: "The Consulate General last week embarked on entrepreneurship training for 50 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members with the aim of encouraging them to be self-reliant rather than waiting endlessly for jobs. Speaking during the program tagged 'Enhancing Personal Effectiveness' organized by the U.S. Consulate General in collaboration with Startup Hub, a Social Enterprise that seeks to inspire Nigerian Youth

to think outside the box and start businesses instead of waiting for jobs, the U.S. Public Diplomacy Officer Rhonda Watson encouraged the youths to determine specific goals for their lives and proactively choose their response to circumstances rather than reacting without regard for the consequences. Using 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' as a template to drive her points, Ms. Watson told them about the need for effective communication in order to 'become the best version of themselves.'” Image from entry

U.S. Public Diplomacy in Africa: Two Public Diplomacies - Amelia H. Arsenault,
PD News–CPD Blog, USC Center on Public Diplomacy: "[I]n terms of U.S. diplomacy in general, public diplomacy more specifically, and academic attention to public diplomacy in particular, the African continent appears tangential. ... Africa remains, however, a dynamic continent, one that deserves more consideration—from both the U.S. media and public diplomacy practitioners working at every level. The current range of public diplomacy 2.0 activities taking place in different African countries represent a first step in leveraging the opportunities for more sustained engagement wrought by the dissemination of new communication technologies across the continent. They may provide critical infrastructure, if and when the Obama and subsequent administrations decide to move away from short-term outreach based on crisis management or furthering U.S. economic or military interests and towards a long-term goal built on collaboration and dialogue with a diverse range of African publics."

After the ”Shutdown,” Threat ”Default” American Start Restless World - votetomas.com: "'The U.S. government must avoid a situation where they are unable to pay these debts. They should be cautious and aware when it happens, then the U.S. may fall into fiscal crisis,' said the Minister Taro Aso. ... This is the first comment that the Japanese government disclosed that since the termination of the operation, the Federal Government (shutdown ) issued at the end of September.

Previously, Head of Cabinet, Yoshihide Suga and Aso, trying to ignore their concerns over the situation in the U.S. by saying that it is a domestic issue of Uncle Sam. It was also revealed by the Director General of Press and Public Diplomacy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kuni Sato, in a closed meeting with several media, including the headline, on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Bali on Tuesday, October 7, 2013. Sato told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, do not say anything related shutdown issues and U.S. debt deadline.' He did not comment on the shutdown event or the impact of these actions on the economy of Japan. For Abe, it is an internal problem facing the U.S.,' said Sato. Sato also said Abe did not make the absence of President Barack Obama at the APEC summit, because whatever agenda will continue as usual, including talks on the Trans – Pacific Partnership (TPP)." Image from entry

Leaders' Bilateral Talks Mark First Day Of APEC Summit - andiabdussalam.blogspot.com: "According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) had prioritized partnerships to help further boost cooperation. 'We are mindful that all APEC members have built partnerships and displayed a spirit of cooperation since the Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) and following the ministers' talks,' Abdurrahman Muhammad Fachir, the Director General of Public Diplomacy and Information at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Monday."

Winner 2013 - Hillary Rodham Clinton - still4hill.blogstop.com: "Hillary Clinton has been awarded this year’s Chatham House Prize in recognition of her significant and impressive contribution to

international diplomacy as US Secretary of State and her work on behalf of gender equality and opportunities for women and girls. ... Her creation and implementation of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) made a bold comment on the importance of comprehensive diplomacy and 'civilian power'. Her understanding and use of public diplomacy demonstrated that values and ideas must be promoted through two-way dialogue, especially in the age of social media." Image from entry

Another kind of government shutdown - Melissa Aronczyk, blog.oup.com: "Advertising and politics have long been intertwined in the national conversation. Back in 2001, former ad executive Charlotte Beers was appointed by George W. Bush as US Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. To many, the appointment represented a doomed attempt to reassert America’s values of freedom and democracy through a fundamentally incompatible means of mass communication: advertising. New York Times columnist Frank Rich was despondent, writing that Beers was chosen 'not for her expertise in policy or politics but for her salesmanship on behalf of domestic products like Head and Shoulders shampoo. If we can’t effectively fight anthrax, I guess it’s reassuring to know we can always win

the war on dandruff.' Historians like T.J. Jackson Lears have documented the marriage of advertising and politics much earlier, linking it to America’s propaganda needs in World War I." Image from

Prime Minister Netanyahu as international broadcaster fell short as public diplomacy - Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting: "RFE/RL, 7 Oct 2013, Robert Coalson: 'In his first interview with a Persian-language media outlet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a lot of harsh things to say about Iran and its government. But the comment that really struck a nerve touched on fashion. 'I think if the Iranian people had freedom they would wear jeans, listen to Western music, and have free elections,' Netanyahu told the BBC's Persian Service in an interview published on October 5. The faux pas set off a wave of ridicule from Iranians who rushed to post photos of themselves wearing jeans on social media, often with snide comments about the quality of the work done by the Israeli spies that are assumed to be blanketing Iran. The #jeans and #jeansiniran hashtags took off on Twitter, with many posts being aggregated on other sites. 'My countrymen wear blue jeans and they listen to Western music and they are amazing and don't you dare patronize us. EVER!' wrote one Twitter user.' See previous post about same subject."

Netanyahu Takes a Lonely Stance Denouncing Iran - Jodi Rudoren, New York Times: "With a series of major speeches — three more are scheduled next week — and an energetic media blitz, Mr. Netanyahu, 63, has embarked on the public-diplomacy campaign of his career, trying to prevent what he worries will be 'a bad deal' with Iran. Insisting on a complete halt to uranium enrichment and no easing of the economic sanctions he helped galvanize the world to impose on Iran, Mr. Netanyahu

appears out of step with a growing Western consensus toward reaching a diplomatic deal that would require compromise." Image from article, with caption: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly in October.

Israel Looks to Eurasia to Achieve Top Energy and National Security Goals - Allison Good, thedailybeast.com:  "In September, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and his Cypriot counterpart signed a protocol for cooperation, and Edelstein expressed his hope for 'further economic cooperation

and greater trade and investment in Cyprus.' Israel and Cyprus are also engaging in public diplomacy. Last month, Cypriot foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides presided over the signing of an agreement between the University of Cyprus and the Israeli Embassy in Nicosia for the creation of a Jewish studies program at a local university." Image from entry, with caption: Former Cypriot President Demetris Christofias (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Global public opinion poll reveals an increasingly negative view of China: China could do with an image makeover, judging by the increasingly negative perceptions of the country revealed in a global public opinion poll, writes Kate Whitehead - South China Morning Post: "First up the good news for China: around the world people increasingly see the country as an emerging superpower, or indeed a superpower already. The bad news? They don't much like China. Public opinion, especially in the US, towards China is at an all-time low. That's according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre, which surprised Bruce Stokes, director of the global economic programme

at the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project. 'This duality - seeing China as a superpower and yet the declining favour - seems to contradict itself, but maybe not. Maybe people see it, but they don't like it.' ... When the centre conducted its first study in 2002 it was expecting to learn something about the impact of globalisation. Instead, the shock finding when the results were released in 2003 was the surge in anti-American sentiment, in a large part due to involvement in Iraq. The US government responded by setting up a new department focused on public diplomacy. 'It would make total sense that if the Chinese see this data - and their own surveys must show the same thing - that they would say 'we need to fix this, we need public diplomacy,' says Stokes."Image from article, with caption: Chinese workers walk past a "Chinese Dream" promotion billboard in Beijing.

The Sinocism China Newsletter 10.11.13 - sinocism.com: "China’s foreign propaganda chief outlines external communication priorities | China Copyright and Media. This article was first published in today’s People’s Daily. Cai Mingzhao, director of the Foreign Propaganda Office (or State Council Information Office) discusses the future priorities in public diplomacy work in the light of Xi Jinping’s recent speech at the National Propaganda and Ideology Work Conference."

Voice of China: In pursuit of soft power - Charmaine Pretorius, thecontinentobserver.com: "Whereas hard power refers to economic and military coercion, soft power, a term coined by international relations expert and Harvard University Professor Joseph S. Nye, is the ability of a country to attain what it wants by attracting and persuading others to adopt

its goals through threats or financial means. There are several tools in a country’s soft power kit, including cultural influence, political ideology and public diplomacy. With the advent of the information age, the influence of mass media as a soft power tool has become increasingly important. China is endorsing this influence of the media in its ambitions to become a global power." Image from entry, with caption: Headquarters; CCTV Tower

Sri Lanka: Coming To Term With New Environment – Analysis - R. Hariharan, eurasiareview.com: "[T]he maiden visit of Indian Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid on October 7 and 8 assumes greater importance than merely meeting with his counterpart . ... There was a welcome effort at public diplomacy during the Indian MEA’s visit. In the two public interactions, the MEA spelled out his perceptions on some of the major issues after interacting with his counterpart and the President."

Major MEA divisions may soon see splits and mergers - Devirupa Mitra, newindianexpress.com: "In the sandstone corridors of South Block, there is intense speculation that major changes are afoot in the MEA with divisions

being broken up and merged. ... Besides breaking a division, there is also talk about a merger of the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy— effectively bringing them back to their original state." Uncaptioned image from entry

Estrategia y diplomacia pública: el tiempo de la política: La diplomacia pública ha ganado espacio en los estudios de comunicación política internacional en los últimos años. La creación del Alto Comisionado para la Marca España, el peso de la diplomacia pública en el Servicio Europeo de Acción Exterior (EEAS en sus siglas en inglés), la sucesión de grandes eventos en Brasil o la fuerte inversión de los países del Golfo Pérsico en internacionalizar sus ciudades son buenos ejemplos de cómo la comunicación ha asumido una función fundamental en las relaciones internacionales - Juan Luis Manfredi, compolitica.com

New organisation set up to promote music education and cultural diplomacy: Conductor Riccardo Muti to be honorary president of EMMA for Peace, supported by UNESCO - Elizabeth Davis, classical-music.com: "A new organisation called EMMA for Peace has been launched to support and promote music education and cultural dialogue across the Mediterranean and the Middle East. EMMA for Peace, or the Euro Mediterranean Music Academy, is supported by UNESCO.

And, according to its website, the organisation aims to create a network of music institutions ‘brought together in the shared interest of music and the promotion of peace in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions.'" Image from article

Malala Is A Rare Leader—But Pakistanis Aren’t Following - Rob Asghar, PD News–CPD Blog, USC Center on Public Diplomacy: "While Malala was triumphantly returning from a Taliban assassination attempt and delivering a powerful speech at the United Nations

on her 16th birthday this past July, ordinary Pakistanis were snidely dismissing the teen as a tool of the CIA and Western puppet-masters. Malala image from entry

Globally, ‘girl power’ should be much more than a slogan - PSA Staff, Partnership for a Secure America: "This article was co-authored by Tara Sonenshine.

Tara D. Sonenshine is former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. She is currently a Distinguished Fellow at George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs."

Public-Relations Authors - evancarmichael.com: "Jem Thomas Jem Thomas has had a varied career in the Royal Navy, specialising in intelligence and then media and public relations, and now specialising in strategic communications and communication aspects of crisis and issue management. ... His experience and knowledge have resulted in his focus on public diplomacy, media relations, strategic communications, issue and crisis management."

Eurocham Hk at The 2012 General Meeting of European Business Organisations Worldwide Network - eurocham.com.hk: "Representatives from the Directorate General and the European Parliament included: ... E. Pedersen, Financial Officer, Public Diplomacy and Election Observation (FPI)"

Profile: Jannet Duijndam - Caroline Bugler, europe.org.uk: "Jannet Duijndam is just a month into her four-year post as Counsellor for Press, Public Diplomacy and Culture when

we share a coffee in the Dutch Embassy [in London]." Image from entry

Scandinavian Journal of History, Volume 37, Issue 5, 2012 - tandfonline.com: Andreas Åkerlund, "National Relations. Public diplomacy, national identity and the Swedish Institute 1945–1970," Scandinavian Journal of History, Volume 37, Issue 5, 2012."

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Cutting aid to Egypt's generals: The U.S. action may not cause the country's military rulers to change course, but it will get their attention - Editorial, latimes.com: The benefits Obama plans to deny Egypt are significant in dollar terms and in the currency of national prestige. This rebuke may not persuade the generals to change course, but it will get their attention. And the United States will have redeemed somewhat its reputation as a champion of democracy.

The Miracle of Growth and ‘The Great Escape’ - Clive Crook, bloomberg.com: In “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality,” Angus Deaton sets out to tell a familiar story -- that of the long arc of global economic advance -- in a fresh way. Deaton is a foreign-aid skeptic, and he explains why. The essential point was crisply stated more than 40 years ago by Peter Bauer: “If all conditions for development other than capital are present, capital will soon be generated locally, or will be available to the government or to private businesses on commercial terms from abroad, the capital to be serviced out of higher tax revenues or from the profits of the enterprise. If, however, the conditions for development are not present, then aid -- which in these circumstances will be the only source of external capital -- will be necessarily unproductive and therefore ineffective.”

Nobel Prize part of West’s propaganda fog - Finian Cunningham, intifada-palestine.co: "The Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed the Nobel Propaganda Prize, after this year’s ever-so contrived award to the UN-approved chemical weapons team sent to disarm Syria.

Other dubious winners of the “illustrious” prize include the accused war criminal, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who oversaw the genocidal carpet-bombing of Indochina during the 1970s.

Nobel Peace Prize CIA, MI6, Mossad, Pentagon, BBC, NYT Propaganda Fog - Lew Rockwell, marketoracle.co.uk: Finian Cunningham: writes: The Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed the Nobel Propaganda Prize, after this year’s ever-so contrived award to the UN-approved chemical weapons team sent to disarm Syria. Other dubious winners of the “illustrious” prize include the accused war criminal, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who oversaw the genocidal carpet-bombing of Indochina during the 1970s.

'Star Wars Rebels': NYCC exclusive! Check out propaganda art from the new spinoff - Darren Franich, insidetv.ew.com: "We still don’t know very much about Star Wars Rebels, the animated spinoff set between prequel and original trilogies. We know it will premiere in fall 2014 with a one-hour special on the Disney Channel, which segues into a series on Disney XD. And big news is expected from the Rebels panel that is taking place tomorrow afternoon at New York Comic Con. To tide you over until then, EW is excited to share with you an exclusive piece of propaganda art that will appear on the show.

The art depicts three stormtroopers and is designed in a nifty retro-Soviet style. The poster has some words written in the language of Aurebesh. (Special no-prize to the first person who can translate it!) Could the poster contain some deeper hints about Rebels? Maybe it will star Davin Felth? Probably not, but can’t us Davinheads dream?"

AMERICANA

--Via Paul Rockower, Levantine, regarding the controversy about Washington D.C.'s professional football team being named "Redskins"; Rockower offers a new name: The Washington Rednecks

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Invasive species for dinner? Add a grain of salt - Annabelle Tometich, USA Today: They're destroying our reefs, uprooting native plants, strangling our birds, choking our waterways and sucking the stucco right off our homes. Florida's invasive species — lionfish, feral hogs, Burmese pythons, water hyacinth, giant African land snails — have caused a slew of troubles.

One possible solution seems simple enough: Let's eat them. In Fort Myers, you can find python fillets on pizza and wild boar on spaghetti. In Miami, they're frying whole lionfish and serving it with mango salsa.  Image from article, with caption: A Giant African land snail is seen in this handout picture from the Florida Department of Agriculture; see also.

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Wait, this is a Partial List of Federal Depts and Agencies? - granitegrok.com [Scroll down for public-diplomacy related items]: You don’t think the government is too big? Here’s a partial list of federal departments and agencies, courtesy of USA.GOV. This list doesn’t tell anywhere close to the full story.

It doesn’t include all of the various redundant divisions, offices, foundations, services and institutes. And it doesn’t include all of the overlapping state and local agencies. But it does include:

AbilityOne Commission
Access Board
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Administration for Native Americans
Administration on Aging (AoA)
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Administrative Conference of the United States
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
African Development Foundation
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Agency for International Development (USAID)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
Agriculture Department
Air Force
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
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Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US CERT)
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Environmental Management (Energy Department)
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Legal Services Corporation
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Science Office (Energy Department)
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Secret Service
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