Public diplomacy

killamfellowships.com US$25,000 for 4 months September or January Brad Hector Fulbright Canada Program Officer (Scholars) Resident in the Center on Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] at the University of Southern California (USC), the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair will conduct research, write a paper for publication by the Center, and teach one course in the USC Master of Public Diplomacy Program. In addition, the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy will have opportunities to deliver public lectures, give seminar presentations, participate in conferences and related research, and otherwise contribute to the intellectual life of the university. The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School (CPD) was established in August 2003 as a partnership between the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences’ School of International Relations. It is a joint scholarly research, policy analysis and..

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tass.com image (not from article) from According to the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Alexander Bugayev, they were interrupted due to some reasons PYONGYANG, November 18. /TASS/. Russia and North Korea are considering plans of stepping up cooperation to organize youth exchange programs, Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Alexander Bugayev said on Sunday. Bugayev said he plans to discuss with Pak Chol-min, First Secretary of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League, who is in charge of youth policy in North Korea, the idea of "intensifying youth exchange programs, including exchanges between the leaders of youth organizations and youth movements." According to the official, Russia and North Korea began youth exchanges a long time ago, but they were interrupted due to some reasons. The current visit of the Head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Youth Affairs to Pyongyang is held for the first time in the history of bilateral relations. Bugayev expects that this w..

Joseph Varghese, gulf-times.com *The organisation’s 5th General Assembly gathers its members at Katara to discuss various topics and future projectsMembers of the Global Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] Network (GPDNet) have unanimously elected Qatar as the next president of the organisation during the start of its fifth General Assembly at Katara – the Cultural Village on Sunday (November 18), it was announced.GPDNet, which was founded in 2014 in Seoul, South Korea, serves as a platform that contributes to international community through cultural and civil society initiatives by sharing knowledge and encouraging co-operation. It is comprised of non-profit national level institutions promoting cultural and public diplomacy.The Network’s current president, Turkey, will hand-over the leadership to Qatar in June next year for a three-year term.“The election was held after high level discussions, both on the cultural and diplomatic level. This time it was held in a new format to cover everyo..

Instituto Europeo de Estudios Internacionales (IEEI) Image from article, with heading, "The Director of the Chair is Shaun Riordan" The Chair for Diplomacy and Cyberspace will explore the full range of current and future interactions between diplomacy and cyberspace. It will do so through the focus of the three vertices of diplomacy: agency (who – or what – is doing the diplomacy), process (the tools and techniques of diplomacy) and subject matter (the areas to which diplomacy is applied). Agency will be explored in the sense of what kinds of human actors can count as diplomats in managing the problems of cyberspace. The increasing range of state and non-state actors participating in international debates has important implications for the practice of diplomacy. This is especially true in cyberspace, where digital tools and other technologies enhance the capacities of non-state actors. The Chair will explore the nature of these actors, how they interact with government diplomats, and w..

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Olga Krasnyak, uscpublicdiplomacy.org, November 12 uncaptioned image from article Note from the CPD Blog Manager: This essay was adapted by the author from her monograph, “National Styles in Science, Diplomacy, and Science Diplomacy: A Case Study of the P5 Countries,” a 2018 publication from Brill Research Perspectives in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. Read the author's CPD Blog posts about science diplomacy in the UK and France here and here.Science diplomacy is becoming an important tool and mechanism that allows states to more effectively promote and secure their foreign policy agenda. Recognizing the role science plays on national and international levels, in addition to identifying the national diplomatic style, helps to construct a national style of science diplomacy and evaluate its potential for global governance in addressing global issues on a massive systematic scale. The study highlights how national style in science diplomacy affects the process of global competition a..

pm.gov.au PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIAimage from I was delighted to join my ASEAN counterparts at an ASEAN-Australia Summit this morning. Australia has committed to a Southeast Asia Economic Governance and Infrastructure Initiative that will help unlock our region’s next phase of economic growth. Through this initiative, Australia will provide countries with technical advice to support economic growth, such as taxation and competition policy and debt management. It will also support infrastructure project selection and preparation and help governments to mobilise finance. This investment will provide ASEAN countries with access to public and private-sector specialists and support regional dialogue on economic and infrastructure issues. A new five-year phase of the Greater Mekong Water Resources Program will support more equitable, transparent and effective water resource management. This investment will help make available Australia’s internationally recognised expertise on an issue at ..

Arctic.ru (press release), November 14 image from entry The 8th International Forum Arctic: Today and the Future will be held in St. Petersburg on December 5‒7. More than 2,000 people from 40 Russian regions and 20 countries have declared their intention to participate. Over 350 speakers are expected to take the floor at the forum. The event is supported by the State Commission for Arctic Development and organized by the Association of Polar Explorers. The forum will promote Russia's core national interests in the Arctic through developing civil society interaction, both in the form of public dialogue with government authorities and also via public diplomacy [JB emphasis], with collaboration between the participants and international non-government organizations," the organizers stated. There will be eight concurrent lines of discussion at the forum in the usual working formats, such as plenary meetings, work sessions and round table discussions. Major Russian companies operating ..

gulftoday.ae Image from, with caption: Emirates Diplomatic Academy Convocation 2016 highlights Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) on Wednesday launched the ‘Women in Diplomacy Network’, a global platform designed to offer practical and policy-oriented solutions to help women excel in their foreign affairs and public diplomacy [JB emphasis] careers. The initiative was announced on the opening day of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Diplomacy Conference that is currently under way in Abu Dhabi. Convened under the patronage of Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the two-day event has brought together more than 300 high-profile personalities, industry thought leaders and practitioners to contribute to discussions shaping the future of diplomacy. Announcing its launch, Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Deputy Director General of EDA, said that..