Public diplomacy

Carolyn Kenney, Max Bergmann, and James Lamond, americanprogress.org Image from article, with caption: A motorcade car adorned with Chinese and Russian flags awaits Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival at Vladivostok International Airport, Russia, on September 11, 2018. Excerpt: In an effort to develop legal and policy solutions to this threat, different democracies around the world are trying to establish frameworks for distinguishing types of influence activities that are acceptable from those that are not. For the purposes of this issue brief, the authors adopt the framework provided by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in his speech on countering foreign threats, focusing primarily on influence activities carried out or supported by foreign governments that are “covert, coercive or corrupt.”4 As such, this brief does not focus on legitimate, benign forms of foreign government influence, such as public diplomacy [JB emphasis] and exchange programs, but rather ..

state.gov ***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***DEPARTMENT OF STATEPUBLIC SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Royce image from Excerpt:ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS MARIE ROYCE 3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Royce holds a courtesy call with Yemeni Minister of Culture Marwan Damaj, at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

via GG - Many thanks! The Global Youth Ambassadors Program has taken more than 250 students to countries like Germany over the last decade. Now longtime education advocate John Eaves is helping student passports at an earlier age. Editor’s note: The following is a sponsored article, meaning that Global Atlanta was compensated for its publication and consulted on the production of the piece. It was written by John Eaves, founder and executive director of Global Youth Ambassadors Program and the former chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners John Eaves Since getting my first passport 30 years ago, I’ve been fortunate enough to visit more than 50 countries and experience diverse cultures, wonderful people, beautiful landscapes, and fascinating ways of life.Unfortunately, relatively few Georgians embrace this privilege, with just over a third of our state’s citizens carrying a passport— even less than the national average of 48 percent. The shortfall is even more pronounced i..

thehindu.com Image from article:Learning opportunities: Lauren Lovelace, Consul for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai, and Adam J. Grotsky, Executive Director, USIEF, in Kochi on Wednesday Science, technology, engineering, mathematics courses remain most preferred There has been a steady increase in the number of Indian students pursuing their higher studies in the United States over the last 10 years, according to Adam J. Grotsky, Executive Director of United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). “Currently we have under 2,00,000 Indian students in the U.S. There has been an approximate 2.6% or 3% increase last year compared to the year before,” he said at a media interaction on the sidelines of the Fulbright South and Central Asia Annual Conference hosted by the USIEF that concluded here on Wednesday. Mr. Grotsky said STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) areas remained the most preferred among Indian students. “U.S cam..

allafrica.com Photo in article: Ethiopian Herald - The Grand Renaissance Dam or GERD. Addis Ababa — Public and official diplomacy [JB emphasis] need to go side by side as they are critical to enhance ties and bridge gaps regarding the Ethiopian Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), member of an Egyptian public diplomacy said. In an exclusive interview with ENA [Ethiopian News Agency], Moustafa El Gendy, a former independent member of Egypt's parliament and member of the diplomacy delegation, said public and official diplomacy are "as critical as two wings of a plane". He added that countries should use both public and official diplomacy simultaneously in order to resolve differences. "Let us fly the plane with the two wings not one. One wing depicts official diplomacy while the other related to public diplomacy. Then, with the two together, with two good pilots and I mean good pilots in the cockpit, we will fly and we will go far," he said. Describing public diplomacy as 'a..

Melissa Korn and Kate O’Keeffe, The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 27, 2019 5:00 p.m. ET Image from article: Students learned Chinese calligraphy in the Confucius Institute of San Francisco State University in 2014. PHOTO: LIU YILIN/ZUMA PRESS Investigative report recommends closing Confucius Institutes at colleges and schools if Beijing keeps stymieing U.S. cultural outreach A powerful Senate panel recommended abolishing more than 600 Chinese government-funded cultural and language programs at U.S. schools and universities unless Beijing provides equal access for American public diplomacy [JB emphasis] efforts in China, as U.S. officials escalate calls for a level playing field on issues from trade to the treatment of journalists.In a new report, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found that Beijing has been using programs, called Confucius Institutes, to play down any economic and security threats to the U.S. from China.The bipartisan report also accused the Education an..

connectionnewspapers.com, February 26, 2019 Image from article, with caption: DAR Chapter Members presenting Kevin Cyron with the Outstanding Teacher of American History Award. Pictured, from left, are Chapter Registrar Wendy Stark, Outstanding Teacher Mr. Cyron, Chapter Regent Beth Boswell, and Chapter Historian Maureen Jenkins. Excerpt: During a school assembly at Saint Luke School on Feb. 19, 2019, members of the McLean-based Freedom Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) presented Kevin Cyron with an Outstanding Teacher of American History Award. Mr. Cyron was elected the winner of this award based on his exceptional work and achievement as a teacher. The chapter also endorsed Mr. Cyron in the State contest of the Virginia DAR. ... Mr. Cyron is a social studies teacher at Saint Luke School in McLean since 2011 and also serves as the middle school coordinator between the academic team, administration and parents. Mr. Cyron is a skillful and knowledgeable teac..

Eli Lake, bloomberg.com Image from article, with caption: How much time does he have left? Photographer: YURI CORTEZ/AFP His hold on power will only get weaker as he fights both international sanctions and the popular will. After his militias and national guardsmen attacked aid caravans trying to feed his starving citizens, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro appeared on state television over the weekend dancing the salsa. The dictator’s point was clear: I’m not rattled. I’m not going anywhere. This is the context for U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s cryptic counterprogramming on Twitter. On Sunday he tweeted before and after photos of the late Moammar Al Qaddafi of Libya. In the first he was smiling in sunglasses; in the second he was bloodied and fleeing a mob. Six hours later, Rubio tweeted a similar side-by-side of the late Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania, first giving an angry speech and then facing a firing squad. The reaction was fierce. Some Twitter users began a campaign to report Rubio’s accou..

INSS, Canada Free Press, February 19, 2019 uncaptioned image from article Excerpt: In recent months, the parliaments in Ireland and in Chile took unprecedented measures that place severe limitations on economic trade with the settlements in the West Bank. Although at this stage these decisions are not binding and their direct impact is limited, their acceptance reflects the illegitimacy many international actors attribute to the settlements and their willingness to take concrete action against them. These decisions, alongside the possibility that the UN Human Rights Council will soon publish a blacklist of Israeli and international companies active in the settlements, may lead to additional steps that could impact negatively on Israel’s global public and political standing, its political freedom of action, and even its economy. Accordingly, proactive steps should be taken to lessen the impact of decisions already taken and to prevent the adoption of additional such measure. ... Whether..

Mehmood Hussain, The Mercury, February 26, 2019 uncaptioned image from articleExcerpt: On 14th February 2019, Pulwama district of Indian occupied Kashmir witnessed a deadly suicide attack killing 40 CRPF soldiers and numerous injured. The attack was most dreadful after the Mumbai attacks of 2008 which left 195 peoples dead. Right after the attack, India followed the traditional culture of blame game and once again accused Pakistan for planning and executing the deadly attack and announced to retaliate with strong force. India claims that Pakistan is a nerve center of terrorism and New Delhi will not tolerate any infiltration made by Islamabad. The Indian authorities made announcement to damage Pakistan politically and economically. ... Lobbies are the frontiers of nation states to procure their national interests in anarchical international system. There are different forms of lobbying groups including: the diaspora, business and educational groups, journalists, and public diplomacy [J..