Public diplomacy

borkena.com, February 14,2019; see also Eritrean Public Diplomacy team in Addis Ababa. Concerts planned in four cities for Eritrean musicians ; the last one which is on February 21 will be in Addis Ababa. Photo credit : EBC As Ethiopia and Eritrea are deepening relations, Eritrean public and cultural diplomacy [JB emphasis] team has arrived in Addis Ababa earlier today, disclosed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia.The team which is composed of 55 Eritreans from different cultural, professional and other backgrounds is pursuing motives of strengthening historical as well as people-to-people relations between the two countries.In its sojourn in Ethiopia, the team will take part in a range of events and concerts in different parts of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Hawassa and Bahir Dar are among cities where the public diplomacy team will attend events and musical concerts.During arrival at Bole International Airport, the team was welcomed by Ambassador Redwan Hussien (Ethiopian Ambassad..

pacificcouncil.org FEBRUARY 13, 2019By: Mietek Boduszynski In: Middle East & North Africa National Security & Defense Foreign Policy & Diplomacy The securitization of U.S. diplomatic missions around the world remains a significant, even growing, challenge. Indeed, it is part of a larger phenomenon, one that preceded the Trump administration: the undermining of State Department influence and the militarization of U.S. diplomacy in the post-Cold War era, poignantly documented in the journalist Ronan Farrow’s recent book, War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.These are realities that will outlast the Trump administration, and thus need to remain part of the discussion if America and Americans truly believe that diplomacy and public diplomacy [JB emphasis] should remain a central part of the national security toolkit.After 9/11, the securitization of U.S. diplomatic missions went far beyond moving embassies outside city centers and reinforcing them aga..

uscpublicdiplomacy.org Digital Diplomacy Conference #diplocampDutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 ✔@DutchMFAOn 7 February 2019, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs brought together 150 experts on tech, digital and international relations @NLatEU in Brussels. To discuss the challenges, share practical tools and design solutions around digital diplomacy. Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs ✔@DutchMFA Feb 8, 2019 USC Public Diplomacy@PublicDiplomacy#Diplocamp takes off! Which topic piques your interest? From #AI to #ImmersiveStorytelling to #ElectionIntegrity and much, much more, the future of #DigitalDiplomacy is here and we want to explore it all. #DigDiplo #PublicDiplomacy @DutchMFA @USC @USCAnnenberg #ascj #usc #PDWeek Feb 7, 2019 Ziad Ramley ✔@ziadramleyThis was so much fun! Thanks to everyone at #DiploCamp who attended @NLinBEFeb 7, 2019 Vince Gonzales@VgonzalesUSCWhat a great day at the Digital Diplomacy Camp. Thank you to everyone at @PublicDiplomacy and all the particip..

Yuan Sha, news.cgtn.com Editor's note: Dr. Yuan Sha is an assistant research fellow at the Department for American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.The "Chinese Influence & American Interests: Promoting "Constructive Vigilance" report jointly released by the Hoover Institution and Asia Society is part of a broader narrative of China as "sharp power," which helped usher in a new wave of the“China threat.”A new wave of the 'China threat'The recurring theme of the“China threat" is rearing its ugly head again. What differentiates this new wave from the previous ones is that it focuses more on the so-called "sharp power." Sharp power, a term coined by the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy, has gained popularity in U.S. politics and academics. Different from "hard power" which coerces by military or economic strength and" soft power" which influences by appeal and ..

uscpublicdiplomacy.org, Feb 12, 2019 uncaptioned image from entry Digital technologies are not simply influencing the existing practice of public diplomacy [JB emphasis] —the field itself has been fundamentally reshaped.Oxford researcher Ilan Manor has authored a new book, The Digitzation of Public Diplomacy, out now as part of the Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy co-edited by CPD Faculty Fellows Kathy Fitzpatrick and Philip Seib.Manor's book uses case studies to frame digitalization as a long-term process in which the values, norms, goal and aims of the field are re-thought within the context of a transformed digital society, comprising institutions, practitioners and audiences."When examining how digital technologies influence the practice of public diplomacy, scholars often explore how technology facilitates or disrupts diplomatic activities," writes Manor. "This book offers a different departure point by arguing that one cannot understand the influence of d..

uscpublicdiplomacy.org The USC Center on Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] is pleased to welcome Katarzyna Pisarska as CPD Visiting Scholar for the Spring 2019 semester. Pisarska brings a combination of both practice and scholarship in public diplomacy, specializing in EU foreign policy, Eastern Partnership and EU-Russia relations. She comes to USC from her position as Associate Professor at Warsaw School of Economics and the Founder & Director of the European Academy of Diplomacy in Poland. Previously, she was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (2007), a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (2010), at the University of Oslo (2012) and at the Australian National University (2015). "I am truly excited to be joining the Center this academic semester," said Pisarska. "During my stay here I hope to further my scholarly research on collaborative public diplomacy, as well as share my practical experience of running a PD instituti..

nation.com, 11 Feb 2019; see also (1) (2) Image from, under the headline: The Visegrád Group Rises The United States will increase its presence in Central Europe through new cultural, economic and security initiatives, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Monday. "I’m announcing new initiatives that will strengthen the US presence in Central Europe," Pompeo said. "We are increasing the support for people-to-people ties, events and exchanges [JB emphasis]. … We are also increasing support to help Hungary in its fight against corruption, strengthening law enforcement cooperation and providing mentorships training and exchanges … in all four Visegrad countries." Pompeo said the United States’ absence in the region was "unacceptable" and claimed that the country’s rivals, particularly Russia and China, have stepped in to fill the vacuum. "Today, we are reconfirming our determination for positive influence in the..

Paul Bledsoe, forbes.com Environmental activists occupy the office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the speaker-designate for the new Congress, as they try to pressure Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Excerpt: Little noticed in the media circus surrounding the mere introduction of a non-binding Congressional resolution on the Green New Deal was the deletion of much-criticized and plainly unachievable mandates contained in previous GND versions. ... In fact, the more extreme provisions in the GND have served largely to provide Trump and other Republican anti-climate action forces with irresistible political fodder. Republicans hope to scare the American people into opposing sensible climate actions by invoking GND extremism ... Happily, there is no need to eliminate fossil fuels in the next decade or require only renewable energy or guarantee publi..

link.springer.co image (not from article) from Journal of International Relations and Development pp 1–28| Cite as Authors and affiliations [JB: note mention in the Yooil Bae "affiliations" link of "Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, Fulbright University, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam] Yooil Bae,Yong Wook Lee Email author Original Article First Online: 12 February 2019 Abstract Soft power debate has not analytically moved beyond the questions of whether soft power matters and of whether soft power can work independent of hard power since Nye’s initial formulation. Furthermore, the question of how a state selects the source(s) of its soft power remains silent in the literature. This neglect leads to the underspecification of the nature and content of a given state’s soft power policy. In this article, we fill in these gaps by recasting the conventional understanding of soft power conceptually and analytically. Conceptually, we make the case that soft power should be u..

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, courant.com, Feb 13, 2019; see also Image (not from article) fromExcerpt: MIAMI. Haiti's man in Washington, an ambassador with seven years under his belt defending his country's image, has been recalled. At a time when Haiti is facing critical issues that need representation before the Trump administration, Paul Altidor received a letter on Tuesday informing him that his services will no longer be needed. The recall was effective immediately. "We accomplished a lot here at the embassy," Altidor said. He took Haiti's diplomatic mission on Embassy Row in Washington from a place where Haitians only went to get passports and resolve document issues to a cultural hot spot where visitors could bask in Haitian culture from art to cooking to artistry. Altidor, 45, had submitted his resignation to President Jovenel Moise a year ago. But the president had asked him to stay on, and in recent days had found himself fielding calls from concerned U.S...