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tasnimnews.com image (not from article) fromExcerpt: Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington would suspend its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and begin a six-month withdrawal process. The following day Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow was providing a mirror response. Speaking at an event hosted by Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and its Institute of Politics and Public Service on Wednesday night, Clinton claimed that the current administration withdrew "without really holding Putin accountable for his cheating on the treaty", Sputnik reported. "I think there is agreement, it started in the Obama administration, that the Russians were not only developing intermediate-range capacity, but deploying it — and so, when that happens… it seems to me that you want to do some public diplomacy [JB emphasis] We clearly have pictures and we clearly know a lot about their cheating, and we s..

link.springer.com image (not from entry) from The term soft power refers to the ability to shape preferences of others and getting them to do what you want through attraction without the use of payments or of military force. The three main resources of soft power are culture, political values and foreign policy. Cultural diplomacy refers to the way culture is used for public diplomacy and soft power purposes. Countries, cities, and communities have been using sports for public diplomacy [JB emphasis] and branding purposes to achieve social, political, and financial goals, and improve the image of the country. The international exposure, the focus on culture, and peaceful values in sports make it a useful tool for countries to use soft power to achieve international goals and improve their public diplomacy. The purpose of this article is to discuss the theoretical and conceptual connections between sports, soft power, and public diplomacy especially in the context of trying to improve c..

prnewswire.com Image from article, with caption: CIEE's Changemaker in Action Grants are designed to increase the impact of social change efforts such as the Green Art Festival founded by Guxim Klinaku and Grese Koca, CIEE Work & Travel USA and Civic Leadership Summit alumni from Kosovo. PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 1969, CIEE has been a leading provider of public diplomacy [JB emphasis] programs, bringing foreign students and young professionals from countries around the globe to the United States on cultural exchange programs for work and study. To celebrate 50 years of making the great American experience accessible to people from a broad cross-section of nations and cultures through CIEE Work & Travel USA, in 2019, CIEE will award up to $50,000 in grants to exchange alumni who are working to make change in their home countries. CIEE's Changemaker in Action Grants are designed to increase the impact of social change efforts such as the Green Art Fest..

rusi.org uncaptioned image from entry 20 February 2019, 13:00 RUSI Whitehall RUSI MEMBERS ONLY Register Now In a paper to be launched on 20 February Charles Parton will argue that in-depth research and debate on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in the UK are long overdue. China’s rise has been accompanied by increasing attempts by the CCP to control the narrative on China in other countries. The Party pours considerable resources into influence and interference activities. The former are part of ‘public diplomacy ['] [JB emphasis] and are acceptable, even if sometimes unwelcome; the latter are unacceptable. Defining influence and interference is not easy. In the last two years Australia, New Zealand and other liberal democracies have documented and discussed – sometimes heatedly – interference by the CCP in their countries. So far, the UK has been largely silent. Charles Parton considers the CCP’s ‘united front strategy’ and concludes that there is every reason for, and..

ce.gatech.edu image (not entry) from Wondering what to expect from Brexit now that the UK Parliament has upheld its confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May's government but voted against her Brexit deal? Join us on Feb 6 for British Consul General Andrew Staunton's talk “Leaving the EU: Impact on UK-US Relations.” 3-4:15pm, 1116 West Seminar Room Klaus Advanced Computing Building. More about Consul General Andrew Straunton: Andrew Staunton took up his appointment in Atlanta as Her Majesty’s Consul General in June 2018. Andrew is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast United States responsible for relations with the states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama. He leads a team which works to promote UK-US trade and investment, support British nationals, conduct public diplomacy [JB emphasis] on key issues, and build scientific and research co-operation. He also sits on the Marshall Scholarship selection committee. B..

netherlandsandyou.nl image from, with caption: Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".) News item | 06-02-2019 | 07:37The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands offers an internship position to university and higher education students who are interested in foreign policy, international trade and development cooperation in Bangladesh. Interns will be working in the economic or the political section of the Embassy in Dhaka. The internship is part of your present university or higher education. You will learn while you work and acquire new knowledge and skills in..

grassrootdiplomat.org Excerpt: Established in 2013, Grassroot Diplomat is a diplomatic non-profit consultancy with a mission to make diplomacy inclusive for everyone. The name ‘Grassroot Diplomat’ comes from the concept of bridging the gap between governments and civil society. Pioneered by Talyn Rahman-Figueroa, Grassroot Diplomat strives to modernise how diplomats operate with various stakeholders, and helps embassies improve their national image by breaking stereotypes and misconceptions. Our focus is to make diplomacy more visible in the public eye through enhanced public and digital diplomacy [JB emphasis] activities. Value-driven, we believe that the focus for national interest should be on the people, their needs, and recognising their strengths and values. This means recognising countries as a body of real people, not just statistics and resources for the sake of strengthening trade and bilateral relations. As an independent diplomatic agency, we have no allegiance to any par..

fanabc.com uncaptioned image from article Addis Ababa, February 6, 2019 (FBC) – An Eritrean Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] delegation drawn from all walks of life is due to visit Ethiopia on February 14, 2019. The visit aims to strengthen the historical relations and people-to-people ties between Ethiopia and Eritrea, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During their stay in Ethiopia, the Public Diplomacy delegation will attend several events including series of cultural and musical concerts to be held in 4 Ethiopian cities; Addis Ababa, Adama, Bahir Dar and Hawassa. The cultural and musical concerts will be held under the theme, “Grand Musical Concert to Celebrate the Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea.”

nato.int On 22 January 2019, NATO and Morocco organized a joint public diplomacy [JB emphasis] event in Rabat, Morocco to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mediterranean Dialogue and NATO-Morocco cooperation. The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Morocco, Mr Nasser Bourita, the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Alejandro Alvargonzález, and the Minister Delegate in Charge of the Administration of Defence, Mr Abdellatif Loudiyi. In their opening statements, both Minister Bourita and Ambassador Alvargonzález underlined the achievements of NATO-Morocco cooperation and emphasized the added value of the Mediterranean Dialogue in addressing the common security challenges faced by Morocco and NATO. The first session of the seminar revolved around NATO-Morocco cooperation. The first speaker, NATO’s Head of Middle East and North Africa Section, Mr Nicola de Santis, provided a..

state.gov ***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 4, 2019 image (not from entry) fromExcerpt:ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS MARIE ROYCE9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Royce meets with students participating in the Stevens Initiative Virtual Exchange Program at Lord Fairfax Community College, in Middletown, Virginia. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)