Public diplomacy

“BIDD Theme this week” Secret ‘Cuban Twitter’ program poses challenge for...

Finding that program funded by USAid could be damaging to groups working to increase access to technology, say analysts The revelation that a US government-funded...

“BIDD Theme this week” U.S. secretly built Cuban ‘Twitter’ to...

Program spearheaded by USAID sought to evade Cuba’s stranglehold on Internet and push users toward dissent April 3, 2014 7:43AM ET Updated 4:12PM ET Ramon Espinosa/AP...

The Obama Campaign Goes Global

A tech architect from Barack Obama's 2008 campaign is looking to bring those tools to U.S. foreign policy Tom Cochran, the Chief Technology Officer at...

Hip-Hop Propaganda: How The U.S. Enlists Rap Music To Fight ‘Jihadi Cool’

One of the odder phenomena of the last decade is hearing national security elites, terrorism experts, and career diplomats discuss the finer points of “flow,” “bling,”...

Beyond Remittances: Public Diplomacy and Kosovo’s Diaspora

July 16, 2012 Xharra, B. and Wählisch. M., 2012. Beyond Remittances: Public Diplomacy and Kosovo‘s Diaspora. Pristina: Foreign Policy Club. Abstract: As a...

On Gastrodiplomacy Campaigns

On Gastrodiplomacy Campaigns An Interview with U.S. Foreign Service Officer Mary Jo Pham U.S. Foreign Service Officer Mary Jo A. Pham is an expert in gastrodiplomacy....

Most F(l)avored Nation Status: The Gastrodiplomacy of Japan’s Global Promotion of Cuisine

By Theodore C. Bestor Sushi in Tashkent, ramen in Melbourne, tofu everywhere, and edamame coming soon to (or already at) a salad bar near you!...

Here Are the Countries That Block Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

Turkey is the latest country to block Twitter and YouTube, but it's not the only one. On Thursday, the Turkish government blocked the country's access...

China to train leaders to manage online public opinion

China will produce its first batch of certified "online public opinion management specialists" by way of a week-long training course and a standardised test,...

Hearts, Minds, and Stomachs: Gastrodiplomacy and the Potential of National Cuisine in Changing Public...

By Braden Ruddy Nation, Identity, Food as Power, and the Theory and Practice of Gastrodiplomacy  Last year, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proclaimed that...