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pdf image from Brussels, 20 November 2018 European Commission - Press release Excerpt: The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy today adopted a Joint Communication that sets out the EU's vision for a strategy to strengthen cooperation and the partnership with India. This Joint Communication replaces the last Commission Communication on India of 2004, recognising that India has emerged as the fastest-growing large economy and has acquired an important geopolitical role. The Communication aims to strengthen the EU-India Strategic Partnership by focusing on sustainable modernisation and on common responses to global and regional issues. It also seeks to reinforce the effectiveness of the EU's external action and is coherent with the implementation of the Global Strategy. The Joint Communication on elements for an EU strategy on India is available online. ... The EU will seek more coordination between its initiatives..

torch.ox.ac.uk 20 Nov 2018 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm Cold War. Dutch Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] in the Truce Period, 1609-1621 Humanities Division, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Humanities, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK FOOTER LINKS Privacy COPYRIGHT © University of Oxford

mfat.govt.nz Position Description Position Title Executive Assistant to the Ambassador and Bilateral Team Post New Zealand Embassy Paris Category Locally Engaged Staff (LES) Reports to Ambassador Last Position Description Review November 2018 About the Post The Embassy (referred to as the “Post”) represents the New Zealand Government to the highest standards of professional excellence in diplomacy, international development, trade and economic, and consular services. This is done by building connections with the host country (France), international organisations (OECD, UNESCO) and accredited countries (Monaco, Portugal, Senegal) that enable the New Zealand Government to achieve more than it could alone. The Post takes a distinctively New Zealand approach, reflecting New Zealand’s diversity and heritage. Our values are: Impact – We achieve for New Zealand, every day, everywhere Kotahitanga – We draw strength from our diversity Courage – We do the right thing Manaakitanga – We honour an..

foreign.senate.gov, November 19 Image (not from entry) from, under the headline: Marie Royce, wife of O.C. congressman, picked by Trump for State Dept. WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today wrote a letter to Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, to express his concern about the declining number of international students enrolling in U.S. colleges and universities during the Trump Administration. According to a State Department-funded report, enrollment of international students has fallen for the second straight year. “I worry that the Administration’s aggressive anti-immigration posture and xenophobic orientation - including restricting the issuance of skilled-worker visas, permanent residencies, and seeking to establish a maximum stay period for international students – deters many potential students who have dreams of studying at one of America’s great educational in..

iranpress.com; article contains a video of an interview with Ali Reza Rahimi Image of Ali Reza Rahimi from A member of the executive committee of the Iranian parliament (Majlis ), Ali Reza Rahimi has emphasized that inter-parliamentary cooperation, and parliamentary friendship groups have the greatest impact on public diplomacy [underlined by JB]. Iran news: In an exclusive interview with Iran Press on Tuesday, Ali Reza Rahimi said within the Islamic Consultative assembly (the Majlis) parliamentary friendship groups are a part of the structure of the Majlis, and all MPs belong to one or more parliamentary friendship groups. Rahimi added: "All MPs, without exception, belong to at least one parliamentary friendship group." Rahimi, a member of the executive committee of the Majlis added: "All parliamentary friendship groups have a chairperson, a co-chairperson , and a secretary. In parliaments of other countries we also have parliamentary friendship groups which frequently engage in bilat..

cga.italiandiplomaticacademy.org/publicdiplomacy/ ; entry contains a translation option and additional illustrations PUBLIC DIPLOMACY “Public diplomacy [JB emphasis] is a public face of a traditional diplomacy". Un’attuazione della politica estera attraverso negoziati internazionali e attività professionale, che viene esercitata dai diplomatici. Si distingue dalla diplomazia tradizionale in quanto include l’interazione non solo con i governi, ma in particolare le organizzazioni governative e non. La diplomazia pubblica presuppone un processo di comunicazione aperto, in contrapposizione alla diplomazia tradizionale, le cui caratteristiche erano segretezza ed esclusività. FINALITÀ La diplomazia pubblica non consiste solo nel trasmettere un’informazione in modo neutrale ma è definita esattamente dalla sua intenzione di persuadere. La persuasione è un complesso processo dalla cui interazione emergono la volontà di far accettare le posizioni proposte e modelli comportamentali. PUBLIC DIPL..

daily-sun.com Hasina image from article Daily Leadership, one of the most influential Nigerian dailies on Sunday mentioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as one of the world leaders with humble lifestyles, reports UNB. The daily carried a feature story in its “Unreported” section only on five world leaders titled “World Leaders With Humble Lifestyles,” said Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria M Shameem Ahsan. It specially mentioned about her modest monthly salary (US$ 800 equivalent to Nigerian Naira 288000) while referring to Forbes’s list of the “World’s Hundred Most Powerful Women” in which Prime Minister was ranked at 59, he said. “Two of the most outstanding achievements of Sheikh Hasina are her leadership roles and success behind the trials of Bangabandhu killers and the persons who committed crimes against humanity in 1971,” the prestigious daily pointedly mentioned. As a part of public diplomacy drive, the High Commissioner recently visited some media houses in Nigeria in rec..

image from aseees.org; on the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), see [Boston, Sunday, December 9, 10:00-11:45 am ] 14-40 US-Russia Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] - Tremont, 1 Chair: Jennifer Hudson, U of Texas at Dallas Papers: Meri Elisabet Herrala, U of Helsinki (Finland) "Soviet Elite Performers in America in the 1950s and 1960s" Jennifer Hudson, U of Texas at Dallas "Cold War Grassroots Diplomacy" Lyubov A Ginzburg, United Nations "Performing as Global Citizens: UN Educational Outreach Activities in Studying History and International Relations" Disc.: William Benton Whisenhunt, College of DuPage

spf.org Excerpt: Following the expert seminar addressing China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) organized by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation's (SPF) Japan-US Program, SPF Now had the opportunity to meet with the featured experts to take a closer look at topics ranging from infrastructure investment to great power politics. Abigail Grace, Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), discussed her expectations for the potential implementation of the policies presented in the report "Power Play," which she coauthored, and touched on broader geopolitical shifts in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. Dr. Kei Koga, Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, elaborated on his research into the reception of BRI policies in Southeast Asia, the potential role of Japan in the region, and the impressions of the Trump administration and its policies. Below are excerpts from those two interviews, which were conducted separately. C..

twitter.com/mmandelk Michael Mandelkorn‏ @mmandelk Nov 15 MoreThe term #public #diplomacy was coined here at @FletcherSchool. So good to have Natalia Burlinova and Oleg Shakirov join @FletcherRussia to speak on public diplomacy [JB emphasis] and and the role of NGOs in Russian society.