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Clive Myrie, BBC correspondent and speaker at the “2011 International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the European Union”
Clive Myrie is a BBC presenter, working for this network in the last 24 years. Myrie is now based in London but he has been the BBC correspondent from Paris, Washington, Tokyo, Brussels and many more. He first joined the BBC in 1987 as a trainee radio local reporter. Between 1988 and 1994 he worked … Continue reading
Comment on Cultural Diplomacy – By H.E Amb. Gebhardt von Moltke (ICD Advisory Board Member –Former German Ambassador to the UK and NATO)
Cultural diplomacy has been for long an important part of international relations. Governments and their cultural institutes like Goethe, Cervantes, Institut Francais or British Council have a long tradition to bringing their countries´culture to other countries and people. Personally, in my years in London I have laid a great emphasis on public and cultural diplomacy … Continue reading
ICD Public Discussion – “Dealing with 7 Billion: The issue of Overpopulation”
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is pleased to report on the holding of its fourth weekly panel discussion; a public forum where members of the ICD staff, local organisations and the general public are invited to discuss and share their viewpoints on a current issue. The title of this week’s discussion was ‘Dealing with seven … Continue reading
Against (Illegal) Immigrants
By Nora Sarga The number of immigrants has reached a critical point in Europe as well as in the United States. Of course, legal residents already cause problems within their respective countries, and so illegal immigrants simply intensify the situation further, causing a headache for politicians. That something has to be done is not really … Continue reading
Comment on Cultural Diplomacy By The Hon. Rex Rexhep Meidani (ICD Advisory Board Member – Former President of Albania)
The main goal of cultural diplomacy is to enable cultural dialogue across the world; to create constructive relationships, to ameliorate communication and cooperation, to prevent misunderstanding, and to reduce socio-cultural conflicts and their consequences. Cultural diplomacy is certainly not a new concept. In fact, throughout the many centuries of human history, exploration and trade have … Continue reading
Europe & Cultural Diplomacy
by Monique Morisse The European Union – as we all hear and read about everyday on news channels and in newspapers – is facing a downturn. This simultaneously means that a new phase of collaboration is launching in order to find a mutual and sufficient solution to the problem. The question that arises in this … Continue reading
Weekly Theme: Xenophobia
In Europe millions of people have immigrated to other countries and been absorbed in respective societies. However, their number has recently reached a critical point. The issue of xenophobia and the problem of immigrants became very a pertinent question, which the current economic crisis intensifies even further. Radical Right wing parties going against immigration in … Continue reading
ICD Newsletter: November 2011
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Ku’damm Karree (Third Floor – Hochhaus) Kurfürstendamm 207-208, Berlin D-10719 Tel.: 0049 (0) 30 2360 7680 Fax: 0049 (0) 30 2360 76811 info@culturaldiplomacy.org www.culturaldiplomacy.org Institute for Cultural Diplomacy – Newsletter N. 2 11/2011 Dear Reader, Welcome to the second edition of the ICD Newsletter. We have been continuing … Continue reading
The European Union: Is the Biggest Cultural Fault-line in Europe North-South or East-West? (Monday, 28th Nov.)
In light of the upcoming ICD conference The International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU’ (6th-9th December in Brussels), we decided to theme this weeks discussion on the EU. We will be focussing on the divisions in Europe with a special emphasis on that of north and south or east and west. We will … Continue reading
Facts and stereotypes: Death penalty in the USA
by Bastian Renner When it comes to the USA and death penalty, the basic stereotype is that the USA is in favor of executions and with that attitude is outdated and backwards compared to the international community. Fact is, the USA is one of the only three developed ountries still using the death penalty. However, … Continue reading
