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Massacre in Syria: can soft power or cultural diplomacy play any role here?
This weekend another 100 were brutally massacred in Syria including the stabbing and axing of nearly 50 children. The U.N. Security Council condemns it, of course, but can soft power or cultural diplomacy play any role here? Or is it only a matter for hard power and military intervention? I would be grateful for your … Continue reading
Mediation Capacity of Turkey as a Regional Power
Mediation is frequently used as a method of resolution of the most complicated international conflicts. Not every international actor is suitable for conduct of the mediation. Turkey as a particular state with specific political, cultural and geographical characteristics would like to serve as a mediation centre for various international issues, which are almost everywhere in … Continue reading
Dealing With Dissidents Within Turkey
Turkish officials will welcome northern Iraq’s Prime Minister of the Iraqi-Kurdistani regional government on the 26th March 2012, Today Zaman reports. As parts of south-eastern Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq hold Kurdistani communities, a political consensus for deal with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is urgently required. Building diplomatic relations between the Iraqi-Kurdistani regional … Continue reading
An American Cultural Diplomat in Pakistan: Frustration and Motivation
by William Harvey, Founder and Executive Director, Cultures in Harmony Web: http://www.culturesinharmony.org Blog: http://harmonybeat.blogspot.com Pakistan Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/culturesinharmony/sets/72157621985255487/ “How can you take a guitar away? No matter how hard you try, you can’t take music away from someone,” the music teacher in Karachi told me. An audio engineer was amazed at the hypocrisy of those who … Continue reading
English in Asia’s Languages Habitats and Europe’s Asia competence
http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/v/english_in_asia/index.html Date: May 9-12, 2012 (Wednesday to Saturday) The future of English as a world language has much to do with its status and use in Asia. The largest number of users of English comes from Asia and seems to be growing. English is deeply embedded in Asia’s multilingual languages habitats and functions as a … Continue reading
‘Cool Japan’ as Soft Power?
By Niels Brix Hornbek Back in November 2011, the government-backed Japanese Creative Center in Singapore launched a ‘Cool Japan Month’ initiative in the bustling Southeast Asian city-state. A four-week event featuring a series of cultural happenings and workshops, aimed at promoting Japan’s creative industries, and boosting Japanese soft power in the Asian region. The initiative … Continue reading
Intercultural relations between China and Austria in the spotlight
Chinese President Hu Jintao is currently travelling in Europe, where he will attend the G20 Summit on 3-4th November 2011. Before joining the other G20 heads of State in Cannes (France), mainly to debate about economical and financial issues, Mr. Hu paid a visit to Austria, as both countries are celebrating the 40th anniversary of … Continue reading
“Comparing Ideas and Practices on Managing Religious and Cultural Diversity in Indonesia and Germany”
A report of the panel discussion organized by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and the Indonesian Embassy in Berlin, 12.10.2011 by Bastian Renner and Dorota Mazur Introduction (Mark Donfried, Founder ICD and H.E. Dr. Eddy Pratomo, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Federal Republic of Germany) On Wednesday 12 October, the Embassy of … Continue reading
Indonesia and the matter of interreligious dialogue: “Comparing Ideas and Practices on Managing Religious and Cultural Diversity in Indonesia and Germany“
With more than 238 million people living on 17,000 islands, speaking over 700 living and spoken languages, Indonesia, is a country unlike any other. Whilst it is home to the world’s largest population of Muslim inhabitants, the archipelago also includes large Christian, Protestant, Buddhist, Confucian and Hindu communities that currently live together in apparent peace … Continue reading
Blog: The Three “Passports” for Mainland Chinese
From our blog – The ICD interns Voice (www.theicdinternvoice.wordpress.com) – a piece written by the Chinese citizen Sai Yang about the difficulties for Chinese people deal with the issue of the Travel Permit to Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong. You can find the article here.
