In celebration of Global Partnerships Week, the New Global Citizen is highlighting innovative partnerships at the intersection of the public and private sectors. On April...
Category: Citizen Diplomacy
Placing my hands together in front of my heart, as though in prayer, I bow: “Sa-wat-dee-ka.” In hopes of getting it just right, I had practiced with a Thai colleague the ...
How the United States engages with other nations is changing, increasingly encouraging the engagement of citizens, and networks of individuals to participate more fully i...
Yume Hidaka, Program Director at The Laurasian Institution, stood before 50 thought leaders convened last month for a summit at Waseda University in Tokyo, hosted by the ...
Suitcase still packed, shoes strewn across the floor, and phone switched off—I sink into my old, worn-in chair for a few moments of silent repose. “So, how did you like i...
This week, the New Global Citizen is publishing a series of pieces about America’s Unofficial Ambassadors’ School-2-School program, which combines virtual cultural exchan...
This week, the New Global Citizen is publishing a series of pieces about America’s Unofficial Ambassadors’ School-2-School program, which combines virtual cultural exchan...
This week, the New Global Citizen is publishing a series of pieces about America’s Unofficial Ambassadors’ School-2-School program, which combines virtual cultural exchan...
It was 8:30pm. I sat on an old cushioned couch munching a falafel sandwich, surveying my surroundings with equal parts wonder and joy. I was one of two people in a room o...
“Hello, Mr. Cow. Can you come home?” Sam Schindler deadpans into his cell phone before a classroom full of giggling teenage boys at The Carter Academy in rural Bangladesh...