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Al Jazeera
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Is Pakistan's messaging on India convincing anyone?
Journalist Sreenivasan Jain asks Pakistani MP Hina Rabbani Khar whether Islamabad's messaging is falling short. India and Pakistan went to war in May this year. The military clashes have ceased, but the narrative battle continues. In this series, a first of its kind on Al Jazeera, journalist Sreenivasan Jain interviews leading voices from both sides of the border and examines what India's new normal – which Pakistan calls a new 'abnormal' – means for both countries. In this episode, Jain speaks with Hina Rabbani Khar, a former Pakistani minister and a key face of Pakistan's public diplomacy. Jain asks Khar whether Islamabad has been able to successfully convince the world that India acted like a rogue state, or has its messaging fallen short? You can also watch Jain's interview with Indian politician Milind Deora here:
New York Times
13-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Dimming America's Beacons to the World
To the Editor: Re 'Fulbright Board Resigns, Citing Political Interference' (news article, June 12): Your reporting on the mass resignation of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board captures a seismic moment in American public diplomacy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his head of public diplomacy, Darren Beattie, have crossed a line that generations of diplomats, scholars and public servants refused to cross. They have politicized and undermined the Fulbright program, bringing dishonor to one of America's most respected global institutions. This is not bureaucratic reshuffling. It's a complete breach of the bipartisan mission to promote peace and understanding through education and cross-cultural exchange. I had the honor to serve as chair of the binational Fulbright commissions in Poland and Colombia. I've seen how Fulbright advances U.S. interests through something more enduring than force: academic excellence and mutual understanding. Senator Fulbright believed that empathy and education could help prevent conflict. The program was designed to erode the mistrust that sets nations against each other — not to serve short-term political agendas. Overriding merit-based selections. Subjecting scholars to unauthorized reviews. This isn't how you lead the world. It's how you lose it. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
