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CPD Research Fellow Elisabeth King looks at both high-level culinary diplomacy and everyday gastrodiplomacy to foster understanding between hostile communities.

2022 protest in downtown Los Angeles by Sohaela Amiri

CPD Senior Research Specialist Sohaela Amiri argues for strengthening people-to-people ties between LA and Tehran.

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The editors of a Place Branding and Public Diplomacy special issue urge for more rigorous PD study.

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Season 2 of a podcast co-hosted by Nicholas J. Cull and Simon Anholt.

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Season 2 of a podcast co-hosted by Nicholas J. Cull and Simon Anholt.

Queen Elizabeth II and royal family return from Trooping the Colour in 2018 with Admiralty Arch in the background

The late Queen demonstrated that the strongest soft power synthesizes a culture's tradition with modernity.

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Season 2 of a podcast co-hosted by Nicholas J. Cull and Simon Anholt.

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Early literary portrayals of cities' global cultural relations may serve as a lens for modern city diplomacy scholarship.

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