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A man pulls the red wooden peg doll out of the crowd by Dorin Tamas via Canva

Political dissent can disrupt public diplomacy of states but it can also function as public diplomacy in its own right.

CPD Research Fellow Dr. Anna Popkova analyzes the case of Free Buryatia Foundation to demonstrate that non-state actors (NSAs) that challenge their respective states can claim a stake in their country’s public diplomacy.