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The Hizmet project is a private educational initiative and diplomacy instrument that has morphed from a point of pride for the Turkish government into a threat.
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Learn from a recent scholarly debate about the impact of digital technologies on PD practice.
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Eriks Varpahovskis reviews the staying power of public memory when it comes to the Olympic Games and national reputation.
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Eriks Varpahovskis highlights the role of diaspora diplomacy in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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The act of one nation helping another can be largely symbolic, writes a researcher at National Research University Higher School of Economics.
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In the wake of the World Anti-Doping Agency's sanctions against Russia, the nation's soft power has taken a hit with Russia losing opportunities to conduct diplomatic activities.
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Citing Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony, Eriks Varpahovskis provides historical examples of states' resistance to cultural diplomacy products.
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Eriks Varpahovskis of Hankuk University writes, "for Russia, having national republics can serve as an additional instrument of soft power."
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