Ilan Manor delves into AI-generated visuals which comment on trending news stories and international affairs.

Lamia Zia explores how films driven by sensational nationalism can erase shared realities in favor of simplified enemy images designed for emotional impact.

“Public Diplomacy in the News” is a CPD Blog series by Andrew Dubbins, featuring noteworthy recent stories in public diplomacy.

“Public Diplomacy in the News” is a CPD Blog series by Andrew Dubbins, featuring noteworthy recent stories in public diplomacy.

We are already feeling what a stripped diplomatic corps means. Among those forced out are officers with rare language skills, specialists with decades of institutional knowledge, and crisis responders with expertise in the very situations we are now mismanaging in real time.

CPD's former U.S. Public Diplomat in Residence Matthew Asada reflects on the power of World Expos to inspire and unite. 

In a time of generalized international crisis, every traditional boundary between public and private is dissolved, as the nation deploys its distinctive formulas of life–its "soft" assets–with all the energy at its disposal.

The new book, Film Diplomacy, offers a valuable historical account and a conceptual toolkit for understanding the evolving nature of public diplomacy.