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![Photo reprinted courtesy Kremlin.ru, via Wikimedia Commons Vladimir Putin during annual Q&A conference](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/Vladimir_Putin-6.jpg?itok=HVkLTsK6)
Putin is really into Donald Trump.
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The BBC is planning a radio service to N. Korea, and will have to navigate a landmine to do so.
![Photo reprinted courtesy Alfred Cunningham via Flickr Air Traffic Controller, by Alfred Cunningham](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/6235073210_f357162415_b.jpg?itok=3Y3pJnkC)
Moving from ideology to identity may be the key to CVE.
![Photo reprinted courtesy Davidlohr Bueso via Flickr Academy Award Winner, by Davidlohr Bueso](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/oscar4.jpg?itok=YV_q-Hn3)
Foreign audiences are more important than ever for Hollywood...so why are we still seeing all-white casts?
![Photo reprinted courtesy Sasha Maksymenko via Flickr IMG_5939 by Sasha Maksymenko](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/12192000415_28f5793153_k.jpg?itok=MiJq5FMg)
Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire is bringing international attention back to Ukraine.
![Photo reprinted courtesy Karen Roe via Flickr London 2012 by Karen Roe](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/7782637468_0800ec39f7_k.jpg?itok=RK-LovEm)
Whether you call it PD, nation branding, or PR for nations, it's a global phenomenon.
![Photo reprinted courtesy Leila Nazarian Farhang Foundation](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/Farhang%20-%20Celebrating%20Nowruz%20%281%29.jpg?itok=VhuBPjnl)
Iranian cultural promotion in "Tehrangeles."
![Photo reprinted courtesy of Steve Jurvetson via Flickr Obama Loving the Electorate, by Steve Jervetson](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/8162509473_31156d44b8_h.jpg?itok=rHGt1_TS)
Discussing the legacy of the Obama administration in public diplomacy.
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