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U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel

The recent report and soon-to-be-decided fate of the US Public Diplomacy Commission

Visit to RT

Philip Seib on Russia and disinformation.

Pope merch in DC

Experts weigh in on the Pope's soft power potential.

Graffiti in the Vatican

Sohaela Amiri on the Pontiff's agenda and audience.

TB Vaccine Pakistan

Tara Ornstein on the power of exchange in public health.

Natasha Rastegari speaks to a family seeking refuge in Iraq. 

Blue Mosque

Senem Cevik offers Turkey a little PR advice.

Short Wave

Kim Andrew Elliott on an international broadcasting Cold War throwback.

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