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The Super Bowl is big in China

Could American football be the next ping pong?

Young boys at a market in Cape Town, South Africa

South Africa's landmark legal decision to consider the rights of children when sentencing a primary caregiver offers a blueprint for the U.S.

There was a strong diplomatic presence, including Ambassador Shapiro, at the Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade in 2012

Are there too many cooks in Israeli PD? CPD Blogger Ilan Manor answers.

Movie poster for "The Interview"

Alexander Lee White on how Obama should have responded to fallout from the Sony hack.

A migrant family

CPD Research Fellow Tara Ornstein on changing the public perception of migrants.

A protester holds Adbuster's American Corporate flag

The conclusion of Michael Ardaiolo's two-part blog on best public diplomacy practice.

A pro-Putin rally near the Kremlin, 2012.

Michael Ardaiolo takes stock of the current state of public diplomacy.

Tivoli, Copenhagen

Mads Hvas Jensen on the savvy PD of Ambassador Rufus Gifford's Danish reality TV show.

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