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Malala Yousafzai at Girl Summit 2014

Malala fills the whole world with hope...except in Pakistan.

Students outside the cafe at Banaras Hindu University

India deploys its ambassadors to speak to domestic audiences about hot-button issues.

Graffiti on the U.S. embassy in Tehran

Sohaela Amiri reviews the two nations' troubled history and offers some hope for the future.

An Ebola isolation center in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Former VOA Deputy Director on how international broadcasters can stem the tide of Ebola.

DARPA Big Data

CPD Blog Contributor Ali Fisher argues that big data can offer big insights for diplomats.

A young student learns Chinese.

CPD Director Jian Wang gives an overview of the latest issue of Perspectives on Public Diplomacy.

Pro-independence flyers in Scotland

CPD Advisory Board Member Kounalakis on what gets lost when independence is gained.

The iconic 1963 photo "Birmingham campaign dogs" by Bill Hudson, of the Associated Press

 Diplomatic implications of U.S. race relations past and present.

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