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NetMundial

Internet governance: a prime example of public diplomacy in action

Spanish Embassy, Cuba

Immigration practitioner Nicholas Dynon explores how visa policies can either boost or threaten a nation's public diplomacy strategy. 

Erdogan

On the implications of the Turkish Prime Minister's recent statement.

spiral time

How a society's relationship with Time influences the practice of diplomacy 

On the mountain road between Sulaimani and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan

The rarity and significance of Kurdistan’s stability are underscored by events of this week. 

nation branding graphic

Reflections on the conceptual implications of nation branding: how branding a nation develops its soft power advantage

Brazil protests

The lasting legacy of the 2014 FIFA World Cup will not be the grand infrastructure or (questionable) economic boom promised by their FIFA overlords.

Brazil fans

The World Cup might not be all hearts and roses for Brazil.

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