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A U.S.-Korea PD Ideas Contest winner shares about the PD value of competitive gaming.
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Authors of a study on celebrity diplomats analyze several contemporary individuals per their type of capital and diplomatic influence.
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CPD Research Fellow Mafalda Dâmaso shares about her work examining the EU's cultural outreach strategies.
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New Zealand's PD strategy could better highlight trade, scientific cooperation and more, writes Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja.
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A recent scholarly debate at ICA 2021 covered various media interpretations of social protests and implications for PD.
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SAIS faculty David Ellwood provides an update to global vaccine diplomacy in the context of foreign aid.
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A popular South Korean musical group attended the 76th UN General Assembly as "Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture."
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