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Rob Asghar on the recent meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump at the White House.
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The ARMY fandom of BTS shows that networks of people make possibilities exponential both in the digital world and the real world.
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The world came together to support Thailand during last year's headline-grabbing rescue mission, write CPD Contributing Researcher Silada (Lydia) Rojratanakiat and Seksan Anantasirikiat.
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CPD Doctoral Dissertation Grant recipient Phillip Arceneaux explores the need to tie public diplomacy with pressing security concerns.
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CPD Faculty Fellow Najmedin Meshkati urges the U.S. and its allies to ease tensions with Iran in the context of a delicately intertwined water access system along the Persian Gulf.
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India and Thailand have a special relationship based on shared history and culture, writes Sudarshan Ramabadran of the India Foundation's Center for Soft Power.
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Key public diplomacy principles can help foster mutual understanding across faiths in Australia, write Bond University's Scott Blakemore and Jane Andrews.
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A failed foray into international diplomacy with Iran revealed key takeaways on public and back-channel diplomacy, recalls Franklin T. Burroughs.
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