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Rob Asghar on the recent meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump at the White House.

The ARMY fandom of BTS shows that networks of people make possibilities exponential both in the digital world and the real world.

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.

 

CPD Doctoral Dissertation Grant recipient Phillip Arceneaux explores the need to tie public diplomacy with pressing security concerns.

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.

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. 

Key public diplomacy principles can help foster mutual understanding across faiths in Australia, write Bond University's Scott Blakemore and Jane Andrews.

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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