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CPD Faculty Fellow Corneliu Bjola discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) may be integrated into consular services, crisis management, public diplomacy and international negotiations. 

In the second post of a two-part series, Ilan Manor looks at how the concept of soft power can be re-conceptualized in the 21st century.

In anticipation of Ayurveda Day, Aparna Sridhar of Center for Soft Power writes how the Ayurveda system's unique approach to healthcare is a source of India's soft power.

In the first of a two-part series, Ilan Manor argues that the concept of soft power has become banal in 21st century public diplomacy discourse.

Responding to disinformation and sharp power tactics requires identification, analysis and categorization.

Bond University student Andie-Lee Cilliers takes a look at the role of rugby in South Africa's sports diplomacy history.

Eriks Varpahovskis of Hankuk University writes, "for Russia, having national republics can serve as an additional instrument of soft power."

Sudarshan Ramabadran of the India Foundation's Center for Soft Power discusses the soft power of Indian support for Ph.D. grants to ASEAN students.

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