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How the rise of self-contained social media networks is changing the path to public influence.
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Joseph Braude explains the popularity of RT in Arab countries and what American media can do to counter it.
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Writing from Islamabad, Rob Ashgar comments on how the new U.S. policy towards Pakistan could drive it to closer ties with China.
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The UK ranked 2nd in this year's Soft Power 30, but Brexit may change that in coming years.
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How Bolivia is re-branding the coca leaf in hopes of reclaiming the crop's cultural and (legal) economic potential.
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Tara Ornstein writes about a new humanitarian diplomacy initiative that documents the scores of migrants who go missing each year.
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CPD Research Fellow Barbora Maronkova suggests that for Ukraine to tell its own story, the country should focus on reforms.
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Despite general consensus in Washington suggesting anti-Western sentiment in Libya, public opinion surveys have shown otherwise.
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