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New Peking Opera Tells Stories of the Silk Road
Like the Chinese title 'Silk Road and the Great Wall,' the Silk Road' symbolizes the country's soft power, while the Great Wall represents the country's hard power. National prosperity must be achieved on the basis of supreme integration of hard and soft power.
Neutralizing Terror: Soft power and the Islamic State
How can democracies fight this ideology? People may die, but ideologies are forever. I suggest that we begin to think of the Islamic State as having soft power but with its own evil spin.
Medical Diplomacy Against Global Turmoil: Battling Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Ebola
One extra benefit of working in the humanitarian sector after a major disaster is that by treating the sick and the injured, we can do more than help survivors - we can also enhance the image of our own country overseas.
Fixing America’s Aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan
The US needs a more strategic approach in providing assistance to the two troubled countries.
Somalia: UNSC Diplomacy in Action 2015
Ambassador Nicholas Kay provides Reporter with exclusive analysis of the recent political developments in the Somali Regions, the role the UNSOM has played in Somalia for peace, security and reconstruction efforts for new Somalia in 2016 .
ADA Successfully Ends Training Program for Diplomats
During the next training the young diplomats were trained on the topics as leadership skills, effective communication, teamwork, negotiation skills, proper management of the business meetings, oratory, as well as current trends in public diplomacy, building relationships with the media and Azerbaijani studies.
Philanthropy's Power Gap: Nonprofits Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Though Maybe They Should Be)
The power disparity between donors and causes, between foundations and nonprofit organizations is as great a gulf as any other in civil society.
NATO Works to Include Balkan Youth in Security Politics
The second Belgrade NATO Week kicked off on December 15th. Organised by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division in Serbia and the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies, the forum gathered young members of political parties in Serbia in order to educate them on basic information about NATO and its principles.
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