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Books
Ahmet Bayraktar and Can Uslay, eds.. (Jul 2016). Global Place Branding Campaigns across Cities, Regions, and Nations. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
V. Remy & O. Quick. (Mar 2006). The Image of the Event: Identity Marketing for Cities and Regions in the Character of the Socio-Time Reversal. Graco.
Buck Song Koh. (Jan 2011). Brand Singapore: How Nation Branding Built Asia’s Leading Global City. Marshall Cavendish Business.
Ashworth, G. & Kavartzis, M. (Oct 2010). Towards Effective Place Brand Management: Branding European Cities and Regions. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Teemu Moilanen and Seppo Rainisto. (Dec 2008). How to Brand Nations, Cities and Destinations: A Planning Book for Place Branding. Palgrave Macmillan.
Journal articles
Benjamin Leffel. (Jan 2020). Animus of the Underling: Theorizing City Diplomacy in a World Society. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. 502-522.
Richard Stren and Abigail Friendly. (Aug 2017). Toronto and São Paulo: Cities and International Diplomacy. Urban Affairs Review. SAGE Publications1-30.
Christophe Alaux, Laura Carmouze, and Christine Cuenca. (Jan 2019). Beyond the City Brand: A Co-ownership Model Structuring Internal Intentions and External Perceptions. The Third Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association.
Ixone Alonso and Eva Bea. (Nov 2012). A Tentative Model to Measure City Brands on the Internet. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan311-328.
(Aug 2017). City Diplomacy. Public Diplomacy Magazine. Los Angeles: Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS)
Essays
Rogier van der Pluijm with Jan Melissen. (Apr 2007). City Diplomacy: The Expanding Role of Cities in International Politics. Clingendael Diplomacy Papers. Netherlands Institute of International Relations..
Alyssa Ayres. (Apr 2020). Scale Without Power: Global Cities in the World’s Largest Democracy. Diplomatic Courier.
Manuela Zechner and Bue Rübner Hanson. (Apr 2016). More Than a Welcome: The Power of Cities. Open Democracy.
Jacob McCarty. (Sep 2019). Cities are the future: We need to coordinate their international diplomacy. The Hill.
Michele Acuto. (Apr 2013). World Politics by Other Means? London, City Diplomacy and the Olympics.
Reports
Ian Klaus. (Jan 2020). Global Cities in 2020 – 10 Trends to Watch. Chicago Council on Global AffairsChicago Council on Global Affairs.
Jay Wang and Sohaela Amiri. (Apr 2020). Building a Robust Capacity Framework for U.S. City Diplomacy. USC Center on Public DiplomacyUSC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Kyle Hutzler. (Jan 2020). America's Cities on the World Stage. USC Center on Public DiplomacyUSC Center on Public Diplomacy.
(Apr 2007). A Global City: Drawing New Aspirations (Annual Report). Ministry of Information, Communications and the Art of Singapore.
Speeches
Organizations
Multimedia
Jun 11, 2018 - Exploring City Diplomacy
Apr 23, 2018 - CPD's Podcast Series
Nov 26, 2013 - WATCH: City Branding & Barcelona.
Nov 26, 2013 - City Branding & Barcelona
Nov 29, 2017 - LA's Global Stories: Religion in Los Angeles
CPD Blog
Cultural Diplomacy & the City: Part Two by Sascha Priewe on Jan 30, 2020
Toward City Diplomacy 2.0 by Sohaela Amiri on Apr 8, 2021
City Hall Is the Best Prep for the White House by Joel Day on May 14, 2019
PD News
Post-Oil City: The History of the City’s Future (Dexigner) on Sep 16, 2011
Culver City Sister City Committee Celebrates Golden Jubilee (Culver City Patch) on Jan 15, 2013
Sister Cities Program Unites Big Cities Around the World (Digital City) on Sep 14, 2009
Fort Worth Sister Cities City Budget Cut Justified (Fort Worth Star Telegram) on Aug 24, 2009
Cities Aim to Think, Solve Problems Globally (Next City) on May 27, 2015
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