Internal marketing and homegrown influencers should be critical to any communications strategy, not just an afterthought.

Global economic and technological interdependence has become a tool of coercion, as states manipulate supply chains, finance, and networks to gain leverage, while nations respond with collective resilience to regain balance.

As democracy weakens, imperial ambitions gain momentum and disinformation spreads, some foreign audiences now view the U.S. as a central locus of the problem, underscored by the country’s aggressive posturing.

Global economic and technological interdependence has become a tool of coercion, as states manipulate supply chains, finance, and networks to gain leverage, while nations respond with collective resilience to regain balance.

David Bowie and his Concert for Berlin served as both a significant cultural moment and a turning point in German unity. 

Hubris and an inflated sense of entitlement, not unlike that of the Greeks after Melos, back American claims to Greenland and Canada. 

Researchers have found that credibility in public diplomacy depends more on trust and authenticity than on message frequency or volume. 

“Public Diplomacy in the News” is a CPD Blog series by Andrew Dubbins, featuring noteworthy recent stories in public diplomacy.