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

As we became better at navigating space because of access to advanced information and communication technologies, we lost something vital: the art of navigating people, cultures, and the human connections that shape our understanding, ideas, and value

Why trust, not attention, is the true currency of global diplomacy. How listening, credibility, reciprocity, and continuity shape public diplomacy that lasts.

Trade promotion quietly builds durable international cooperation by aligning policy, investment, and capacity as instruments of strategic diplomacy.

Women of the Indonesian diaspora are an instrumental part of diplomacy, with unwavering dedication, unending creative ideas, and Indonesia’s best interests at heart, always. 

“More-than-human soft power” is emerging as a vital expansion of Joseph Nye’s soft power framework, positioning nonhuman actors, ecologies, and multispecies relationships as central agents of cultural and diplomatic influence in a world shaped by climate crises, and exemplified through international art exhibitions that challenge human-centered paradigms.

César Corona, CEO of ExpoMuseum.com reports on the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.

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