Americas
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Art and cultural nonprofits carry significant influence as non-state cultural diplomacy actors, writes CPD Blogger Leila Nazarian.
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Theater can bridge history, geography and cultural relations to enlighten audiences in a way that the classroom simply can't.
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Luigi Di Martino reconceptualizes listening in public diplomacy as a spectrum covering differences in engagement, goals and approaches.
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CPD Research Fellow (2016-18) Alexander Buhmann and Erich Sommerfeldt examine how practitioners view public diplomacy goals.
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CPD Graduate Student Fellow Nikki Burnett (MPD '20) shares her experience creating a short documentary video tour of the Dutch Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
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A new podcast features a diverse range of personal narratives from alumni of the U.S. State Department's international exchange programs.
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Olga Krasnyak analyzes the face-to-face diplomacy of China, South Korea, and the United States' major meetings with the North Korean leader.
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CPD Doctoral Dissertation Grant recipient Phillip Arceneaux explores the need to tie public diplomacy with pressing security concerns.