Americas
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Season 2 of a podcast co-hosted by CPD Faculty Fellow Nicholas J. Cull and Good Country Index founder Simon Anholt.
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Mexican diplomat Rodrigo Márquez Lartigue chronicles the results of a U.S.-Mexico health partnership.
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As Pride Month 2022 kicks off, Andrew Restieri writes about the soft power implications of U.S. domestic anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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CPD, the Japanese American National Museum and NYU Brademas Center will host a panel at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on June 23, 2022.
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CPD hosted a forum at the National Museum of American Diplomacy in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2022.
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Mexico’s showing at Expo 2020 Dubai demonstrated various strengths in cultural diplomacy, partnerships and more, writes Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja.
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Neal Rosendorf urges the entertainment industry to leverage its public diplomacy prowess for the greater good.
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CPD Senior Research Specialist Sohaela Amiri shares about the value of Los Angeles' proposed sister city relationship with Kyiv.