Asia Pacific
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Media portrayal of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout reveals unprecedented PD dynamics, writes SAIS faculty David Ellwood.
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Awareness of Asia's global standing since COVID-19 presents opportunities for public diplomacy through international cooperation and new rules of engagement.
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University of Oxford PhD candidate Warren Stanislaus shares a case study of a recent Black History Month project.
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Professor at University of Porto Jorge Marinho and his students in the applied languages in business relations program examine the Chinese government's social media use in Africa in the context of Belt & Road.
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The act of one nation helping another can be largely symbolic, writes a researcher at National Research University Higher School of Economics.
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The two countries which are bound by ancient and cultural ties have now found their relationship diluted by mistrust.
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CPD Research Associate Sohaela Amiri recaps our recent convening on this pillar of PD.
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Hannan Hussain of Islamabad Policy Research Institute writes, China's BRI strategies in Southeast Asia suggest a foundation in public diplomacy.