A book on the Arab Spring, research on "fortress embassies," and more.

The first edition for 2018 features our events with Haroon Ullah and Philip Seib, as well as a number of posts from the CPD Blog.

Our top stories included the CPD-Oxford Doctoral Conference event, a blog by R.S. Zaharna on President Trump's public diplomacy, and CPD's Q&A with Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Highlights from the year include Jay Wang's piece on emotional truth and Shaun Riordan's discussion of "new diplomacies."

A look at how new tools such as satellite remote sensing, virtual reality, bots and apps impact the practice of public diplomacy.

Read about the Trump administration's handling of the BBG/VOA, Russian disinformation, and our newest CPD research fellows in this month's roundup.

USC professor and prolific author on his new book, As Terrorism Evolves.

From blogs on the public diplomacy of Catalonia and think tanks to events on city diplomacy and South Korea's soft power, here's a run-down of CPD's top content this month.