North Korea on Display

Music is a powerful mechanism for self-expression, social activism and public diplomacy. Talented musicians around the world have produced and performed seminal works of art that have both facilitated cross-cultural...

Despite having turned into a Soviet subordinate and a repressive dictatorship at home, post-revolutionary Cuba is an excellent case study of a country that embarked in successful public diplomacy abroad. Cuba’s early soft...

Music has been used throughout the years as a medium for self-expression and social cohesion not just between individuals, but also between communities and nations themselves. This form of cultural diplomacy enables messages...

Music and the arts create shared experiences, fostering the empathy and human connections that are the bedrock of public diplomacy. The next era of our field must nurture this renewed sense of global togetherness to continue...