Cultural Diplomacy
![Works by Tadeo Muleiro and Ana Maria Hernando, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles, 2019](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/Building%20Bridges%20Art%20Exchange_WEB.jpg?itok=hldLYZ2i)
Art and cultural nonprofits carry significant influence as non-state cultural diplomacy actors, writes CPD Blogger Leila Nazarian.
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A sneak peak into Japan House Los Angeles, a public diplomacy space seeking to showcase the best of Japan.
![Photo by Eriks Varpahovskis | Turkestan (Yasi), Kazakhstan. The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi. Yasi was an important city for ancient Silk Road and used to be a center of enlightenment and trade.](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/Photo%20by%20Eriks%20Varpahovskis.jpg?itok=ZJP-5mku)
Eriks Varpahovskis provides an overview of the diverse range of Korean educational institutions and programs throughout Central Asia.
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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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India and Thailand have a special relationship based on shared history and culture, writes Sudarshan Ramabadran of the India Foundation's Center for Soft Power.
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Listen to the latest episode of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)'s 22.33 podcast, where classically-trained Carla Canales shares her experience as an American Arts Envoy abroad.