global city
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Early literary portrayals of cities' global cultural relations may serve as a lens for modern city diplomacy scholarship.
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The latest issue of CPD Perspectives is an article by CPD Research Fellow Alexander Buhmann & co-author Erich J. Sommerfeldt of the University of Maryland.
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"To succeed in their global missions, cities, their home states and the federal government all have work to do," writes Kyle Hutzler of McKinsey & Co.
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2019 CPD-MOIA Summer Associate Sophia Ketring reflects on her time interning with LA Mayor Garcetti's Office of International Affairs.
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Read this re-post from Foreign Policy on cities' leadership in global initiatives, which are opening the path from Mayor's Office to Oval Office.
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Episode 4 of this podcast series hosted by 2016-18 CPD Student Fellow Madison Jones features an interview with Penny Abeywardena.