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This week’s public diplomacy news headlines showcased the role of soft power in seducing global publics.
Opera, therefore, is one of Italy's key avenues of soft power. It has spread around the world, and leading singers come from everywhere, great performances are sung from New York to Beijing. But opera's soul is still in Italy.
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In this two-month series produced by CPD, we examine how countries define, communicate, and manage their national identity at Expo Milan 2015.
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In this two-month series produced by CPD, we examine how countries define, communicate, and manage their national identity at Expo Milan 2015.
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Italy, the host country of Expo Milan 2015, presents the global relevance of its culture and traditions to Italian and foreign visitors.
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In this two-month series produced by CPD, we examine how countries define, communicate, and manage their national identity at Expo Milan 2015.
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Images from the Angola Pavilion at this year's World Expo in Milan.
“We must be crazy to make kosher wine in Tuscany,” laughed Pellegrini, who, according to Jewish law, cannot touch the wine because she is not Jewish. Other non-kosher Tuscan wineries have occasionally produced a run of kosher wine, but since it began producing bottles eight years ago, Terra di Seta has been the only fully kosher winery in central Italy’s Chianti region