Meet the Author
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Independent policy advisor Simon Anholt shares about his 2020 book, The Good Country Equation: How We Can Repair the World in One Generation.
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Anne Searcy, author of Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange, participates in a CPD exclusive interview.
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John Maxwell Hamilton is a Professor of Journalism in the Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
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Author Jennifer Hubbert on the roots of soft power and her new book, China in the World: An Anthropology of Confucius Institutes, Soft Power, and Globalization.
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Nontraditional U.S. Public Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future explores how both innovative and traditional strategies can make for effective public diplomacy.
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Gregory M. Tomlin's new article in Military Review highlights the value of meaningful, face-to-face contact between U.S. military personnel and residents of foreign nations.
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A Cold War tale of cultural exchange and music diplomacy.
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Ambassador William A. Rugh on his most recent book.