middle east
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January 28, 2019
The Turkish Cinema Summer School brings together young filmmakers to learn about Turkish cinema, history and culture.
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January 8, 2019
Turkey's hard power strategies illustrate how soft power is vulnerable to reputation, writes CPD Contributing Scholar Senem Çevik.
January 7, 2019
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October 23, 2018
A Center for American Progress (CAP) report assesses how U.S. policy overlooks Iranian soft power influence in the Middle East.
September 18, 2018
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September 18, 2018
A former editor describes his time at Hi magazine, the U.S. government-funded, Arabic-language publication that aimed to win hearts and minds in the Middle East.
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November 18, 2017
Principal Investigator:
Lindsay J. Bernstead, CPD Research Fellow 2017-19