public diplomacy
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CPD contributor Jonathan Prosser explains how sustainable entrepreneurship can be public diplomacy.
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As part of its commitment to building the academic field of public diplomacy, CPD will award $2,500 to an emerging scholar engaged in cutting-edge research on public diplomacy.
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Nguyen Le of University of Nottingham, Ningbo explains that more needs to be done for the South Korean government to establish BTS as a PD asset.
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Soft power publications tend to over- or solely rely on Nye’s work. It is time to break this vicious cycle.
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CPD Research Fellow Ilan Manor indicates how AIs, without proper regulation, can pose a series of challenges to public diplomacy.
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CPD Blog contributor Jorge Marinho discusses the concept of influence operations and what it means to a country's ontological security.
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CPD Faculty Fellow Corneliu Bjola shares how avatars in digital diplomacy can have the potential to create a significant impact.
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Diplomats and global businesses are slow at adopting social media accounts. BeReal, an app touting authenticity, can be the exception.