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“Public Diplomacy in the News” is a CPD Blog series by Andrew Dubbins, featuring noteworthy recent stories from across the globe related to public diplomacy.
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Heightened public diplomacy efforts from China, Türkiye, and Russia are significantly influencing regional dynamics in the Western Balkans, Europe's "powder keg."
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In the post-truth era, public diplomacy counters online falsehoods and promotes compelling digital narratives for one's own truth.
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Political dissent can disrupt public diplomacy of states but it can also function as public diplomacy in its own right.
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Maintaining science relationships despite the conflict in Ukraine is critical, writes Olga Krasnyak of National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow).
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Join us for a panel on the characteristics of the information war in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its impact on global public opinion.
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David Ellwood of Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna on the Russia-Ukraine information war.
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David Ellwood of Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna on the Russia-Ukraine information war.