CPD Research Fellow Dr. Anna Popkova analyzes the case of Free Buryatia Foundation to demonstrate that non-state actors (NSAs) that challenge their respective states can claim a stake in their country’s public diplomacy.

“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.

Heightened public diplomacy efforts from China, Türkiye, and Russia are significantly influencing regional dynamics in the Western Balkans, Europe's "powder keg."

In the post-truth era, public diplomacy counters online falsehoods and promotes compelling digital narratives for one's own truth.

Political dissent can disrupt public diplomacy of states but it can also function as public diplomacy in its own right.

Maintaining science relationships despite the conflict in Ukraine is critical, writes Olga Krasnyak of National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow).

Join us for a panel on the characteristics of the information war in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its impact on global public opinion.

David Ellwood of Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna on the Russia-Ukraine information war.