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David Ellwood of Johns Hopkins University argues the necessity for Britain to put more emphasis on soft power.
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The late Queen demonstrated that the strongest soft power synthesizes a culture's tradition with modernity.
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Season 2 of a podcast co-hosted by Nicholas J. Cull and Simon Anholt.
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A podcast co-hosted by CPD Faculty Fellow Nicholas J. Cull and Good Country Index founder Simon Anholt.
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University of Oxford PhD candidate Warren Stanislaus shares a case study of a recent Black History Month project.
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John Casson is a British diplomat and former UK Ambassador to Egypt, a post he served from 2014 to 2018. During this time, he connected with millions of Egyptians through his Twitter account, gaining more than 250,000 followers—about one in three of all Twitter users in Egypt.
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The British Council reveals "Island" at the British Pavilion of this year's Venice Architectural Biennale.