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Nontraditional U.S. Public Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future explores how both innovative and traditional strategies can make for effective public diplomacy.
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This Week in PD, we share international news on cultural diplomacy, soft power, sports diplomacy and more.
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A new book offers case studies and research on the Pilgrims Society and its shaping of the Anglo-American relationship.
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Nicholas J. Cull advises that contrary to President Trump's rhetoric, failure can be an asset in public diplomacy.
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A new episode of the BBC History Hour podcast reviews the beginning of its international broadcasting services in Portuguese and Spanish.
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Abdolmoghset Banikamal and Wahabuddin Ra'ees look at Ayatollah Khomeini's soft power efforts in Afghanistan and Malaysia.
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CPD Faculty Fellow Nicholas Cull examines the diverging realities of Dresden and Leipzig and the possible cause for their split.