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[Today in PD] Obama’s Kobe Bryant

A long New Yorker profile of President Obama provides a great deal of insight into how the president and his administration view the undeniable...

[Today in PD] Aloha Diplomacy: Hawaiian Public Diplomacy

I first got a glimpse of Hawaiian public diplomacy a few years ago at the Taipei Flora Expo in 2011. Following a stint in...

What Were the Causes and Consequences of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War?

The Middle East region has probably suffered more rivalry and conflict than any other part of the world. The 1948 Arab-Israeli war was the...

Review – Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict

Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict: Debate-Framing and Rhetoric in Independence CampaignsBy: Beata Huszka London and New York: Routledge, 2014 Despite years of meticulous research on secessionism we...

Soft Power 2.0: Russia’s new approaches for public diplomacy

Sep 3, 2013Russia Direct TeamShare this: How is Russia’s public diplomacy changing and how will this transformation impact its geopolitical agenda? Read RD Quarterly to...

Public and participatory digital diplomacy

Catalonia is a small country which is open to the world and has a track record of international openness. Thus, it makes sense for...

Whose story wins? Strategic narratives and digital diplomacy

Thursday 23 January 2014, 4.00PM to 6.00pm Speaker: Professor Ben O’Loughlin, Royal Holloway, University of London School of Social and Political Sciences Seminar Series 2014 Joseph Nye...

Trends in social media in 2013

Dec 23, 2013Elena ZinovyevaShare this: The economic and political aspects of social media development reflect more general trends taking place in the world, generated by...

The future of digital diplomacy ( Russia )

Jan 2, 2014Larisa PermyakovaShare this: Starting in 2011, a new generation of diplomats began using social media to get their message out. So what has...

Digital soft diplomacy ( FRANCE )

Digital soft diplomacy, particularly in its social media dialogue dimension, is the tip of the “digital diplomacy” iceberg. What is soft diplomacy? What is its...