Public Diplomacy in the News” is a CPD Blog series by Andrew Dubbins, featuring noteworthy recent stories in public diplomacy ...

Ambassador Paul Hare argues that Trump’s heavy reliance on Truth Social as a tool of public diplomacy has consistently ...

Lamia Zia reports from Islamabad on 2025 Pakistan-India standoff and the evolving role of U.S. diplomacy in steering the two nations from open conflict.

Ed Sheeran's cross-cultural music videos reflect broader geopolitical shifts toward multipolar global power structures.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar generously invest in their public diplomacy - does it resonate in the U.S.?

Few things bind people more immediately and indelibly than food. Take a look at our list of some of the most active and thoughtful gastrodiplomats around.

Every academic discipline has its certainties, and in the small field of public diplomacy studies it is a truth universally acknowledged that the term "public diplomacy" was coined in 1965 by Edmund ...

Advocates of improving the U.S. government’s global communication capacity and thus its public diplomacy heaved a sigh of relief in January. The reason: When President Obama signed the National ...

The Korea–ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has deepened ties through politics, economics, and culture, but remains asymmetrical—driven largely by Korean influence—and will only be sustainable ...

Newer or weaker countries (or those actively engaged in disputes) need soft power for the same reason they need the hard power assets of a standing military: core security. It is sometimes easiest to ...