diplomatic history

“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.

The author's recent book, American Diplomacy’s Public Dimension: Practitioners as Change Agents in Foreign Relations, traces the evolution of American public diplomacy from colonial times to the present. 

Rights movement image via iStock

U.S. Foreign Service Officer Cameron Thomas-Shah reflects on Juneteenth 2021.

Olga Krasnyak looks at Nixon's presidency through the lens of space cooperation with the USSR.

The UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) demonstrates the importance of art as a form of cultural diplomacy and diplomatic history.

Olga Krasnyak looks at how the actions of diplomats can impact national image.

The image of the Russian diplomats and its reflection on social media allows us to see the wide critique towards the diplomats from the general public. It is an interesting issue to discuss: why do the Russians actually care about the image of their diplomats? The perceptions about diplomatic culture and stereotypes about diplomacy in general have deep roots.

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