In West Virginia, a farmhouse from Yunnan brings people together through hospitality, education, and everyday cultural exchange.

Under Mark Carney’s leadership, Canada is standing tall against America’s coercion, backed by formidable soft power attributes and more economic hard power than President Donald Trump has realized. 

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

Educational exchange has been a powerful instrument of U.S. public diplomacy in China, but current restrictions risk undermining that influence.

A Mexican comedy, a Hollywood red carpet and a filmmaker’s perspective on Mexican identity and effort in telling Mexico’s own story reveal how cinema can become public diplomacy in practice.

Art can strengthen public diplomacy by bringing lived experience, new voices and emotional connection into global policy spaces.

American can offer Indonesia forms of climate cooperation that are distinctive, durable, and consistent with Indonesian strategic autonomy.

From El Grito to public art and consular protection, Los Angeles shows how a city can practice diplomacy without possessing a foreign ministry.