Creating Connections Through International Exchange

Our hyper-connected world has put more power in the hands of individuals and other non-state actors – from NGOs like Greenpeace to transnational terror groups like the so-called Islamic State. Over the past decade, foreign...

A special cultural report in the Celebrity Studies journal explores the diplomacy of non-state actors like celebrities, with an emphasis on non-western countries. An introduction by Andrew F. Cooper, Hugo Dobson,...

Each year, approximately 300,000 foreign nationals from more than 200 countries and territories are sponsored by organizations designated by the U.S. Department of State to study, teach, conduct research or take part in...

The term “soft power” has gained global prominence over the last two decades. A whole series of recent global events seem to show how it is hard, not soft, power that states are turning to to pursue their national interests...