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The Saudi-Moroccan spat: Competing for the mantle of moderate Islam
Lurking in the background of a Saudi-Moroccan spat over World Cup hosting rights and the Gulf crisis is a more fundamental competition for the...
Middle Eastern culture wars: The battle of the palates
Nothing in a swath of land stretching from the Atlantic coast of Africa to China is undisputed.
Food is often emblematic of disputes over identity,...
Saudi Arabia’s Entertainment Plans: Soft Power at Work?
Saudi Arabia recently broke ground on its ambitious “entertainment city” known as Qiddiya, near Riyadh. The splashy launch, attended by 300 dignitaries from around...
Pakistan and India: Changing Minds, Winning Peace
With the emergence of world as a global village, relations between two nations getting more popularity as compared to relations among respective governments. Governments...
UK Public Diplomacy: Soft Power games in South Asia
Public diplomacy refers to the ability of a country to attract foreign states through image building rather than using old coercive and stiff methods...
Russkiy Mir Foundation and Russia’s national heritage
The phenomenon of the Russian world has become the center of attention in both academic circles and the public arena. The stability achieved only...
Italian Culture: An asset for country’s public diplomacy
Public Diplomacy is important for long term relationship and to create a positive image of a country. Italy, a European country with a long...
From Football to Rocket Science: Meet the Young People Changing the World in 2018
One hundred of the world’s most promising artists, business leaders, public servants, social entrepreneurs and technologists under the age of 40 have been invited...
Building Bridges: Saudi Arabia’s efforts to improve its public image
With the change in the international political environment, traditional ways of achieving foreign policy goals have also changed, previously hard power was the most...
How to enhance Pakistan’s Public Diplomacy practices
Modern state system introduced modern practices to regulate relations among states, public diplomacy is one of them. Public diplomacy contains three basic components; Foreign...