What's the right thing to do in Afghanistan?
Five years after the mayhem. By SP/FS guest contributor Mark Ward
SoftPower/FulStories
SoftPower/FulStories uses first-person stories to explore why U.S. engagement in the world matters.
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Intermezzo Siciliano
A comic interlude: SP/FS goes on vacation, suffers some Melania-induced PTSD, and recalls a soft power grab
SP/FS #53: Paul Strasburg
From a small school in Thailand to a global interdependence crusade
Friends, Not Saviors
By SP/FS guest contributor Keisha L. Effiom
American Bridges
By SP/FS guest author Stephen Callahan
Change We Can Believe In
The origin story of a career steeped in music diplomacy.
What George Clooney Taught Me about Soft Power
By SP/FS guest contributor Matt Brown
"Here Today, Ghana Tomorrow"
Origins of the Peace Corps. By Spencer Meyer
A Brief History of Public Diplomacy, 1916 - 1960 (Part 2)
An excerpt from the unpublished tome 'The Reluctant Diplomat'
One Finger Cannot Lift a Stone: The Human Power of Diplomacy
By SP/FS guest contributor Maria Brewer, U.S. Ambassador (ret.)
A Brief History of Public Diplomacy, 1916 - 1960 (Part 1)
An excerpt from the unpublished tome 'The Reluctant Diplomat'
The Reluctant Diplomat
A book unpublished, unfinished, and unbelievably long
Globalization and its Cultural Disconnects
Think globalization is bringing us together? Think again. By Joe Lurie