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Digital Diplomacy: How India Is Shaping Its Global Image Online

Kayesha Jain Intern at IFPD India has been rapidly embracing digital diplomacy to shape its global image. It is harnessing social media, digital platforms, and slick tech to connect with folks worldwide and push its narrative. Through smart online engagement and the awesome cultural heritage, India is totally redefining diplomatic outreach for the digital age. […]

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When Cinema Travels Abroad: Dhurandhar, Public Diplomacy, and the Limits of Soft Power

Aditi Jain Member-Core Team at IFPD The unprecedented commercial success of Dhurandhar has reignited long-standing conversations about the commercial standing of Indian cinema.[1] Having crossed significant box-office milestones and commanding sustained domestic attention, the film has been widely interpreted as a marker of renewed confidence within mainstream Hindi cinema. Yet, alongside its domestic resonance, Dhurandhar

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Soft Power in Action: How India Uses Culture to Shape Global Perception

Kayesha Jain Intern at IFPD There’s something remarkable about how India tells its story to the world—not through force, but through feeling. Every time someone rolls out a yoga mat in New York, savors masala chai in London, or hums along to a Bollywood song in Nairobi, they’re connecting with an India that transcends borders.

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The Silk Road and the Diplomatic Rebirth of the Pacific—The Case of Peru

Ana Isabel Fiafilio Rodríguez Perú Introduction The Silk Road has been a great opportunity to direct diplomacy, power, politics, and cultural exchange that shaped international relations during the first centuries of our history. In the 21st century, this network of maritime and land trade routes connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa emerged in a new form:

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The Evolution of India’s Public Diplomacy: From Non-Alignment to Global Leadership

Kayesha Jain Intern at IFPD India’s public diplomacy is about showing the world who India is and what it stands for, using peaceful and friendly ways to share its story and build global relationships. After independence, India decided not to join any big power groups like the United States or Russia. Instead, it tried to work with

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The Silk Road as a Diplomatic Artery: How Trade ForgedEmpires and Alliances

Samiksha Goyal 1st Position | IFPD Article Writing Competition Abstract Prior to the codification of diplomacy with treaties and embassies, the Silk Road was a proto- international system – a diplomatic conduit maintaining the flow of goods, ideas and legitimacy over Eurasia. This article evaluates how trade has matured from economic pursuit into a system

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Power, People, and Passage:The Diplomatic System of the Silk Road

Vijaya Chaitra 2nd Position | IFPD Aricle Writing Competition AbstractBeyond the exchange of silk and gold, the Silk Road was a profound human experiment: a complex diplomatic system where the desire for discovery and new alliances constantly struggled against the necessity of political compromise and the shifting boundaries of the imperial borders. The celebrated flow

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