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Nancy Snow

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Covers:  Foreign Policy; Propaganda and Persuasion; Public Diplomacy; Great Power Competition; East Asia; Japan; China; Korea; US; Gender Diplomacy; Media and Information Warfare Studies
Public Diplomacy | Strategic Comms | Author, Battleship Diplomat (Naval Institute Press) | Propaganda and Persuasion (8e) | Professor Emerita | Global Speaker
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Emerging Technologies need public trust

Emerging Technologies need public trust

Public conversations about technology are increasingly fragmented. Online ecosystems amplify fear, outrage, c…

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Japan should not abandon its peace brand

Japan should not abandon its peace brand

Nancy Snow is former Pax Mundi ("World Peace") Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign S…

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The last pandas in Japan cannot ease geopolitical tensions

The last pandas in Japan cannot ease geopolitical tensions

Unlike traditional diplomacy, which targets elites and institutions, emotional statecraft operates at the lev…

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Sanae Takaichi's reboot of 'brand Japan'

Sanae Takaichi's reboot of 'brand Japan'

Nancy Snow, a global adviser on public diplomacy and strategic communication, is the author of the upcoming "…

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Time to wave goodbye to diplomatic reliance on 'Japan hands'

Time to wave goodbye to diplomatic reliance on 'Japan hands'

Nancy Snow is a scholar of public diplomacy and strategic communications, focusing on Japan and the Indo-Paci…

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The fall of U.S. diplomacy in the age of Musk

The fall of U.S. diplomacy in the age of Musk

Nancy Snow is a fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. Her latest bo…

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Childless cat ladies of the world must unite against JD Vance's misogyny

Childless cat ladies of the world must unite against JD Vance's misogyny

"JD Vance will run out of paint for that corner he's backed himself into if he thinks he can defend a Stepfor…

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‎ACS Athens Owlcast: Owlcast 98 - President's Edition w/Nancy Snow * Reflections on diplomacy and...

‎ACS Athens Owlcast: Owlcast 98 - President's Edition w/Nancy Snow * Reflections on diplomacy and...

The last Owlcast of the season proudly hosts Dr. Nancy Snow, a Fulbright Professor of Public Diplomacy at Pan…

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Japan, like Greece, finds it taxing to deal with too many tourists

Japan, like Greece, finds it taxing to deal with too many tourists

We need to recognize that overtourism is a zero-sum game. A tourist with a conscience will view every trip in…

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「ブランド国家」日本とドイツの決定的な違いは「移民」と「男女平等」

「ブランド国家」日本とドイツの決定的な違いは「移民」と「男女平等」

日独両国に住んだ視点から見ると、日本とドイツには特筆すべき大きな違いがある。その筆頭は、ドイツのマクロ経済の活力が移民と男女平等の恩恵を受けている点だ。

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Japan can learn from Germany's approach to training and work

Japan can learn from Germany's approach to training and work

Nancy Snow is a senior visiting scholar at the Institute of International Relations in Athens and a Fulbright…

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日本はブランド力を生かせ　ナンシー・スノー氏 - 日本経済新聞

日本はブランド力を生かせ　ナンシー・スノー氏 - 日本経済新聞

アンホルト―イプソス社が毎年発表している「国家ブランド指数」で、昨年、日本が初めて60カ国中1位となった。このランキングは世界的にどのように認識されているかによって各国をランク付けするもので、フランスの市場調査会社イプ…

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Perceptions of Japan have never been better, but that is not enough

Perceptions of Japan have never been better, but that is not enough

Nancy Snow is principal of Global Persuasion Strategies, a Tokyo-based consultancy, and Fulbright professor o…

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Guardrails are needed as new nuclear arms race gets underway

Guardrails are needed as new nuclear arms race gets underway

We cannot just sit on the sidelines while the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight and a new three-way nuc…

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How graphic pro-Israel ads appeared in kids' video games

How graphic pro-Israel ads appeared in kids' video games

STORY: "When he first saw it, he was shocked, he looked quite disturbed. He knew it was something he wasn't s…

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Better English is in Japan's security interest

Better English is in Japan's security interest

Japanese media recently reported the woeful news that the average ninth grader taking part in a national Engl…

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Who's targeted by the trilateral security summit at Camp David? | Inside Story

Who's targeted by the trilateral security summit at Camp David? | Inside Story

'A new era of co-operation' - that's how U.S. President Joe Biden has described his meeting with the leaders …

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Inside Japan's Evolving Smoking Culture

Inside Japan's Evolving Smoking Culture

Cigarette sales in Japan have been rapidly declining in recent years. We uncover some of the reasons why. Fea…

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How close have US and China come into direct military confrontation?

How close have US and China come into direct military confrontation?

US secretary of state Antony Blinken met with China’s President Xi Jinping in June 2023 as the two countries…

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The world needs Japan to rally the G-7 against nuclear weapons

The world needs Japan to rally the G-7 against nuclear weapons

Amid Ukraine war, summit in Hiroshima presents opportunity to show leadership Nancy Snow Nancy Snow is distin…

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The Japan Foundation is key to the country's soft power

The Japan Foundation is key to the country's soft power

The Japan Foundation was founded in 1972 to focus full-time on connecting the country with the world at a tim…

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What does Japan's military expansion mean for the region? | Inside Story

What does Japan's military expansion mean for the region? | Inside Story

Japan says the strategic challenge posed by China is the biggest it has ever faced. Besides Beijing, Japan ha…

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Without internationalization, Japan higher education is sinking

Without internationalization, Japan higher education is sinking

More participation in study abroad programs alone would change the learning environment in the classroom and …

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By working together, China and Japan can revive their economies

By working together, China and Japan can revive their economies

My first faculty appointment, over two decades ago, was in New England, where regional favorite son Robert Fr…

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