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Pandamonium
Season 4 · Episode 10

Pandamonium

Cheap Talk · Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes

November 11, 202352m 53s

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Show Notes

Panda diplomacy; conservation versus paranoia; the correlates of the panda presence abroad; China’s intentions with regard to large bears; the effectiveness of the panda signal; the causal mechanisms behind panda diplomacy; soft (and cuddly) power; distinguishing public diplomacy from propaganda; cute animals as grand strategy; and Marcus is not a zoologist

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Further Reading:
Edward Wong. 2023. “The End of Panda Diplomacy?” New York Times.

Falk Hartig. 2013. “Panda Diplomacy: The Cutest Part of China’s Public Diplomacy.” Hague Journal of Diplomacy 8(1): 49–78.

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