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garydrawnsley.bsky.social
Head of the School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Lincoln. Research on propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy & soft power. Lover of all things literary. Has Crohn’s Disease. Views expressed here are mine & mine alone.
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I loved every minute of living in #Wales & visited so many beautiful places. This is Llanberis at the foot of Snowdon #photography

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If you’re interested in how #Turkey’s media influence & are influenced by politics you should definitely follow @bilgeyesil.bsky.social. This episode of @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social on “Turkey’s narrowing media landscape” is excellent!

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Xi Jinping's new report aimed at "accelerating the process of building #China into a leading country in culture" english.www.gov.cn/news/202504/...

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And another report indicating new soft power dynamics: Will Chinese students 'shun the US for Southeast Asia?' #China www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ch...

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#China's soft power influence grows as the US's soft power declines under #Trump: This is a discourse that is going to become far more prominent in coming months. www.businessworld.in/article/chin...

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The Yingzhou CBD from Yingzhou Park, Ningbo, #China #photography

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“Some of my best friends are Europeans”

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It’s always worth listening to Edward Murrow

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China’s Inauthentic UK Twitter Diplomacy: A Coordinated Network Amplifying PRC Diplomats #GI5052 #GI7100 #china #digitaldiplomacy

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The entrance to the Grand Bazaar, #Istanbul #photography

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Looking forward to listening to @newsguy.bsky.social talk all things VoA on the Specifically for Seniors podcast

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Claire Gorman of #Australia ABC International calls for more funding to 'counter anti-democratic propaganda'. Good. She writes 'authoritarian states take soft power as seriously as hard power'. So is it propaganda or soft power? Does the label really matter? www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-counter-a...

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Just caught a repeat of the brilliant 1970s #BBC series The Onedin Line. What many do not know is that The Onedin Line was one of the biggest tv shows on Romanian television under Ceaușescu. When he took it off air & replaced it with North Korean propaganda the people decided enough was enough …

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Just arrived - copy of Cromwell’s Head by my @uolhumanities.bsky.social colleague Jonathan Fitzgibbons. That’s my Easter reading sorted!

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Vajdahunyad Castle, #Budapest, Aug 2024 #photography

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Tickets bought. Looking forward to seeing @mrjohncrace.bsky.social & @rosieisaholt.bsky.social at the Bloomsbury Theatre soon

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@lewisgoodall.com @lbc.co.uk can you also ask about the thousands of job losses in the University sector?

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24 hours is a long time in international relations #Ukraine #Russia #Trump

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Ningbo, #China, #photography

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Can we now expect an emergency recall of Parliament to discuss the current crisis in HE and decide how the government may help a sector that creates jobs, brings millions to the UK economy, sparks innovation, & contributes to soft power? Cue the tumbleweeds …

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Interesting article about #China's public outreach & investment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Hints of filling a space opened by the #Trump administration's decisions re: foreign aid www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

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Middle East Broadcasting Networks chief Jeffrey Gedmin to the 90% of staff he’s laying off: “You’ve done everything right. You’ve been passionate about the MBN mission. You’ve been creative, curious, open to growth and devoted to craft.…” “What’s happening is a disgrace.”

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“The past was terrible; the present is grim; nonetheless we must strive to create intellectual & practical pathways to a better future.” Fara Dabhoiwala in @nybooks.com. Surely THIS is the true purpose & value of universities? www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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In 1985, First Blood was the first Hollywood blockbuster released in #China & until 2018 maintained the record for the highest Box Office there for a foreign film.

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Urgh... don't save academia because of its role in enabling defense... can we save literature, culture, arts, sciences, medicine, diplomacy, peace studies, languages, engineering, history, and social sciences too please?

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In the centenary month of The Great Gatsby’s publication I’ll stick my neck out & say it’s an okay book. I think that #Fitzgerald, like #Hemingway, was better at short stories than novels. Still love my beautiful collection by Fitzgerald titled I’d Die for You #booksky

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Bandstand in sepia, Horsforth Park under snow, #Leeds January 2013 #photography

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David Cooke, a key member of the team delivering the Good Friday agreement, is a Visiting Professor in the School of Social & Political Sciences. Delighted David spoke to our colleagues & students on the 30th anniversary.

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‘Successive governments have sought simultaneously to attract and penalise international students, promoting British degrees while limiting the right to bring family, the right to work and access to the NHS.’ Gazelle Mba on the history of West Africans in Britain: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Even though I’m on this side of the pond, I have huge admiration for @jessicatarlov.bsky.social. Anyone who can go on Fox & argue against 4 committed & often condescending #Trump supporters day after day deserves a medal 👏

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Also interesting to see that old label “paper tiger” bring used. This is what I tell my students - these discourses & symbols return in line with political circumstances. Next up - Lei Feng?

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A fascinating discussion about the #Trump administration’s attack on free speech at American universities. The always brilliant American Diplomat podcast out of #Arizona State University. @mcslaven.bsky.social may be interested in this one

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Visiting the gallery of CCTV, #China Central Television, #Beijing #photography

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My colleagues in @uolhumanities.bsky.social are spoiling us! Another date for the diary

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Another sunset. This time #Aberystwyth in #Wales #photography

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Many thanks to @uolhumanities.bsky.social colleague, Dr Jonathan Fitzgibbons, for his excellent talk this evening about #Lincoln in the English Civil Wars. Looking forward to reading Jon's book, Cromwell's Head!

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Interesting to see the Great Helmsman himself popping up in #China’s trade war withe the US.

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If you have what may be considered a gang tattoo or written a pro-Palestinian piece in a student newspaper, you are lifted off the street & sent to jail in El Salvador. If you are a billionaire & engaged in inside trading/market manipulation, you are patted on the back and told 'well done'.

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