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A Rare US Approach to Soft Diplomacy

A Rare US Approach to Soft Diplomacy

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Nov 16, 2012
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Easily overlooked amid the flurry of reforms in Myanmar, a diplomatic retooling is taking place at the US Embassy in Yangon. Cubicles that were once empty have found new occupants, relationships that had turned cold during two decades of political isolation are thawing and public diplomacy is flourishing.

Spearheading this silent shift is Ambassador Dere…

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