The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) is one of many examples of former colonial powers continuing to exert influence over their former colonies. However, for the OIF to remain relevant in 2024, it must become less France-centric.

Patrick Radden Keefe hosts a podcast series that aims to connect the CIA with a heavy metal band, where the agency purportedly wrote the lyrics to one of their most popular songs in a soft power effort to topple the Soviet Union.

In 2020, President Joe Biden promised to reengage the US in diplomacy. However, to carry out his promise, he must rejoin UNESCO and recommit the US to building peace through cooperation in science, culture, and education.

The long winding path that Serbia has found itself has now come to a fork in the road: one way leads East, the other West. As the war in Ukraine carries on, it faces pressure to decide – side with its Slavic brother or embrace a Western way forward.

Germany is reevaluating its museum collections, specifically ones with colonial connections, and must answer the question: Who actually owns this artifact, and by what right does Germany get to keep it if its original transaction wasn’t fair?

As languages are dying due to threats such as globalization, policymakers must work to create successful language revitalization efforts.

By John Pipkins