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People, Places, and Power is a podcast hosted by Nick Cull and Simon Anholt about international relations, foreign policy, and a few other issues along the way.
In this season finale Simon and Nick discuss the recently published findings of the 2022 version of the Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index. Th...
In this episode Nick and Simon discuss the shifting image of Africa, taking a lead from the latest version of the Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands...
This episode looks at the smaller units of international image—regions and cities—and how they fare in comparison to national images. Issues...
This episode considers the reputation of the Gulf and its most prominent actors including not only the nation states like Saudi Arabia, Qata...
This episode considers the utility of place branding and soft power strategies for countries least developed in these areas. The conversatio...
This episode considers the image of Great Britain as the country mourns the loss of Queen Elizabeth II and simultaneously adapts to a new Pr...
This episode probes the connection between personal identity and national image, considering Simon's past contention that national image is...
This episode considers one of the problems of international relations today: the absence of the kind of compelling visions of the future tha...
This episode considers the implications of the rise of state-sponsored fake news and disinformation for international images. Simon takes th...
Today's episode considers Italy, hailed by The Economist in December 2021 for its improvement but in the news in the summer of 2022 for poli...
This episode looks at the role of environmental policy as a component of international image and the question of whether countries are follo...
In this episode Simon and Nick discuss the reputation of Mexico and the reasons for its relatively poor showing in the Nation Brands Index....
This episode considers the power implicit in the popularity or otherwise of particular languages on the world stage, beginning with the ques...
In this episode Nick and Simon respond to a listener's question about the impact of a potential collapse of the Northern Ireland peace agree...
This episode revisits a key concept in the study of international image: the ‘country-of-origin effect’ by which countries can enhance the v...
Inspired by media reports of the Turkish government attempting to assert the Turkish spelling of their name, this episode considers strategi...
This episode takes an overall view of COVID 19 and its impact on reputation. Simon points out that the damage to reputations was only slight...
In this episode Nick and Simon think about the reputation of transnational ideas and organizations, starting with religions. Nick recalls re...
This episode considers the results of the Nation Brands Index for 2021. Issues include the limited post-Trump recovery of the US image, the...
In the episode Simon introduces the fifth iteration of the Good Country Index ( index.goodcountry.org/ ) now published in partnership with D...
In this season 2 opener Simon and Nick consider the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for issues of international image. Simon...
In this final episode of the season Simon and Nick consider the implications of recent developments in Afghanistan for our understanding of...
This episode considers the image of Israel which, as Simon notes, was one of the worst when included in the Nation Brands Index. The heart o...
This episode focuses on the attitude of the mass media to the issue of national brands, international images and public diplomacy. Simon lam...
This episode probes arguably the most successful cluster of national reputations the Nordic region, performing at the top of both the nation...
This episode examines the crucial category of trust in communication and reputation with especial reference to the findings of the Edelman T...
This episode considers the best way to structure and coordinate the elements within a nation's bureaucracy responsible for public diplomacy....
This episode looks at one of the strongest soft power images: that of France, noting that it has displayed a downward adjustment at the top...
This episode develops issues raised in the discussion of migration to examine how reputation connects to the process of a nation attracting...
This episode considers how two core concepts of this field fit together: public diplomacy and place branding. Nick sees PD as the overall co...
This episode takes the case of Scotland as a point of entry into the issue of smaller countries or regions seeking independence. It probes t...
This episode examines the image of Japan: consistently admired in the Nation Brands Index (#4 in 2020) but apparently out of step with the b...
This episode considers the impact of digital and social media on the world of international reputation and soft power. Simon and Nick consid...
This episode probes the realities behind the excellent image of Canada and finds some worrying trends including a tendency for the image to...
This episode examines the implications of populism around the world for the international community at a time when problems require collabor...
This episode considers what a country can do when its image goes bad. Simon and Nick look at countries with excellent stories to tell but lo...
This episode examines India through the lens of its recent performance in the Nation Brands Index and Good Country Index. The discussion foc...
The episode probes the challenge of migration for the image and reality of nation states. Issues include treatment of migrants as a componen...
This episode considers whether a single well-known individual can significantly enhance the image of an entire nation state. Moving beyond p...
This episode probes one of the core elements of national image and reputation -- culture -- and asks how a nation state can best incorporate...
This episode examines the strongest brand of the present moment: Germany. Issues include things that Germany did well during its hosting of...
This episode considers the role of mega events like the Olympics, Expos, and men's FIFA World Cup in helping or hurting international reputa...
This episode probes cities as components of national brands and as brands themselves. Simon unpacks his idea of the brand. Issues include th...
This episode examines the role of monarchy in international reputation. Simon recalls the equity added to Britain by the Duchess of Cambridg...
This episode considers the image of the European Union asking where it would stand if it were examined as a single brand. Issues include the...
This episode probes the role of leadership in national reputation and asks what Good Leadership looks like in the era of COVID. Cases includ...
This episode examines the predicament of Britain following its departure from the European Union. Issues include the absence of a BREXIT dip...
This episode considers the challenge facing Joe Biden as he looks to rebuild the damaged international reputation of the United States follo...