Pop Culture Diplomacy

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    miley cyrus

    Miley Cyrus: The Last American Export Still Clearing Customs By the time you read this, Miley Cyrus has already twerked, tongue-lolled, and power-balladed her way through another cultural checkpoint. Somewhere between Berlin’s Berghain and Bangkok’s rooftop infinity pools, the former Disney Channel tax write-off has become the global West’s most reliable soft-power delivery system—one glitter…

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    tony and ziva

    Tony and Ziva: A Love Story the World Can’t Quit Watching (Even When It’s Trying to Look Away) By the time the latest trailer for the Paramount+ spin-off “NCIS: Tony & Ziva” dropped, the clip had already been subtitled into 27 languages, dissected by Brazilian TikTokers, and turned into a meme template by Indonesian graphic…

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    marvel angela

    Marvel’s Angela: How a Forgotten Spawn Sidekick Quietly Conquered the Global Imagination By A. S. de Winter, International Cultural Correspondent Somewhere between a NATO summit and the latest crypto scandal, the planet’s collective id decided that what it really needed was a six-foot-tall, platinum-haired Valkyrie-lawyer who can audit your taxes and then split you in…