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Gifts, Sovereignty and Power: The British and French Trading Companies in Mughal India, 1735-65 by Ivermee, Robert

“…This article focuses on the gifts awarded by Indian powers to the British and French trading companies and their representatives in Mughal India in exchange…”
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Afterword: On Diplomatic Gifts and their Meanings by Meersbergen, Guido van

“…This afterword addresses some of the key insights emerging from the articles in this issue as ways of reshaping our understanding of diplomatic gifts in a…”
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The Queen and the Sultana: Early Modern Female Circuits of Diplomacy and the Consumption of Gendered Luxury Items Between East and West by Alazraki, Mathilde

“…Between 1593 and 1599, Queen Elizabeth I of England corresponded with the Ottoman Sultana Safiye (c. 1550-1606), favorite concubine of Sultan Murad III and…”
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Lost in Translation? The Terminology and Practice of Islamic Gifts in Early Modern Travel Accounts in English by Niayesh, Ladan

“…Symbolic performance and rhetoric of service are part and parcel of the meaning and function of gifts in any given culture. Exploring the specificity of Muslim…”
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When citizens’ grievances entered the policy agenda, 1963-1969 by Etchart, Joana

“…This article analyses how citizens’ grievances entered the policy agenda in the years mounting to 1969 in Northern Ireland. At that critical juncture, a…”
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“A Vast Publicity Exercise”: The 1952 Colombo Plan Exhibition and the Uses of Propaganda at the End of Empire by Rappaport, Erika

“…This article traces the ideologies and practices of British propaganda surrounding the first years of the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in…”
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British soft power in Asia: a (post-)imperial project? by Simony, Lauriane, Torrent, Mélanie

“…In March 2021, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy of the United Kingdom government stated that one of its core foreign…”
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The Empire Has No Clothes? The UK, the Indo-Pacific ‘Tilt’, and Bargaining Towards a Southeast Asian Role by Edwards, Scott, Yates, Robert

“…This paper provides a critical analysis of the UK’s stated goals for the Indo-Pacific “tilt” (Integrated Review 2021, Integrated Review Refresh 2023), its…”
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The “Re:Imagine India” Project: Ambitions and Limits of British Cultural Diplomacy in India by Harris, Emily

“…This article analyses one of the United Kingdom’s most recent cultural diplomacy programmes, the 2015 “Re:Imagine India” project. It firstly explains the…”
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Botany, Informal Empire and the Colonial Roots of British Gardens by O’Morchoe, Frances

“…This article investigates the practices of colonial science through a study of one plant collector working for the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, an…”
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Interview with Vijay Krishnarayan: Reflections on British and Commonwealth soft power in Asia by Krishnarayan, Vijay, Torrent, Mélanie, Simony, Lauriane

“…Vijay Krishnarayan was born in London and studied town and country planning at Oxford Polytechnic, where he became involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and…”
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De l’est de Suez à l’indo-pacifique : les attributs du hard power britannique by Fourches, Marc

“…Since the publication of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign policy in 2021, the Indo-Pacific region has been framed as a key…”
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Brian Cuddy and Frederik Logevall (eds.), The Vietnam War in the Pacific World: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022 by Maguire, Lori

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The “Re:Imagine India”1 Project: Ambitions and Limits of British Cultural Diplomacy in India by Harris, Emily

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Kristin Stapleton, The Modern City in Asia: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022 by Di Costanzo, Thierry

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Chris Patten, The Hong Kong Diaries: London: Penguin, 2022 by Yu, Andrew

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Interview with Vijay Krishnarayan: Reflections on British and Commonwealth soft power in Asia: Interview conducted by Mélanie Torrent and Lauriane Simony by Krishnarayan, Vijay, Torrent, Mélanie, Simony, Lauriane

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“A Vast Publicity Exercise”:1 The 1952 Colombo Plan Exhibition and the Uses of Propaganda at the End of Empire by Rappaport, Erika

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British soft power in Asia: a (post-)imperial project?: Introduction by Simony, Lauriane, Torrent, Mélanie

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[T]o write and Lyme in Gold and Colours certain Letters » : correspondance diplomatique enluminée dans l’Angleterre de la première modernité by Dulac, Anne-Valérie

“…Le présent article démontre comment les lettres échangées entre la cour britannique et les « princes d’Orient » au cours de la première modernité (le terme…”
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