This episode highlights Seksan Anantasirikiat and his approach to balancing the policy versus cultural components of foreign policy engagement in Thailand and ASEAN. Based in Bangkok, he is a researcher in the Thai government's International Studies Center and Director of Public Relations for the Korean Association of Thai Studies. 

This episode highlights Col. Gregory Tomlin, Ph.D. and his approach to soft power within a traditionally hard power institution, the U.S. Department of Defense. He is a Colonel in the U.S. Army based primarily out of Washington, D.C.

This episode highlights Dr. Giannina Warren and her approach to place branding through the legitimizing role of cultural intermediaries. She is a Senior Lecturer in Place Branding and Promotional Culture and Programme Leader of the Master of Arts in Place Branding at Middlesex University London in the United Kingdom. 

This episode highlights Isabelle Karlsson and her approach to public diplomacy through the discourse of foreign policy. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Strategic Communication at Lund University in Sweden.