Saberi was working as a freelance journalist in Iran when she was arrested in 2009. She was released 100 days later and is now writing and speaking out about prisoners of conscience in Iran. Her book, Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran, will be available for purchase and signing.
This conversation will be moderated by Geneva Overholser, director of the School of Journalism.
Lunch will be served.
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Ambassador Hesham ElNakib CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Friday, April 9, 2010
12:30 PM Venue: USC; ASC 207 Geoff Cowan Forum
Ambassador Hesham ElNakib graduated from The American University in Cairo with a bachelor’s in political science and a minor in economics, a Master of Arts in international relations from the International Institute of Public Administration in Paris, France, and a Doctor of Philosophy in history, specializing in the history of international relations and foreign policy, from the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow.
ElNakib embarked on his diplomatic career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs right after graduation. After spending two years as a diplomatic attaché at the Egyptian Diplomatic Institute, he engaged in his first assignment as third secretary at the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1988, he took his first international assignment at the Embassy of Egypt in Vienna, Austria to return a year later as second secretary in the Office of the Political Director of the Egyptian President’s Bureau. ElNakib was assigned as second secretary from 1992-1997, and later promoted to first secretary of the Egyptian Embassy in Washington D.C.
During the last 10 years, ElNakib has assumed various positions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including director and counselor, North American Department (1997-2000); director of the cabinet of the First Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs (2000-2001); spokesperson and head of press and public diplomacy 2007-2008, and currently as the Consul General at the Egyptian Consulate in San Francisco from 2008 to the present.
Intermittently, he was assigned his third international post (2001-2007) as director, press counselor and spokesperson of press and information office of the Embassy of Egypt in Washington DC, and minister plenipotentiary with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Information.
ElNakib wrote a number of commentaries and letters to the editor of various international journals and magazines, including New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal; he also wrote a number or articles in El Sayasa El Dawleya in Al Ahram newspaper. He is a member of the Academy of Political Science in New York and the National Press Club in Washington DC.
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Robert Banks, U.S. State Department Public-Diplomat-in-Residence CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Thursday, April 1, 2010
12:00 PM Venue: USC, SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to host Dr. Robert Banks, the U.S. State Department Public Diplomat in Residence. Dr. Banks joined the Foreign Service with USIA in 1983. During his 26 year career as a Public Diplomacy practitioner, he has served as Assistant Executive Officer in Bonn, West Germany, Deputy Public Affairs Officer (PAO) in Nicosia, Cyprus, Assistant Press Attaché in Seoul, Korea, East Asia Policy Officer in USIA's Worldnet TV service, Press Attaché in Managua, Nicaragua, Cultural Affairs Officer in Seoul, Examiner for the Foreign Service oral entrance exam in the Bureau of Human Resources, Planning and Coordination Officer in the Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, PAO in Buenos Aires, Argentina and most recently State Department Chair on the faculty of the Marine Corps War College in Quantico, Va., where he taught regional studies.
Banks joined the Foreign Service following the completion of his doctorate in Interdisciplinary (American) Studies at Oklahoma State University. Originally from Boston, he received his BA and MA, in English and American Studies respectively, from Boston College.
During his time as CPD's 2009-11 Public Diplomat in Residence, Banks will conduct research on the evaluation of public diplomacy. Please read more about Dr. Banks' research project.
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Authors @ Annenberg Roundtable Discussion and Book Signing
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
TODAY - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Venue: USC; ASC 207, Geoff Cowan Forum
CPD Director Philip Seib will moderate the roundtable discussion, "Why We Write, What We Write". This discussion will give readers insight into the concepts and motives behind the authors' work.
3:00pm-4:00pm: Discussion (ASC 207, Geoff Cowan Forum) 4:00pm-4:30pm: Reception and Book Signing (Annenberg East Lobby)
All attendees will receive a raffle ticket for featured books and USC bookstore gift certificates.
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Werner Wnendt: Culture and Educational Cooperation as Important Instruments in Foreign Policy CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Friday, March 5, 2010
12:30 PM Venue: USC; SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Mr. Werner Wnendt, the Deputy Director-General for Culture and Communication from the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin. This talk will be moderated by CPD University Fellow, Nicholas J. Cull. Mr. Wendt discussed how cultural and educational programs can create a broad basis for stable international relations. In addition, these programs can build trust around the world and contribute to intercultural dialogue as well as crisis prevention.
Prior to his present position he was the head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo (April 2005-2007) and he also worked in Bosnia and Hercegovina as the Senior Deputy High Representative of the International Community from August 2003 to March 2005.
Between August 2000 and August 2003, Mr. Wnendt was the advisor on foreign policy to the German Federal President. Since 1995, he was the Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy in the Czech Republic and worked as the Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of State for European Integration in the German Federal Government.
Mr. Wnendt joined the German Foreign service in 1980 and has held positions in missions to the European Union in Brussels, to US, Pakistan and Kenya.
Victoria Schofield Are We Right To Talk About AF-PAK?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
12:30PM Venue: Doheny Library, Room 240
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the Center on International Studies was pleased to host Victoria Schofield, author of Afghan Frontier, to discuss the Afghan-Pakistan relationship and other issues facing Central Asia.
A video from the talk is available for your viewing.
Victoria Schofield has been reporting as a writer and broadcaster on Pakistan and South Asia for 30 years. She is the author of Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia (2003 and 2009), Kashmir in Conflict (2000, 2003, 2009), Bhutto: Trial and Execution (1979 and 1990) and Old Roads, New Highways (1998). She has also written a biography of Field Marshal Earl Wavell and is currently writing the history of The Black Watch. Schofield has traveled widely in South Asia and is a frequent commentator on BBC World TV and BBC World Service and contributor to numerous journals and publications. She has an M.A. (Hons.) degree from the University of Oxford and was president of the Oxford Union (1977).
John Maxwell Hamilton - Journalism’s Roving Eye CPD-Journalism Directors' Forum
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
12:00PM Venue: USC; ASC 207 Geoff Cowan Forum
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and ASC School of Journalism were pleased to host a discussion with journalist John Maxwell Hamilton upon the publication of his new book, Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting. This conversation was moderated by Philip Seib, Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Geneva Overholser, Director of the School of Journalism.
About John Hamilton
John Maxwell Hamilton is the Hopkins P. Breazeale Louisiana State University Foundation Professor and Dean at LSU. He has been a prize-winning journalist and public servant for over two decades. Hamilton reported abroad for ABC Radio and the Christian Science Monitor,among other media, and was a longtime national commentator on public radio's MarketPlace. Hamilton has served in the U.S. Agency for International Development during the Carter Administration, on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and at the World Bank. He was the first to explore systematic ways to improve local coverage of foreign affairs and has played a leading role in shaping public opinion about U.S.-Third World relations, according to the National Journal. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and on the boards of the International Center for Journalists, the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, and Lamar Advertising Corp., a NASDQ 100 company. He has chaired the Knight International Press Fellowships Advisory Committee and has been a juror for the Pulitzer Prize and Scripps Howard Awards. In the fall of 2000 he was a fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. The Freedom Forum named him the 2003 Journalism Administrator of the Year.
Science Diplomacy & the Prevention of Conflict A CPD Conference
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host a conference in collaboration with USIP's Center of Innovation for Science Technology and Peacebuilding to further academic understanding of science diplomacy as a valuable element in the wider field of public diplomacy. Science diplomacy provides an opportunity for scientists around the world to work together on projects that address humanity's most pressing challenges, including sustainable development, preserving the environment, and fighting disease and hunger to prevent conflict around the world.
This conference and subsequent CPD publications explored the merits and challenges of science diplomacy, not solely as conducted by the United States, but by nations across the world. The conference created a forum for practitioners and experts, who discussed current and past projects in science diplomacy. It was our hope to achieve a better understanding of what science diplomacy can and cannot accomplish, thereby creating a greater understanding of how, when, and where it can most effectively be deployed.
For information about the opening dinner and keynote address that was held on Thursday, February 4, please click here.
Conference Agenda 9:00 am Welcome: Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
9:15 am Introduction:Sheldon Himelfarb, Associate Vice President, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, & Peacebuilding, United States Institute of Peace
9:45 - 11:15 am Panel 1: Scientific Cooperation Between Adversaries
Chair: K.C. Cole, Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Discussion Topics and Panelists:
SESAME Particle Accelerator in Jordan: Herman Winick, Assistant Director and Professor (Research), Emeritus, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Division of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
United States and North Korea Exchanges: Stuart Thorson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Chinese-Indian Science and Technology Cooperation: Varaprasad Sekhar Dolla, Associate Professor in Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
11:30 - 1:00 pm Panel 2: Science, Development, and Security
Chair: Yannis Yortsos, Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Discussion Topics and Panelists:
Desalination: Jill Shaunfield, S&T Policy Advisor, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System: Jörn Lauterjung, Head Scientific Infastructure, Head Tsunami Early Warning System GITEWS
Medical Outreach: Eric Savitsky, Director, UCLA Center for International Medicine
1:00 - 2:30 pm Luncheon and Conversation: Cold War Cooperation
• Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, Caltech
• Nicholas Cull, Director, Master of Public Diplomacy program, USC
2:30 - 4:00 pm Panel 3: Lessons for the Future
Chair: Joel Whitaker, Senior Adviser, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, & Peacebuilding, United States Institute of Peace
Discussion Topics and Panelists:
Building a Science Diplomacy Constituency: Matthew Rojansky, Executive Director, Partnership for a Secure America
Encouraging Science Diplomacy and Engagement: Cathleen Campbell, President and CEO, U.S. Civilian research & Development Foundation
4:00 - 4:15 pm Concluding Remarks: Philip Seib, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
For more information about the Center's research project on Science Diplomacy, please visit our Science Diplomacy Monitor.
Science Diplomacy & the Prevention of Conflict Conference Opening Dinner and Keynote Address: Vaughan Turekian
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host a conference in collaboration with USIP's Center of Innovation for Science Technology and Peacebuilding to further academic understanding of science diplomacy as a valuable element in the wider field of public diplomacy. Science diplomacy provides an opportunity for scientists around the world to work together on projects that address humanity's most pressing challenges, including sustainable development, preserving the environment, and fighting disease and hunger to prevent conflict around the world.
For more information about the complete conference agenda for Friday, February 5, please click here.
Opening Dinner and Keynote Address
Vaughan Turekian
Director of the Center for Science Diplomacy
American Association for the Advancement of Science
This conference and subsequent CPD publications will explore the merits and challenges of science diplomacy, not solely as conducted by the United States, but by nations across the world. By creating a forum for practitioners and experts, who discussed current and past projects in science diplomacy, we hope to achieve a better understanding of what science diplomacy can and cannot accomplish, thereby creating a greater understanding of how, when, and where it can most effectively be deployed.
For more information about the Center's research project on Science Diplomacy, please visit our Science Diplomacy Monitor.
Benjamin Goldsmith & Yusaku Horiuchi: Global Public Opinion, US Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
January 28th, 2010
12:00 PM Venue: USC; SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Yusaku Horiuchi, Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at Australian National University, to discuss their research on U.S. foreign policy and international public opinion. Attendees of this discussion included graduate students in the USC Master of Public Diplomacy program.
In their discussion, Professors Goldsmith and Horiuchi, both also research associates with the United States Study Centre in Sydney, explained how U.S. public diplomacy may impact world opinion on U.S. foreign policy. Specifically, they explored whether U.S. public diplomacy, in the form of international visits by senior-level leaders, impacts world opinion on U.S. foreign policy, and whether public opinion in other countries affects their respective foreign policies toward the United States.
The professors emphasized credibility as a constant and conditional factor when measuring the effectiveness of public diplomacy. Their research showed that both the general image of the United States and the credibility of its leaders are critical in the United States' ability to shape international attitudes of itself and its foreign policy. They claimed that “soft power” is certainly an influence on international relations, though it is conditional on both the credibility of the state communicating the message as well as on the salience of an issue.
Click here to read Professor Goldsmith and Horiuchi’s paper, “Spinning the Globe? U.S. Public Diplomacy and Foreign Public Opinion.”
About Benjamin Goldsmith Benjamin E. Goldsmith is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and a Research Associate with the United States Study Centre, Sydney. His research and teaching are in the areas of international relations, comparative foreign policy, and political psychology. He is the author of articles in leading academic journals including European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, and Security Studies, as well as the book Imitation in International Relations: Observational Learning, Analogies, and Foreign Policy in Russia and Ukraine. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (Michigan 2001), an M.A. in Russian Area Studies (Georgetown 1995), and has previously taught at universities in the United States and Singapore.
About Yusaku Horiuchi
Yusaku Horiuchi is an Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University and a Research Associate with the United States Study Centre, Sydney. He earned an M.A. in international and development economics from Yale University in 1995 and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001. His research and teaching interests include political economy, public opinion and research methods. He has published articles in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Political Science Review, among others.
Matt Armstrong & Cari Guittard - PD in 2010 CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Friday, January 22, 2010
12:30PM Venue: USC; ASC 207 Geoff Cowan Forum
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome MPD Adjunct Faculty Matt Armstrong and Cari Guittard to discuss the year ahead in public diplomacy.
Armstrong is teaching the course Technologies and Public Diplomacy, which explores the relationship between diplomacy and technological change.
Guittard's class will give students insight into the role of corporate diplomacy and will provide students with basic public diplomacy tools for global organizations and their foreign publics.
Salman Ahmad: Rock and Roll Refugee Relief CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
4:30pm-6:00pm Venue: USC; ASC 207
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome Salman Ahmad for a conversation on the public diplomacy power of rock and roll. A medical doctor by training, Ahmad formed Junoon, South Asia's biggest and longest-lasting rock band, in 1990. Ahmad discussed the success of Junoon, as well as his role as a UN Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS and his efforts for peace between Pakistan and India.
The talk began with Salman saying that he sees a Haiti every day with millions of refugees coming to Pakistan often with no food and shelter. Salman moved to the United States at the age of eleven and was very influenced by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon. He believes that playing music has got to say something and mean something. “The world is so much more connected today than ever before”, he mentioned. “Just use YouTube to look and see what happens.” That is how he used his music to make networks both culturally and politically.
Salman also shared some of his personal experience as a medical student in Pakistan. He described that day by day he became less selfish through the social work he and his wife, Samina provided to the community. However, after receiving a disturbing cell phone video in his e-mail of a girl in a burka being flogged by two men while many other men circled and watched, Salman decided to raise awareness for such issues. “If we could bring arts, culture, humanitarian leaders, and cross-cultural dialogue, we could raise awareness,” he described. Thus, last April musicians from around the world performed a “mini-Woodstock” at the United Nations General Assembly, which was also recorded for television.
Through music, Salman explained that he tried to bring awareness and discussion to otherwise taboo topics. He showed the audience music videos that made references to HIV/AIDS, the India-Pakistan nuclear arms race, and a documentary of his band’s journey, Junoon, for the United Nations.
He ended the afternoon by saying that everyone should follow their own path and be a global citizen. He also concluded by announcing his book launch Rock & Roll Jihad at Doheny Library at 7:00 PM.
About Salman Ahmad Salman Ahmad is a Pakistani guitarist and composer of the popular musical group Junoon. The band has become a phenomenon throughout South Asia and has been gaining popularity around the world. Junoon performed at BBC's Mega Mela, the MTV music awards in India, and at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Ahmad, and the band have been increasingly involved in humanitarian efforts, including playing at events such as the Building Human Rights Culture Gala, the Empower Peace program with students in Pakistan, and fundraising for Hurricane Katrina victims. Most recently, in coordination with the UN, Ahmad has joined relief operations for the October 2005 earthquake victims in northern Pakistan.
Ahmad has produced two documentary films with BBC. "The Rock Star and the Mullahs" tracks Ahmad's visit to the northern Pakistani, where he directly challenges the local Muslim clergy who have banned all forms of music. His most recent film, "Muslims in America: It's My Country Too", uncovers the authentic spirit of American Muslims and their experience wrestling with the personal and social consequences of the 9/11 attacks.
Public Diplomacy and the United States Information Agency CPD in Washington
Thursday, December 10, 2009
6:00 PM Venue: USC Washington DC Office
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host a reception and discussion to celebrate the publication of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945-1989 in association with the USC Masters Program in Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg Chair in Communication Leadership and Policy, and the Public Diplomacy Council. The event was held at the USC Washington DC Office:
USC Washington DC Office
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 540
Washington DC, 20004
(Navy Memorial metro station)
The discussion to included:
* Author Dr. Nicholas J. Cull, Professor and Director, USC Master of Public Diplomacy program
* Dr. Michael Schneider, USIA veteran and Professor of Practice, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
Virginia Haufler: Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict -Issues, Actors & Institutions CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Thursday, November 19, 2009
12:00 PM Venue: USC; SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Professor Virginia Haufler for a Conversation in Public Diplomacy. Virginia Haufler discussed the public diplomacy involved in governing corporations in zones of conflict, based on her chapter “Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict: Issues, Actors, and Institutions” in the forthcoming book, Who Governs the Globe?
During her discussion, Virginia Haufler poses the question, “Do corporation share a role in public diplomacy?” Her research has found that, in fact, they do. Traditionally, public diplomacy is known as a function of government communication to foreign publics to further their own foreign policy goals. But, Haufler points out, governments, private individual and organizations all, directly and indirectly, influence global opinion. Consequently, she states, building lasting relationships and collaboration among these parties is a central theme in recent PD thought. Several recent government reports in the past ten years recommend that governments work with the private sector on Public Diplomacy. International negotiations increasingly involve a mix of state and non-state actors; this use of multi-partner collaborations is becoming more common. For example, the Kimberley process certification scheme, an international process to ensure trade in diamonds does not fund violence, includes a collaboration of NGOs, companies, and governments. In fact, collaborations between state, civil society and firms are becoming more common than the old game of state-to-state relationships.
Corporations and Soft Power Resources:
Haufler points out that when people think of American culture they think of McDonald’s and other such corporations. This demonstrates that even globalization has not meant that corporations are truly global; corporate activities reflect upon their home countries and impact soft power resources. Therefore, American companies can undermine the government’s attempt to form a global image.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
CSR is defined as companies going beyond simple compliance to regulation. Haufler explains that a corporation’s CSR must directly relate to the work that business does-their practices. “It is not just a cigarette company’s philanthropy, not an extra thing they do, but rather part of their everyday practices,” she says. According to Haufler, there has been a huge growth in CSR development in recent years.
Security and Human Rights:
Corporations in zones of conflict try to protect their employees and their activities in volatile countries. Unfortunately, in doing so, they could contribute to human rights abuses and further conflict. Haufler sites cases in which corporations have been accused of complicity in such conflict situations and explains the harm this causes to their home country’s foreign policy efforts.
Haufler concludes that the lessons of governing corporations in zones of conflict, is that reputation has value, transnational activism has influence, and the spotlight of media attention cannot be escaped. This is true, says Haufler, for both governments and corporations.
About Virginia Haufler
Haufler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park. She specializes in international political economy, particularly the role of the private sector in world politics. Her current research examines why the foreign policy community now seeks to incorporate multinational corporations into conflict prevention initiatives in the developing world.
Daniel Volman: AFRICOM, the Obama Administration and U.S. Military Activities in Africa CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Thursday, October 22, 2009
12:00 PM Venue: USC; SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC Center for International Studies were pleased to host Daniel Volman for a roundtable on AFRICOM, the Obama Administration and U.S. Military activities in Africa. Daniel Volman is director of the African Security Research Project in Washington, DC.
About Daniel Volman
Daniel Volman is the Director of the African Security Research Project in Washington, DC, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars. He is a specialist on U.S. security policy toward Africa, U.S. military activities in Africa, and the growing military involvement of China, India, and Russia on the continent.
Fighting the H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico: Mauricio Hernandez Avila - Mexican Deputy Minister of Health USC Institute for Global Health Lecture Series: Visions for Change.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Venue: USC; University Park Campus; Davidson Conference Center
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is proud to co-sponsor this event as part of the USC Institute for Global Health Lecture Series: Visions for Change.
Global Health Lecture Series: Visions for Change
The Institute for Global Health welcomes world-renowned global health leaders to USC to share their experience and to discuss the major trans-disciplinary issues of global health with faculty and students. Speakers are selected in collaboration with, and co-hosted by, different schools throughout the university, reflecting USC’s multidisciplinary approach to global health. Each distinguished guest delivers a keynote lecture open to the entire Trojan Family at both UPC and HSC campuses.
Mauricio Hernandez Avila, MD, MPH ScD, Deputy Minister of Health for Mexico
Internationally recognized for his leadership in fighting and controlling the recent H1N1 outbreak in Mexico, Hernandez will discuss the influenza's spread in the context of a globalized world and the importance of saving lives through preparedness and prevention. Dr Hernandez is Deputy Minister of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for Mexico’s Ministry of Health. He earned his medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1980) and completed his residency in pathology at the Salvador Zubiran National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition (1982). Additionally, Dr. Hernandez studied applied statistics at the Applied Mathematics and Systems Research Institute (1984). He earned a Master’s degree (1984) and a Doctoral degree (1988) both of Science in Epidemiology, from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2005, he received the Alumni Merit Award from the Harvard School of Public Health among a long list of other distinctions and awards.
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Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Ambassador Claudia Fritsche Trust and Transparency in a Changing Global Financial Order: the Role of Liechtenstein
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Venue: USC, SOS B40
On October 20, 2009, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted Claudia Fritsche, Ambassador of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United States, for a private discussion on the trust and transparency in a changing global financial order and the role of Liechtenstein. The session was attended by graduate students and faculty of the Master of Public Diplomacy program. A summary of the discussion is included below.
To read the full transcript of her talk, follow this link.
SUMMARY
Ambassador Fritsche began her talk by saying that she did not blame anyone for not knowing too much about Liechtenstein. (It is the size of Washington DC, and has a population of about 36,000.) But, as she said, “size is relative.” The Ambassador explained her country’s contribution to the global financial economy. Liechtenstein is probably best known as an international financial center. Private banking, wealth management and related services are key to its economy. But she assured her audience that it is not Liechtenstein’s only industry. In fact, 40% of the country’s GDP is generated by manufacturing, while close to 30% by financial services. Ambassador Fritsche explained the importance of ensuring that the financial services offered by Liechtenstein are not being misused. Following September 11, the country has focused on doing its part to stop the financing of terrorism. She also highlighted its commitment to “transparency and exchange of information in tax matters as developed by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and its mission to advance its participation in international efforts to counteract non-compliance with foreign tax laws.”
Ambassador Fritsche also highlighted Liechtenstein’s cooperation with the US Government in fighting financial crimes, corruption, money-laundering and asset forfeiture. “Our Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has been engaged in disclosing the financial network of Abdul Qadeer Kahn, the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. We have successfully worked to return to the Iraqi government a Falcon 50 airplane that used to belong to Saddam Hussein.”
In discussion diplomacy and public diplomacy, Ambassador Fritsche explained her view that diplomatic relations does not merely consist of one country explaining its policies and interests to the other. She stated that it serves as an opportunity to deepen a country’s knowledge of the host country. “In order to have a fruitful relationship and an effective partnership, it is essential to understand what makes a nation ‘tick’. Part of our goal as an embassy in Washington is to better understand the dichotomy of the US - to better understand who you are as a people. We believe that this type of understanding plays a crucial role in conducting relations. Though we live in a time now where the Internet, not to speak of blackberries, text-messaging, blogging and twittering, all play a crucial role in communicating, nothing can outshine the importance of establishing and maintaining real people-to-people relationships. As our ability to access information grows, so does our ability to land on misinformation. Diplomacy allows nations to “cut through the static” – to mute all of this background noise, and develop and sustain channels of dialogue to foster a greater partnership.”
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ABOUT CLAUDIA FRITSCHE
Claudia Fritsche was the personal secretary of Prime Minister Dr. Alfred Hilbe from 1970 to 1974. Fritsche became a Diplomatic Officer in the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein in 1978. She became the Second Deputy of the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in February 1983, First Secretary and intermittent Chargé d’Affairs a.i. of the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Berne in 1987, and First Secretary a.i. of the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1988. In September 1990, H.S.H. Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein appointed Claudia Fritsche as Ambassador to the United Nations in New York. She held this post until September 2002. In December 2000, she was additionally accredited as Liechtenstein Ambassador in Washington.
Women’s Rights: Beyond Rhetoric Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Venue: Salvatori Computer Science Center 101
Islam grants women expansive rights and responsibilities. However, many Muslims are influenced by old cultures and tribal traditions that hinder the full participation of women in society. In some cultures, women are virtually locked at home- denied education, right of movement, and full participation in community affairs.
This free conference will attempt to address the sociocultural influences and frequent misreading of scripture that have tainted the rights of women in Islam, which illuminating the integral role Muslim women are expected to play in society.
A panel of distinguished scholars will discuss this paradox and explore how to establish a culture of equality and mutual respect among men and women. Featuring;
Professor Asifa Quraishi,, University of Wisconsin Law School Edina Lekovic,, Muslim Public Affairs Council Dr. Maher Hathout,Islamic Center of Southern California Dr. Fathi Osman,Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Foundation Dr. Laila Al-Marayati,San Diego State University Professor Ghada Osman,Islamic Center of Southern California Dr. Gasser Hathout,Muslim Women’s League
Parking is available on the USC Campus for $8. Please enter campus through USC Gate 6 at Vermont and 36th and purchase parking for Parking Structure A.
To register click here. Daryl Copeland: Guerrilla Diplomacy CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
12:00 PM Venue: USC; SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host CPD 2009 Research Fellow, Daryl Copeland, for a book talk on his recent publication, Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Diplomacy. Guerrilla Diplomacy offers both a call to action and an alternative approach to understanding contemporary international relations.
In his talk, Copeland discussed his feeling that there is something vitally wrong with the way diplomacy is being conducted in the contemporary world. He asserted that diplomacy has been mistakenly sidelined, mainly by defense. The field, as a whole, has adapted poorly to the challenges of globalization. It was organized to fight the last war- the Cold War- and has failed to adapt an alternative understanding of security for the information age.
Copeland opened his presentation with the story of Shahrazad, a legendary Persian queen who tells one thousand and one stories to save herself from execution. Copeland drew the following lessons for diplomacy from the ancient Persian tale: 1) use your head, 2) stop fighting, and keep talking until they send the executioner home.
Copeland then outlined three myths in contemporary International Relations:
• The Cold War is over- Copeland states that international relations has morphed into something similar which is a long war and that the fundamental constructs that characterizes the Cold War have been needlessly carried over, such as the tendency of a black and white world view. The characterization of the threat to world order, focusing on an “us vs. them” mentality. He stated that the natural response to this threat is still militarized international policy, and that tends to marginalize diplomacy or at least it reduces the scope for maneuver.
• Security is a marshal art- Copeland disagrees; he thinks that security in the globalization age is a function of long term, human centered, equitable development, which underlies a lot of the insecurity in the world today.
• Diplomacy is about weakness and appeasement- Copeland pushes for the need for this bad reputation of diplomacy to change.
Addressing the implications of these myths is Guerrilla Diplomacy’s main focus: “If development is the new security in the age of globalization then diplomacy must replace defense as the center of international diplomacy.” But this, Copeland added, depends upon the reconstruction of diplomacy so that it is up for the challenge. Copeland described three attributes of “guerrilla diplomats”: acuity, agility and autonomy.
o Acuity- understands the difference between intelligence (what is going on out there) and policy (what you think should be going on out there.)
o Agility- able to penetrate his environment, can connect with the community, understands the language, and is comfortable being out there in the barrio.
o Autonomy – has the ability and confidence to make decisions and act on them.
Though he said there aren’t enough good examples of guerrilla diplomats, Copeland listed UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello, and Canadian diplomats Ken Taylor and Mark Dougan as such.
Copeland concluded that diplomats can do things better, but at the end of they day, there is a real correlation between results and resources. Diplomacy as a function is significantly under-resourced and as much as we try to rethink the way diplomats do things, it is going to take resources as well.
About Guerrilla Diplomacy
Daryl Copeland charts the course for a new kind of diplomacy, one in tune with the demands of today’s interconnected, technology driven world. Eschewing platitudes and broadly rethinking issues of security and development, Copeland provides the tools needed to frame and manage issues ranging from climate change to pandemic disease to asymmetrical conflict and weapons of mass destruction. The essential keystone of his approach is the modern diplomat, able to nimbly engage with a plethora of new international actors and happier mixing with the population than mingling with colleagues inside embassy walls.
About Daryl Copeland
Daryl Copeland is a 2009 research fellow at the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy and senior fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies. In 1981-2009 he served as a Canadian diplomat, with postings in Thailand, Ethiopia, New Zealand, and Malaysia, and in 1996-1999 was national program director with the Canadian Institute of International Affairs.
Teresa La Porte: The Public Diplomacy of the EU CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
Thursday, September 24, 2009
12:00 PM Venue: USC; SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was proud to host CPD Visiting Scholar, Teresa La Porte, for a Conversation in Public Diplomacy. Teresa La Porte led a roundtable on the public diplomacy of the European Union, exploring how the EU communicates to member States.
During her talk, Professor La Porte discussed the organizational structure of the EU and its effect on the way public diplomacy is conducted by the union. As she explained, security matters are still determined by sovereign states, while trade and environmental policies are decided collectively. Consequently, public diplomacy within Europe is influenced greatly by trade and environmental issues. She noted that the tools of dialogue and public diplomacy are the European Union's primary means of international diplomacy, in contrast to the 'hard power' options held in reserve by sovereign states.
The major goal of EU public diplomacy, stated La Porte, is to promote European interests abroad and promote the EU model of integration. She explained the various ways in which the EU conducts public diplomacy:
as a normative power, using its influence to shape conceptions of international norms
as an alternative economic model
encouraging bottom-up civil society engagement (for example, through non-governmental organizations)
The EU, she continued, does not have a public diplomacy department but conducts its external relationship policies through the European Commission, engaging states and foreign publics through information, mutually beneficial projects and other aid. While the EU has many challenges, not the least of which is internal focus and unity, La Porte believes it makes a valuable international contribution and has yet undemonstrated potential. In addition, its efforts at public diplomacy demonstrate, in her view, that the nation-state is ceding power to the local and supranational level of relations.
About Teresa La Porte
Teresa La Porte is Professor of International Communication of the Universidad de Navarra (Spain) and Visiting Professor of Intercultural Communication of the Communication Politique et Publique of the Universite Paris XII-Val de Marne (France). She is currently Visiting Professor at the USC School of International Relations and will be teaching a seminar on European Union Public Diplomacy in the Master of Public Diplomacy program. Prof. La Porte has also been distinguished with a Fulbright grant. Most of her research is related to the analysis of international political news in the media and strategies of public diplomacy. Currently her work is focused on the public diplomacy of non-state actors. She has participated as academic specialist in the project “A New Public Diplomacy for Spain” held by the Spanish think tank Real Instituto Elcano.
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God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape A lecture by Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College and Harvard University
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Venue: USC; Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, Room 340
Religion and immigration inspire passionate debate, but are immigrants and their beliefs causing the social fabric to unravel? In this lecture, Peggy Levitt will argue that immigrants are, in fact, the translators, bridge-builders, and religious diplomats that the United States so desperately needs.
Most people think immigrants cut off their ties to their countries of origin as they become American or at least that they should. But more and more, people continue to invest, vote, and raise children in their homelands at the same time that they put down roots in the United States. Whats more, they often use religion to do so. Many Americans fear these changes, claiming that the traditions and beliefs newcomers import will unravel the countrys social fabric. But talking with immigrants from Pakistan, India, Brazil, and Ireland suggests the opposite. They know how to live lives that cross cultures are miles ahead of the rest of us.
Peggy Levitt is a professor of sociology at Wellesley College and a research fellow at The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University where she co-directs The Transnational Studies Initiative. She is the author of several books, including God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape (2007).
The event is co-sponsored by the following organizations:
* Knight Chair in Media and Religion
* Office of Religious Life
* USC School of Social Work
* Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School
A reception follows the lecture. The 21st Century Family of Man: Photography as Public Diplomacy Opening Reception
September 17, 2009
5:30 p.m. Venue: USC Annenberg. 2nd Floor West Lobby
USC Annenberg celebrated the opening of the exhibit “The 21st Century Family of Man: Photography as Public Diplomacy,” featuring images by photographer and current public diplomacy student Paul Rockower.
This selection of photographs pays homage to “The Family of Man” exhibition that opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. The exhibition’s world tour proved a tremendous public diplomacy success for America. On display in Rockower’s exhibit is a 21st century interpretation of this successful instance of public diplomacy, echoing the richly textured chronicle of the human condition across the globe.
The program included remarks by communication school director Larry Gross, Center on Public Diplomacy director Philip Seib, and M.P.D. director Nicholas Cull.
The exhibit will be available to the public in the USC Annenberg Gallery, second floor until May 17th, 2010. IF you are unable to attend the exhibit in person, or you were but enjoyed it so much you'd like to see more, please visit the 21st Century Family of Man website by clicking here. CPD IN WASHINGTON A New Public Diplomacy
September 14, 2009
6:30 PM Venue: Newseum, Washington DC
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was proud to host an evening at the Newseum to consider "A New Public Diplomacy." The evening began with a panel discussion to celebrate a new book, Toward a New Public Diplomacy: Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy, and a new book series, The Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy.
Introductory remarks by Dean Ernest J. Wilson III, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Panelists included:
Moderator: Philip Seib, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
• Nicholas Cull, Director, USC Master of Public Diplomacy program
• Thomas Farr, Visiting Professor, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
• Kathy Fitzpatrick, Professor of Public Relations, Quinnipiac University
• Abiodun Williams, Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace
If you missed the event, watch it here:
Photos from the event:
The panel discussion was followed by a reception. Copies of Toward a New Public Diplomacy: Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy are available for purchase.
About Toward a New Public Diplomacy
Proponents of American public diplomacy sometimes find it difficult to be taken seriously. Everyone says nice things about relying less on military force and more on soft power, but it has been hard to break away from the longtime conventional wisdom that America owes its place in the world primarily to its muscle. Today, however, policy makers are recognizing that merely being a “superpower”--whatever that means now--does not ensure security or prosperity in a globalized society. Toward a New Public Diplomacy explains public diplomacy and makes the case for why it will be the crucial element in the much-needed reinvention of American foreign policy.
Newseum
Knight Conference Center
6th Street Freedom Forum Entrance
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Iran: New Politics, New Media CPD-Journalism Directors' Forum
Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009
12:00 PM Venue: ASC 207
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and ASC School of Journalism were proud to host a forum discussing Iran: New Politics, New Media. This discussion was moderated by Philip Seib, Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and featured an illustrious group of panelists.
Panelists included:
• Roger Cohen, New York Times columnist
• Mike Shuster, National Public Radio correspondent
• Mahasti Afshar, independent scholar
About Roger Cohen Roger Cohen is a New York Times columnist who covered the Iranian public's response to their presidential election.
About Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster is a diplomatic correspondent for National Public Radio. He reported about the post-election events in Iran.
About Mahasti Afshar
Mahasti Afshar has monitored the use of social media in post-election Iran.
**IN THE NEWS**
**Roger Cohen quotes his fellow guest speaker Mahasti Afshar in his New York Times Op-Ed piece, New Tweets, Old Needs, which recaps the conversation from the forum:
"Two mullahs gaze out on a crowd of protesters in Tehran. The one says, 'Arrest the correspondents.' To which the despondent reply is: 'But they’re all correspondents!'"
**Mahasti Afshar discusses comments made at this event in this Huffington Post article, "Twitter Is Now All I Have."
2009 Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy July 19-31, 2009
9:30 am - 5:15 pm Venue: University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication
The year 2009 marks the fourth annual Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy. This innovative two-week training program run by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, is an opportunity for professionals to collaborate and immerse themselves in the increasingly critical study of public diplomacy. The purpose of the Summer Institute is to equip practitioners with tools to better understand the role of public diplomacy, analyze the impact of new communication technologies and employ innovative new mechanisms for improving the image and impact of their country or organization in the world.
This intensive two-week course is taught by some of the world’s most distinguished public diplomacy experts and covers the relevant fields from the traditional areas of international broadcasting and international exchanges through media diplomacy to the newest forms of public diplomacy such as e-image and cyber-public diplomacy. In addition to the foundational academic theories of public diplomacy, the 2009 Summer Institute will include courses on public diplomacy and human rights, trade, diasporas, cross-cultural communication, and crisis public diplomacy. Graduates will receive an invaluable two weeks of instruction and collaboration, and an official Certificate in Public Diplomacy from USC.
To apply for the Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy click here.
For more information on the program for the Summer Institute, please click here. CPD Workshop: Celebrity Diplomacy Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009
10:00 AM Venue: USC Davidson Conference Center (3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA)
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School and the Norman Lear Center were proud to host a workshop on Celebrity Diplomacy, which explored the intersecting themes of the UN celebrity programs, the "soft power" of Hollywood celebrities, and public diplomacy. The workshop commenced with a panel discussion on the effectiveness and value of celebrity diplomacy followed by a roundtable focusing on the role of the agents, advisers and administrators who work with and advise celebrities behind the scenes. The discussion addressed the limits and opportunities, as well as the impact on careers and the causes for which celebrities work dealing with important international political and humanitarian issues.
Workshop Program
10:00-10:10 Welcome: Geoffrey Wiseman, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
10:10-11:10 Panel Discussion: The Effectiveness and Value of Celebrity Diplomacy Moderator: Chris Smith, Clinical Assistant Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication Panelists:
• Andrew Cooper, CPD Fulbright Visitng Research Chair in Public Diplomacy and author of Celebrity Diplomacy
• Douglas Kellner, George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education Chair, UCLA and author of Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy
11:20-12:45 Roundtable: How Insiders View the Issues Facing Celebrity Diplomacy Moderator: Martin Kaplan, Director, Norman Lear Center Panelists:
• Donna Bojarsky, Director, Foreign Policy Roundtable
• Eric Falt, Director, Outreach Division, UN Department of Public Information
• Rene Jones, Director, UTA Foundation
• Rob Long, writer and producer
Here is a video of the Celebrity Diplomacy Workshop:
Photos of the event:
PD Magazine Launch Reception Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009
6:00 PM Venue: USC Washington, D.C. Center
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School was proud to host a reception celebrating the launch of PD Magazine, the first student-run magazine devoted exclusively to public diplomacy issues, in Washington, D.C. The reception was held at the USC Washington D.C. Center located at:
USC Washington, D.C. Center
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 540
Washington, D.C. 20004
(Metro: Archives - Navy Memorial (Green & Yellow Lines))
The inaugural issue, themed "New President. New Public Diplomacy?", features articles from Benjamin Barber, Nicholas Cull, Kristin Lord of the Brookings Institution and Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation. It also features interviews with Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy James Glassman, USAID Director of Public Diplomacy for Middle Eastern and Middle East Partnership Initiative Affairs Walid Maalouf, Andy Pryce of the British Embassy in Washington, DC and Ambassador Edward Djerejian.
PD is a publication of the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at the University of Southern California, with support from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC School of International Relations.
Its unique mission is to provide a common forum for the views of both scholars and practitioners from around the globe, in order to explore key concepts in the study and practice of public diplomacy. PD is published bi-annually, with an accompanying web magazine.
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CPD Distinguished Speaker Series: The Public Diplomacy of the Emerging Great Powers Shashi Tharoor - INDIA
March 10, 2009
5:00 PM Venue: Geoffrey Cowan Forum (ASC 207)
On March 10, 2009 The USC Center on Public Diplomacy proudly hosted Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Chairman of Dubai-based Afras Ventures and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, as part of the Center's Distinguished Speaker Series on the Public Diplomacy of the Emerging Great Powers. Based on his recent book The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone, Dr. Tharoor discussed India's rise to world leadership and how India represents itself to the world through public diplomacy. Copies of The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone were made available for purchase at a reception following the event and sold out quickly.
Dr. Shashi Tharoor was the official candidate of India for the succession to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2006, and came a close second out of seven contenders in the race. His career began in 1978, when he joined the staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, and included key responsibilities in peace-keeping after the Cold War and as a senior adviser to the Secretary-General, as well as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
About the CPD Distinguished Speaker Series
In 2008, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy launched the CPD Distinguished Speaker Series to bring leading experts in regional public diplomacy to USC to discuss the current state and future of public diplomacy.
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PD Magazine Launch Reception APDS/CPD Joint Event
The Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy were proud to host a reception celebrating the launch of PD Magazine, the world's first magazine focused on public diplomacy issues.
The inaugural issue, themed "New President. New Public Diplomacy?", features articles from Benjamin Barber, Nicholas Cull, Kristin Lord of the Brookings Institution and Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation. It also features interviews with Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy James Glassman, USAID Director of Public Diplomacy for Middle Eastern and Middle East Partnership Initiative Affairs Walid Maalouf, Andy Pryce of the British Embassy in Washington, DC and Ambassador Edward Djerejian.
About PD Magazine
PD is a publication of the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at the University of Southern California, with support from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC School of International Relations.
Its unique mission is to provide a common forum for the views of both scholars and practitioners from around the globe, in order to explore key concepts in the study and practice of public diplomacy. PD is published bi-annually, with an accompanying web magazine.
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Public Diplomacy Triumph or Public Relations Spectacle? CPD Spring Symposium
January 30, 2009
9:00AM Venue: USC Town and Gown
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, the USC Center for International Studies and the USC US-China Institute hosted the symposium on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: "Public Diplomacy Triumph or Public Relations Spectacle?" The symposium brought together scholars and practitioners to share research insights on China's public diplomacy strategies and the impact of these games on perceptions of China's soft power resources and global attitudes towards a rising China.
Click here to read CPD Fellow, Professor Monroe Price's Reflection on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a Media Event.
Click here to read an Annenberg News article on the conference.
Welcome: Geoffrey Wiseman, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Panel 1: China’s International Goals for the Olympics Chair: Pat James, Director, USC Center for International Studies
Panelists:
• Xu Xin, Acting Director, China & Asia-Pacific Studies, Cornell University
• Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor of History, UC Irvine
• Shen Dingli, Deputy Director and Professor, Center for American Studies, Fudan University
• Discussant: Daniel Lynch, Associate Professsor, USC School of International Relations
11:00-12:30 Panel 2: The Domestic Political Ramifications of the Beijing Olympic Games Chair and Discussant: Stanley Rosen, Professor of Political Science, USC
Panelists:
• Susan Brownell, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Jian Wang, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
12:45-2:00 Luncheon and Keynote Speeches
Introductory Remarks: Barry Sanders, Chairman, Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games
Speakers:
• Janet Evans, 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist, US Women’s Swim Team and USC Annenberg Alumna
• Larsen Jensen, Bronze Medalist, US Men’s Swim Team, Beijing Olympics; Silver Medalist, Athens Olympics
2:15-3:45 Panel 3: The Economic Significance of the Beijing Olympic Games Chair: Clay Dube, Associate Director, USC US-China Institute
Panelists:
• Jeffrey G. Owen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics and Management, Gustavus Adolphus College
• Kelly C. Crabb, International Counsel, Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee
• Discussant: Chen Baizhu, Associate Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School of Business
4:00-5:30 Panel 4: The Role of the Media in the Beijing Olympic Games Chair and Discussant: Dan Durbin, Associate Professor of Communication, USC
Panelists:
• Barbara Walkosz, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Colorado Denver
• Jian Wang, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Closing Remarks Monroe Price, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
5:45-7:00 Reception University Club
University of Southern California
Susan Brownell heads the Department of Anthropology and Languages at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her first book, Training the Body for China, was based on her experiences as a member of the Beijing University track and field team in 1985-86, when she won a gold medal in the 1986 Chinese National College Games. Her most recent book, Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China, provides the historical and cultural context for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was the translator of the biography of China's senior sports diplomat and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), He Zhenliang and China's Olympic Dream. In 2007-08 she was a Fulbright Scholar at the Beijing Sport University. She collaborated with the Beijing City government on Olympic education programs in primary and middle schools, and was recently named a "capital city advanced Olympic individual" for her contributions. In the lead-up to the Games she was interviewed by nearly 100 journalists from more than 20 countries.
Baizhu Chen was educated at Fudan University and the University of Rochester. He is an economist and teaches finance and business in the USC Marshall School of Business. He heads the USC/Shanghai Jiaotong Global Executive MBA program in Shanghai and is a member of the USC U.S.-China Institute executive committee. Chen has published many articles on the political economy of growth, private investment, foreign currency markets, China’s financial markets, and monetary policy. His current research projects include these topics and Chinese savings patterns.
Kelly Crabb's is a partner at Morrison & Foerster, the international counsel for the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee. He previously served as counsel for the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. He has extensive experience in Asia, Oceania, Europe, and Latin America. He is especially well-versed in handling broadcasting and other media rights. His responsibilities included overseeing contracts for licensed goods and working to curtail intellectual piracy. In addition to Olympics projects, Crabb has extensive experience in content rights acquisition and licensing; motion picture, television, Internet and other content production, financing, distribution and exhibition; music business contracts; commercial endorsements and advertising; live entertainment, sporting events and legitimate stage productions; and corporate mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions. His book, The Movie Business, was published by Simon & Schuster.
Shen Dingli earned his doctorate in physics and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. He is a professor of international relations at Shanghai’s Fudan University. He directs the university’s Center for American Studies and is and executive dean of the university’s Institute of International Studies. He is the co-founder and director of China's first non-government-based Program on Arms Control and Regional Security, at Fudan University. Prof. Shen teaches courses on nonproliferation and international security, and China’s foreign policy and carries out research on China-US security matters and nuclear ties, regional security and nonproliferation issues, and Chinese and American foreign and defense policies. He is a member of the USCI board of scholars and publishes widely.
Clayton Dube teaches history and is the associate director of the USC U.S.-China Institute. He chaired the panel on the economic impact of the Beijing Games.
Dan Durbin
Dan Durbin teaches in the USC Annenberg School of Communication and is a specialist on sports and the media. He chaired the panel on the role played by the press in the run up to and during the Olympics.
Janet Evans
Four-time Olympic gold medalist, Janet Evans is recognized as the best female distance swimmer in United States history. In addition to her gold medals, she held six American records, three world records, 45 national titles, 17 international titles, and five NCAA titles. Evans’s records have been difficult to beat, one of her world records still stands. She won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and also represented the United States at the Atlanta Games in 1996, serving as one of the final torch carriers. Evans is also a member of the Trojan family, having studied here. Each July, USC hosts the Janet Evans Invitational, a major swim meet.
Patrick James is professor of international relations and directs the USC Center for International Studies. He chaired the panel on the international impact of the Beijing Olympics.
Larsen Jensen
Larsen Jensen is also a USC graduate. As a swimmer, he distinguished himself in the freestyle. He earned a silver medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics and a bronze medal in Beijing. NBC’s interview with Jensen, now a soldier, is available here.
Dan Lynch teaches in the USC School of International Relations and is a member of the USC U.S.-China Institute executive committee. He’s the author of two books, Rising China and Asian Democratization: Socialization to Global Culture (2006) and After the Propaganda State: Media, Politics, and “Thought Work” (1999). He publishes extensively in academic journals and also in popular publications such as the Far Eastern Economic Review. Lynch is currently researching how Chinese political and intellectual elites expect China will, or should, change in the years leading up to about 2030. He is focusing on five interrelated issue-areas: domestic political processes and institutions; comprehensive national power and its implications for the country's role(s) in world politics; Party-state defense of cultural integrity and national identity under conditions of deepening globalization; development and diffusion of potentially transformative new technologies; and prospects for achieving sustainable development.
Jeff Owens teaches economics and economic history at Gustavus Adolpus College. His research and publications include work on returns to public investment in stadiums and sporting events. Among the most influential of these works is “Estimating the Cost and Benefit of Hosting Olympic Games: What Can Beijing Expect from its 2008 Games?” in The Industrial Geographer, and “Bread or Circus? The Ethics of Economic Impact Studies.” in Enterprising Worlds: A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments & Ethic.
Monroe Price heads the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication. In that role he works with a wide transnational network of regulators, scholars, and practitioners in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia as well as in the United States. Earlier, Price founded the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University and remains a Research Fellow there. He also chairs the Center for Media and Communications Studies at Central European University. Price has served on the President’s Task Force on Telecommunications Policy and the Sloan Commission on Cable Communications (both in the 1970s) and on the Carter-Sagalaev Commission on Radio and Television Policy (in the 1990s). Price has also taught at UCLA, the Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and has visited at Cornell and the University of Sydney among other places. His most recent book Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China (co-edited, 2008). Price is a fellow of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. He contributed a number of Olympics-related entries to the Huffington Post.
Stan Rosen teaches political science at USC and directs the USC East Asian Studies Center. He’s also a member of the USC U.S.-China Institute executive committee. Rosen is co-editor of the journal Chinese Education and Society. He teaches courses on Chinese politics, East Asian societies, Chinese film and film and politics. He has written or edited seven books, the most recent of which are State and Society in 21st-Century China (co-edited, 2004) and Chinese Cinema at a Hundred: Art, Politics and Commerce (co-edited, forthcoming). His current research involves public opinion surveys, higher education reform in China, the Chinese film industry and its overseas prospects, the prospects for Hollywood film in the Chinese market, and value change among Chinese youth.
Barry Sanders is Chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. As Chairman, he led the recent effort to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In September 2007 he received the Olympic Spirit Award from the United States Olympic Committee and the William May Garland Award from the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. He is also President of the Board of Commissioners of the Recreation and Parks Department of the City of Los Angeles and Chairman of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation. Following the 1992 riots, Sanders co-chaired Rebuild L.A., an effort aimed at improving inner-city conditions and ethnic relations. Sanders teaches about architecture as non-verbal communication and about public diplomacy at UCLA. Sanders recently retired as a partner with Latham & Watkins, where he practiced law for more than 35 years. During that time he headed the firm’s international practices group. He received the 2001 Lerned Hand Award for outstanding leadership in the profession. Sanders continues to be involved with a wide variety of community organizations, including those supporting the arts.
Barbara. Walkosz teaches communication studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. Her research and teaching focus on the role of mass media in society, political and civil discourse, and health communication. She has also been examining how China is represented in leading American media outlets and in the emergence of new media in Asia. She co-authored the study “Definition, equivocation, accumulation, and anticipation: America media’s ideological reading of China’s Olympic Games,” which was published in Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China(2008).
Jian "Jay" Wang studies international corporate communication and public diplomacy and teaches public relations at USC Annenberg's School of Journalism. He previously taught at Purdue University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published extensively on corporate social responsibility practices in emerging economies, Chinese corporate communication, health care branding, and corporate public diplomacy initiatives. He wrote Foreign Advertising in China: Becoming Global, Becoming Local and co-authored China's Window on the World: TV News, Social Knowledge and International Spectacles. He is a member of the USC U.S.-China Institute executive committee.
Jeff Wasserstrom studied at UC Santa Cruz, Harvard, and UC Berkeley. He previously taught at the University of Kentucky, Indiana University, and UC San Diego and is now professor of history at UC Irvine. He is the editor of the Journal of Asia Studies and is the author or editor of nine books. His most recent books are Global Shanghai, 1850-2010: A History in Fragments (author, 2008) and China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance (co-editor, 2009). He has also consulted on two documentary films (most recently, Morning Sun) and he has contributed essays to a number of prominent newspapers and blogs. Wasserstrom is also a founder of and steadfast contributor to The China Beat, one of the liveliest China-corners on the web.
Geoffrey Wiseman is a former Australian diplomat who has also worked for the United Nations. He teaches in the USC School of International Relations and directs the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. He opened the conference.
Xu Xin
Xu Xin teaches in the Department of Government at Cornell University and is associate director of the China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) program. Prior to joining the faculty at Cornell, Xu Xin headed the the China and the World Program from 2006-07. He was also formerly Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Politics at Peking University in China, and Associate Professor of Asia Pacific Studies at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. He was also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs, an International Fellow at the Charles F. Kettering Foundation in the U.S., and a Postdoctoral Fellow on national security in the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. His current areas of interest include the Taiwan issue, East Asian security politics, Asian regionalism and multilateralism, and China’s foreign policy.
Photos from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Symposium
Sessions were structured to include presentations followed by discussion with the audience.
All sessions were free and open to USC students, staff, and faculty as well as members of the general public.
Re-booting America’s Image in the World A CPD Roundtable with Dean Ernest J. Wilson III
Thursday, Jan 22, 2009
12:00 PM Venue: Geoffrey Cowan Forum (ASC 207)
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was proud to host Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication, for a presentation on "Rebooting America's Image in the World." Dean Wilson recently returned from Washington, D.C. where he served on the Presidential Transition Team for President-Elect Barack Obama. As part of the presidential transition, Dean Wilson led a team reviewing America's international broadcasting services, including the Voice of America and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and advised the transition team working with the U.S. Department of State on public diplomacy issues. Dean Wilson discussed his experiences serving on the Presidential Transition Team and offered his assessment of the limits and potential for public diplomacy under the new administration as it seeks to re-cast America's image abroad.
“Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy” Roundtable Book Discussion with Contributors Thursday, Nov 20, 2008
5:30 PM Venue: ASC 207
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed contributors to The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy to USC for a discussion on this major new publication, published in association with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School.
Guest speakers included:
Nancy Snow - CPD Senior Fellow and Associate Professor of Public Diplomacy - SI Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
Robert H. Gass - Professor of Human Communication Studies - California State University, Fullerton
Matthew Armstrong - MPD Graduate, Analyst and publisher of the Mountainrunner blog
The Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy provides a comprehensive overview of public diplomacy and national image and perception management, from the efforts to foster pro-West sentiment during the Cold War to the post-9/11 campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of the Muslim world. Editors Nancy Snow and Philip Taylor present materials on public diplomacy trends in public opinion and cultural diplomacy as well as topical policy issues. The latest research in public relations, credibility, soft power, advertising, and marketing is included and institutional processes and players are identified and analyzed. While the field is dominated by American and British research and developments, the book also includes international research and comparative perspectives from other countries.
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Reviews:
"Snow, Taylor and a distinguished group of scholars have produced the definitive sourcebook on one of the most important subjects of our time. This collection offers a highly readable and comprehensive look at how the U.S. has veered off course in the battle for the hearts and minds of much of the world. This is a must read for students and scholars, and should be placed in the hands of the policymakers who inherit the challenge of restoring the public image and credibility of this wayward superpower."
--Lance Bennett, Professor of Political Science & Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication, Director, Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, University of Washington
"Since 9/11 public diplomacy has emerged as a critical, but little understood, component of foreign policy. This Handbook explains what it is, what it isn’t, who does it well, and who doesn’t. In short, it is essential to understanding how countries present themselves to the world."
--Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider, PhD, Distinguished Fellow in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, Senior Non Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution
Paulo Sotero: Brazil CPD Distinguished Speaker Series
November 11, 2008
5:00 PM Venue: Tyler Prize Pavilion, USC
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center, as part of the Center's Distinguished Speaker Series on the Public Diplomacy of the Emerging Great Powers.
About Paulo Sotero
Paulo Sotero is the director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center. For the last seventeen years, Paulo was the Washington correspondent for Estado de S.Paulo, a leading Brazilian daily newspaper. He has also been a regular commentator and analyst for the BBC radio Portuguese language service, Radio France Internationale, and Radio Eldorado, in Brazil. Since 2003 he has been an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University both in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and in the Center for Latin American Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
A native of the state of São Paulo, Sotero started his career in journalism at Veja weekly magazine in 1968 and held positions as staff reporter in Recife, stringer in Paris, full-time correspondent in Lisbon, assistant editor for Latin American in São Paulo, and correspondent assigned to cover the Palácio do Planalto, the Brazilian President's office, in Brasília.
Sotero is a frequent lecturer on Brazilian and Latin American affairs at U.S. universities and think tanks, and has appeared on national radio and television news programs. In addition to his work for Estado, he has contributed to newspapers, magazines and journals in Brazil, the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
In 1987, Sotero received the Maria Moors Cabot Award Special Citation from the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University. He is also the recipient of the 1993 Distinguished Visiting Lecturer award from the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department. In Brazil, he was awarded the 1978 Prêmio Abril de Reportagem for a Veja cover story on Paraguay and for an investigative report on the assassination of Chilean general Carlos Prats in Buenos Aires. Mr. Sotero is a 1971 alumnus of the Inter-American Universities Association Summer School Program at Harvard University. He is a member of the Grupo de Conjuntura Internacional, a forum of discussion of Brazilian foreign and trade policies at the University of São Paulo, and the Fernando Braudel Institute of World Economics, also based in São Paulo.
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About the CPD Distinguished Speaker Series
In 2008, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy launched the CPD Distinguished Speaker Series to bring leading experts in regional public diplomacy to USC to discuss the current state and future of public diplomacy.
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The Cold War and the United States Information Agency Book Discussion with Nicholas Cull
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
12:00pm-1:00pm Venue: SOS B40
Praised as "the definitive history of US public diplomacy" by Kristen M. Lord, Foreign Policy Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Cull hopes that this book will, "fill in some of the blanks in the history of U.S. public diplomacy and help prevent the repetition of some of the mistakes of the past.” He continues, “my research shows that public diplomacy is a crucial element of foreign policy, but America’s approach has been consistently flawed by in-fighting, a lack of connection to policymaking and a marked aversion to listening.” Basing his approach on more than a hundred interviews and scores of newly declassified documents, Cull details the need for a new, concerted effort in the field of public diplomacy if the United States is to be a continuing player on the international diplomatic stage.
Published at a time when the U.S. government’s public diplomacy is in crisis, this book provides an exhaustive account of how it used to be done. The United States Information Agency was created in 1953 to “tell America’s story to the world” and, by engaging with the world through international information, broadcasting, culture and exchange programs, became an essential element of American foreign policy during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified archives and more than 100 interviews with veterans of public diplomacy, from the Truman administration to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nicholas J. Cull relates both the achievements and the endemic flaws of American public diplomacy in this period. Major topics include the process by which the Truman and Eisenhower administrations built a massive overseas propaganda operation; the struggle of the Voice of America radio to base its output on journalistic truth; the challenge of presenting Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, and Watergate to the world; and the climactic confrontation with the Soviet Union in the 1980s. This study offers remarkable and new insights into the Cold War era.
Nicholas Cull's comprehensive history of USIA begins by clarifying what is meant by "public diplomacy." This is a great service, because since 9/11 every committee, think tank, advisory board and broom closet in Washington has published a report on the topic, and while some are less eye-glazing than others, none cuts through the semantic muddle as deftly as Mr. Cull.
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2008 Summer Institute in Advanced Public Diplomacy July 20, 2008 - August 1, 2008
5:30 PM Venue: Annenberg School for Communication
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy held its 2008 Summer Institute in Advanced Public Diplomacy from July 20 to August 1, 2008. In its third year, the Summer Institute is an intensive two-week course designed to immerse participants into the increasingly critical study of public diplomacy by combining traditional classroom instruction with collaborative hands-on exercises. This exclusive training program, designed for mid-career professionals and graduate level students, has garnered global attention and continues to attract participants of the highest caliber with experience in fields related to traditional diplomacy, foreign and economic affairs, defense and homeland security, intergovernmental organizations, and the private sector.
Led by Nicholas Cull, Professor and Director of the Master of Public Diplomacy program at USC and Eytan Gilboa, Professor of International Communication at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, the Summer Institute in Advanced Public Diplomacy brings together some of the world’s foremost public diplomacy experts from a wide range of disciplines to offer an unparalleled level of instruction. Additional professors include Philip Seib, CPD University Fellow and Professor at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, who specializes in international news coverage, media ethics and new technologies and Kelton Rhoads, Adjunct Professor of Communication and Psychology at the USC Annenberg School for Communication with a focus on influence and persuasion studies.
The 2008 program also featured special guest lectures from local and national experts including Nicholas Goldberg, Op-Ed Editor for the Los Angeles Times; Dean Garfield, Vice President at the Motion Picture Association of America; Abiodun Williams, Vice President of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention at the US Institute of Peace; and Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor and National Advocate at the United Nations Foundation.
Participants in the 2008 Summer Institute in Advanced Public Diplomacy included:
• Taro Araki - Deputy Director, Iron and Steel Industrial Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan
• Fleur Cowan - Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
• Ingrid de Beer - Public Diplomacy Officer, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington D.C.
• James O. Gregory - Major, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Army
• Amy Hochadel - Associate Director of Diversity, Cleveland Clinic
• Kristin Kane - Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Maputo, Mozambique
• Simone Kreutzer - Consul for Press and Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of the Netherlands, New York City
• Sotirios Krystallis - Press Attache, Secretariat General of Information of the Hellenic Republic
• Ta-Sheng Kuan - Secretary on Home Assignment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
• Habib Kurwa – Former Chairman of UK Developing Programmes, Aga Khan Health Board
• Che-jung Liu – Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
• Meili Lu - Senior Secretary, Government Information Office, Taiwan
• Barbora Maronkova - Programme Coordinator and Information Officer, NATO
• Joseph Mellott - Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
• Kristen Knutson - Public Information and Donor Liaison Officer, United Nations – OCHA, Uganda
• Fatou Sall - Consul General, Senegalese Diplomatic Mission, Houston
• Sandra P. Schulberg – President, Schulberg Productions, Inc.
• Christina Tribble - Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
• Floris Erik van Hovell - Counselor/Head of Public Diplomacy, Press and Culture, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington D.C.
• Timothy Wall- Communications contact on Economics and Economic Development United Nations Department of Public Information
For more information on The Summer Institute in Advanced Public Diplomacy Click HERE Transformational Public Diplomacy: The 16th International Symposium Diplomatic Academy of London, University of Westminster; USC Center on Public Diplomacy
April 29th - May 1st, 2008
10:26PM Venue: University of Westminster, London
TheUSC Center on Public Diplomacy sponsored the 16th International Symposium on Transformational Public Diplomacy, which was organized by the Diplomatic Academy of London, University of Westminsterand co-sponsored by the United States Embassy in London.
The symposium examined the implications for modern diplomacy of current thinking on transformational diplomacy, with special emphasis on diplomacy in post-conflict situations and on cooperation between various national agencies, including the armed forces, and indeed non-governmental entities, in support of foreign policy. It will also discuss in detail how the practice of public diplomacy can be directed to bring about beneficial political transformation.
Professor Geoffrey Petts, Vice-Chancellor and Rector, University of Westminster, delivered the welcoming speech at the 16th International symposium in the series of Diplomacy in the 21st Century on: Transformational Diplomacy: Shaping the Future of International Relations.
Four main themes were covered during day 1 of the conference:
1. Transformational Diplomacy: the Sending State’s perspective.
Re-allocation of resources to meet new challenges, enhanced public and cultural diplomacy and action with the media, competition for attention and credibility, expanded functions for consular posts, new patterns of representation. Trade-off between security and effectiveness of diplomatic presence. Single person posts, “Virtual presence” posts, role for regional centres. Recruitment of diplomats with needed skills and from more diverse cultural, ethnic, religious backgrounds. New diplomatic career patterns and training, to take account of dangerous postings, language training, programme administration. Enhanced use of locally engaged personnel. Innovation without “new wine in old bottles”.
Nation/institution building. Consistent with non-interference? Risks: power vacuum, security breakdown, cultural/religious/professional backlash. Respective importance of constitutional infrastructure, rule of law, culture of scrutiny and transparency, media freedom.
Problems of action against corruption.
Task forces to tackle specific problems (e.g. disease, drugs, natural disasters, infrastructure). Interagency co-operation/integration.
2. Transformational Diplomacy: the Receiving State’s perspective.
Implications of re-ordered priorities. “Partnership” in practice. Consequences of pressure to embrace new values (human rights, democracy, gender, education, economy etc.). Control of foreign diplomatic travel, contact with non-governmental entities, minorities, intellectuals, journalists, opinion-formers, political opposition, subversives. What constitutes interference in the internal affairs of the receiving state? Distinction between espionage and collection/collation of unclassified material. Restrictions on media access/availability? Need for revisions to Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations? Restrictions on cultural diplomacy? Control of internet material, internet access? Control of nationals studying overseas.
3. The Diplomacy of Deeds: Public and private development assistance.
Implications of transformational diplomacy for development aid, capital flows and foreign investment. Neglect of long term development assistance in favour of short term foreign policy objectives?
Influence of Universities and research centres. Scholarships. Exchange programmes. Better targetted cultural diplomacy, more resources for broadcasting and news agencies, cultivation of the media, deployment of information technology.
4. Transformational Diplomacy and the Civil-Military relationship.
Meeting the new constellation of threats in the transformed international security environment. Management of asymmetrical relationships, conflicts. Declining credibility of deterrence. The limits of coercive diplomacy. Reconciliation of security interests, development policy and democratic ideals. Diplomacy in post conflict situations. Interaction between foreign and defence policy: public diplomacy for the Armed Forces, counter-insurgency programmes for diplomats. Preparation of teams to address reconstruction and stability. “Reservist” agronomists, city planners, lawyers, engineers, police advisers, health workers etc.
Supplementary themes were addressed on day 2:
• Ambassadors and public diplomacy
• Deployment of Technology for public diplomacy.
• Planning strategies and tactics for public diplomacy
• Assessment and measurement of success in public diplomacy.
• Advent of “Geodiplomatics” (Fresh concepts/practices resulting from interdependence and other contemporary constraints on traditional diplomacy).
For more information on the conference, including the conference program and photos from the conference, click here. Photographing Atrocity Tuesday, April 22
12:00 PM Venue: ASC 207
Join students and faculty for a presentation by the British documentary film maker, photographer and educator, Pratap Rughani. His topic: Photographing Atrocity. Rughani is especially well known for his treatment of issues of inter-cultural conflict. His present project is still photography recording the aftermath of a series of caste-based murders in India. This presentation will explore the ethical issues of representing such events and ask whether images of suffering, war and atrocity necessarily exploitative or are we protected from fuller coverage of horrors? What might ‘ethical’ coverage look like? RSVP
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Re/Covering Islam Friday, Apr 18, 2008
7:30AM Venue: ASC 207
ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Reimagining Public Diplomacy for the Next Era
Monday, Apr 14, 2008
4:30PM Venue: ASC 207
The USC Annenberg School for Communication, the USC Center on Communication Leadership and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy are delighted to host a roundtable discussion and reception in honor of the March 2008 publication of the ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Entitled “Public Diplomacy in a Changing World,” the issue is edited by Geoffrey Cowan, Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, and Nicholas Cull, CPD Senior University Fellow.
Roundtable participants will include:
Amelia Arsenault, CPD Research Associate Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society Geoffrey Cowan, Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership Nicholas Cull, CPD Senior University Fellow Nancy Snow, CPD Senior Fellow Ernest J. Wilson, III, Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication Geoffrey Wiseman, Moderator, Acting Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Professor in the School of International Relations
A reception will follow the roundtable discussion on the Annenberg Terrace. USC honored with U.S. State Department Public Diplomacy Award Tuesday, Apr 8, 2008
12:00PM
The University of Southern California has been honored with one of four inaugural Benjamin Franklin Awards for Public Diplomacy, a prestigious new honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of State.
"[The Benjamin Franklin Award] is the most prestigious honor that the Department of State can bestow on American citizens who are making outstanding contributions to public diplomacy, both at home and abroad, and it reflects my conviction that the solutions to the challenges of the 21st century will come from all sectors of American society working together," Rice said. "In the area of academic institutions, we recognize the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy for having evolved into the world's premier research facility in this field."
Through a variety of programs and projects, USC is widely recognized for its pioneering leadership and contributions to academic scholarship and professional engagement in the field of public diplomacy. These include the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School and the world's first master's degree program in public diplomacy.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was founded in 2003 as a partnership between the USC Annenberg School for Communication and the School of International Relations in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. It has since evolved into the world’s premier research center in public diplomacy, bringing together members of the diplomatic, academic, NGO and corporate communities.
"The USC Center on Public Diplomacy leads our research into the global exchange of ideas and diplomacy," said Adam Clayton Powell III, USC's vice provost for globalization and a Senior Fellow of the Center. "What is now clear is that diplomacy is not just for diplomats: it is for artists and writers, scientists and business executives, educators and students – indeed, for all of civil society."
In 2005, USC launched a graduate-level degree program in public diplomacy, preparing students from around the world for leadership roles in international public service, business and nongovernmental organizations. The first full class of the Master of Public Diplomacy program is scheduled to graduate this May.
USC is also the only institution in the world to offer an intensive two-week training program specifically for mid-career professionals, providing an immersive environment in which to engage colleagues from across the globe in new research and methods through the Summer Institute in Advanced Public Diplomacy.
"It's a tremendous honor for USC to be recognized as a galvanizing force in a field that has only begun to receive wider attention. A dedicated Center and master's program allows leading and emerging practitioners and scholars to advance an exciting new area of international relations," said Geoffrey Cowan, USC university professor, Annenberg School dean emeritus and founder of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Howard Gillman, dean of the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said: “"We are delighted to be the first educational organization chosen for the Franklin Award by the Secretary of State. It speaks to the important role that universities play in generating new knowledge on important questions and training the next generation of leaders."
The State Department and USC have partnered on numerous public diplomacy-related projects. The State Department’s Public Diplomat in Residence program has been based at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy since 2006. The Center has also provided the State Department with expertise about virtual worlds and the opportunities they provide for intercultural dialogue and public diplomacy.
"As new technologies make information accessible to more people, our nation needs to have a deeper understanding of the contribution that public diplomacy and soft power can make to advance America's interests around the world," said Ernest J. Wilson III, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. "We are honored that USC's leadership in this area is being recognized with the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award.”
USC Annenberg School was a founding member of the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Fellows Program, announced by Secretary Rice in 2005. Participating schools host international journalists, encouraging journalistic freedom around the world and promoting deeper understanding of American practices and institutions. In addition, Secretary Rice helped USC commemorate a landmark event in the United States’ public diplomacy efforts – the 50th anniversary of Dizzy Gillespie’s State Department-sponsored world tour in 1956.
According to the State Department, the Benjamin Franklin Award is given for a person or organization’s concrete impact on public diplomacy-related efforts, service to the larger community, development of best practices for adoption by other organizations and long-term engagement with participants and issues.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School welcomed Dr. Stanislav Tkachenko to USC for a conversation on "Russian Foreign Policy and the Role of Public Diplomacy." Dr Tkachenko is the Vice-Rector for International Relations at Saint Petersburg State University.
ABOUT STANISLAV TKACHENKO
Dr. Stanislav L. Tkachenko is an associate professor in the department of European studies of the School of International Relations at Saint Petersburg State University. Since 1997 Dr. Tkachenko has served as the vice-dean of the international relations department and since 2003 as the vice-rector of the Saint-Petersburg State University for international relations. His research focuses on European monetary integration, the foreign policy of Russian Federation, and international political economy.
Dr. Tkachenko received his Ph.D. in history from the department of political history at the Saint-Petersburg State University in 1994 and his Ph.D. in economic theory from the Saint Petersburg State University of Economy and Finance in 2002.
AFRICOM: The American Military and Public Diplomacy in Africa Friday, Feb 8, 2008
7:00AM Venue: Intellectual Commons, Doheny Library
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School and the USC Center for International Studies were pleased to host a conference entitled, AFRICOM: The American Military and Public Diplomacy in Africa. The first of a series of conferences on public diplomacy, this conference was held on Thursday, February 7 and Friday, February 8, 2008 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
AFRICOM's Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities, Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates began the conference with a speech at the opening dinner on Thursday, February 7 at 6:00pm at USC's Town and Gown. The Friday conference featured panel sessions addressing U.S.-African relations, the State Department and Department of Defense concepts of public diplomacy in Africa, and African perspectives on the issue. Some questions discussed included how AFRICOM should be presented to African publics, to what extent African nations and regional organizations will be involved in shaping AFRICOM’s role, and how AFRICOM will work with other developmental and humanitarian projects on the continent. The conference aimed to provide AFRICOM as a case study for a discussion of public diplomacy in a broader sense, considering who should conduct public diplomacy and how it can be better integrated into government policy.
Panelists included: Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities Major General Herbert L. Altshuler, AFRICOM Director of Strategy, Plans and Programs Ambassador Mark Bellamy, Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Amb. Brian Carlson, State-DoD Liaison in the Office of the Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Mr. Ryan Henry, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Ms. Nicole Lee, Executive Director of the TransAfrica Forum Mr. Mark Malan, Peacebuilding Program Officer at Refugees International Ambassador Charles A. Minor, Liberian Ambassador to the United States Consul General Jeanette Ndhlovu, Consul General of South Africa Dr. Abiodun Williams, Associate Dean of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University
Click here to view the AFRICOM Conference Program.
The conference was recorded and will be followed by publication of the transcript and briefing papers.
For more media coverage of AFRICOM, please see our AFRICOM Media Monitor page: CPD Media Monitor: AFRICOM Evan Potter Joins The USC Center on Public Diplomacy Thursday, Feb 7, 2008
11:00AM Venue: USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Evan Potter, Professor at the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa, recently joined the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School as the Canadian Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy for 2008.
Potter will be the Center's second Canadian Fulbright Visiting Chair in Public Diplomacy following Canadian novelist and technology visionary Cory Doctorow who joined CPD for the 2006-2007 academic year.
With expertise in public sector communications planning, political communication, public opinion, and international communications, Potter's ongoing research focuses on the projection of Canada's image in the international arena and the use of communications technologies in diplomacy.
Potter will teach a class at the University of Southern California on Regional Studies in Public Diplomacy with a focus on Canada in the spring of 2008.
Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Harris Diamond "The Intersection of Public Relations and Public Diplomacy"
Monday, Jan 28, 2008
4:00PM Venue: ASC 207
On January 28, 2008, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted Harris Diamond, CEO of Weber Shandwick Worldwide, for a private discussion on the intersection of public relations and public diplomacy. The session was attended by graduate students in the Master of Public Diplomacy program.
In his talk, Mr. Diamond focused on the increasing need for both companies and governments to be able to communicate their ideas and values in an effective manner to a variety of publics throughout the world. He discussed the work his firm has undertaken on behalf of the U.S. government to repair America's image overseas, including facilitating the production of videos to help improve the visa and customs experience for foreigners visiting the United States. He also commented on several of Weber Shandwick's nation branding projects, and addressed the moral dilemmas he has faced in serving clients with messages that were contrary to the values of his staff.
Mr. Diamond noted that although public diplomacy is traditionally considered to be a government-led activity, multinational corporations, international NGOs, and the American film and music industries must also remain cognizant of how they are shaping perceptions and communicating with publics abroad. As a result, those with a degree in public diplomacy will find that their skill set meets a growing need for organizations in the private and non-profit sectors who operate on a transnational scale in the twenty first century.
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ABOUT HARRIS DIAMOND
Harris Diamond serves as CEO of the Constituency Management Group of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG). The group includes IPG companies in the areas of public relations, public affairs, sports and entertainment marketing, corporate/brand identity and experiential marketing. The group’s companies include Jack Morton Worldwide, GolinHarris, FutureBrand, Octagon, DeVries Public Relations, MWW Group and Rogers & Cowan. They provide services on six continents, in more than 60 major cities and have approximately 5,000 employees.
Harris is also chief executive officer of Weber Shandwick Worldwide, the world's leading public relations firm. Weber Shandwick has received numerous industry honors and accolades for its work including being named Agency of the Year in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Weber Shandwick offers a full spectrum of communications services - corporate consulting, public relations, investor/financial relations, marketing communications, public affairs, government relations, attitudinal research and advocacy advertising. PRWeek has selected Harris as “PR Professional of the Year, 2000” and one of the “100 most influential PR people in the 20th century.”
Regarded as one of the industry’s leading experts in corporate and industry positioning, Harris has counseled Fortune 500 companies that were undergoing profound changes or facing intense public scrutiny. While specializing in crisis and change management, he also provides ongoing strategic communications counsel to an array of clients, including several industry and trade associations.
Harris is a member of the board of directors of the Business for Diplomatic Action, a not-for-profit group focused on how businesses can work together to enhance America’s image abroad; and the Ronald McDonald House of New York. He is also on the board of councilors of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and is the past chairman of the Council of Public Relations Firms, the U.S. trade association for public relations agencies.
Previously, he served as a political campaign consultant, working on U.S. gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns, and advising foreign governments and political parties. He has held senior positions in the public sector. Harris holds both MBA and JD degrees, and is a member of the New York State Bar. He frequently speaks on management of corporate reputation and crises at industry and company forums. Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Mark Dillen "Expatriate Americans and Their Changing Role in U.S. Elections and Public Diplomacy"
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Mark Dillen, a leading authority on international media and cross-cultural communication, to USC for a talk on “Overseas Advocates: Expatriate Americans and Their Changing Role in U.S. Elections and Public Diplomacy."
About Mark Dillen
Mark Dillen heads Dillen Communications LLC, an international public affairs consultancy based in San Francisco and Croatia. A former Senior Foreign Service Officer with the US State Department, Mark managed political, media and cultural relations for US embassies in Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Sofia and Belgrade, then moved to the private sector. He has degrees from Columbia and Michigan and was a Diplomat-in-Residence at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins. Mark has also worked for USAID as a media and political advisor and twice served as election observer and organizer for OSCE in Eastern Europe.
Dillen is currently writing a blog titled the Foreign Policy Guide to Election 2008 for the Foreign Policy Association's website.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Professor Robert Lieber, Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University, to USC for a talk on “Public Diplomacy: Why It Matters and How To Fix It."
ROBERT J. LIEBER is Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University, where he has previously served as Chair of the Government Department and Interim Chair of Psychology. He is an authority on American foreign policy and U.S. relations with the Middle East and Europe. He was born and raised in Chicago, received his undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. at Harvard. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He has also taught at Harvard, Oxford and the University of California, Davis, and has been Visiting Fellow at the Atlantic Institute in Paris, the Brookings Institution in Washington, and Fudan University in Shanghai.
Dr. Lieber’s latest book, The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century, has been published by Cambridge University Press (2005, and in an expanded paperback edition 2007.) As one reviewer has described it, “This may be the best book on American foreign policy written since September 11.” In addition, Lieber is author or editor of thirteen other books on international relations and U.S. foreign policy.
Professor Lieber has lectured widely in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In the policy realm, he has been a foreign policy advisor in several presidential campaigns and consultant to the State Department and for National Intelligence Estimates. His articles and opeds have appeared in scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers, including International Security, Foreign Policy, American Political Science Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Interest, Commentary, Internationale Politik (Berlin), Politique Etrangere (Paris), International Affairs (London), Harper’s, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Ha’aretz (Tel Aviv), and Asharq Al-Awsat (London), among others, and his media appearances have included The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS TV, ABC TV's Good Morning America and Nightline, NBC and CBS network news, the O'Reilly Factor on Fox TV, Voice of America, BBC World Service, and other radio and TV programs in Europe, the Arab world and Israel. Among his assorted credits is a walk-on part in the Alfred Hitchcock film classic, NORTH BY NORTHWEST. RSVP
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Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Rob Kelley and Sarah Graham "US Engagement in East Asia: A Case for Track Two Diplomacy"
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008
11:30AM Venue: SOS B40
J. Robert Kelley and Sarah Graham "US Engagement in East Asia: A Case for Track Two Diplomacy" January 16, 2007 12:30 p.m. SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC Center for International Studies hosted Dr J. Robert Kelley and Sarah Graham, postdoctorate fellows at the Center for International Studies, in a talk on “US Engagement in East Asia: A Case for Track Two Diplomacy."
About J. Robert Kelley
Dr John Robert Kelley is a fellow at the USC Center for International Studies. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His dissertation is titled, "From Monologue to Dialogue: U.S. Public Diplomacy for the Post-9/11 Era," which delves into the recent history of American public diplomacy activities, offers empirically-based tools for interpreting these activities, and advocates new directions in strategy and organization. From January 2003 to September 2004, Mr. Kelley served as a Program Officer in the Office of Foreign Missions, U.S. Department of State. His most recent publications have appeared in Intercultural Management Quarterly and George Washington University's International Affairs Review.
About Sarah Graham
Sarah Graham completed her PhD in 2007 at the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Her dissertation examined how principles of American liberalism and exceptionalism influenced the formulation of US cultural and informational diplomacy strategies during the 1936-53 period.
Sarah was awarded the 2007 Stuart L. Bernath article prize by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations for a 2006 article on US diplomacy within UNESCO published in Diplomatic History. Current works in progress include an analysis of contemporary US public diplomacy in relation to the Asia Pacific, and a study of US propaganda in India during the Second World War.
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Citizen Diplomacy: The Role of Youth January 15, 2008
11:00 am Venue: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall room 116
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School and the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles were proud to host Citizen Diplomacy Summit on the Role of Youth. The summit was held on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
The summit focused on international exchange programs for students, international volunteer opportunities for youth, and careers available in the field of public diplomacy. Lois Hill Hale, Congresswoman Diane Watson's Press Secretary and District Representative, will give the opening remarks.
Feature Panelists included: Condessa Curley, MD, Director of Project Africa Global Peter Kovach, Diplomat in Residence at UCLA Carrie Walters, Master of Public Diplomacy Candidate and former Program Coordinator at Transparency International. Zunaid Mansoor , International Fulbright student and a candidate for a Master's Degree in Film at Chapman University
For further information, please contact Lisa Larsen, Assistant Director for Programming and Events, at (213) 821-0768 or llarsen@usc.edu.
The UNESCO Instrument on Cultural Diversity and the Role of Canada, Quebec, and France Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007
2:00PM Venue: SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC Center of International Studies welcomed Jean Francois Lisée,
Executive Director of CÉRIUM at the University of Montreal, to USC for a talk on “The UNESCO instrument on cultural diplomacy, and the role of Canada, Quebec and France" on December 12, 2007
About Jean Francois Lisée
Jean Francois Lisée is a Quebecois political analyst, journalist, author, intellectual and well-known sovereigntist thinker. He has been special advisor to Parti Québécois Premiers of Quebec Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard. He is presently Executive Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales de l'Université de Montréal, also known as CÉRIUM. CÉRIUM is a new actor in the field of research on international relations in Quebec and Canada. Its principal research orientations are transatlantic dynamics, challenges brought by the economic globalization, global governance, peace and world security, cultural diversity, identity and transfers, and the stakes and strategies of development. Lisée’s work centers on Quebec sovereignty, as well as the Quebec Model and social democracy in an era of globalization.
For more information on Lisée, please click here or visit CÉRIUM's website Enlisting Madison Avenue: Challenges to Earning Popular Support in Regions of Conflict Wednesday, Nov 14, 2007
10:00AM Venue: Annenberg ASC 207
Faculty Speaker Series: Philip Seib "The Al Jazeera Effect: How New Global Media Affect Public Diplomacy"
Tuesday November 13, 2007
12:00PM Venue: SOS, B40
On November 13, 2007 The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, in conjunction with the Master of Public Diplomacy program, welcomed Philip Seib, who discussed "The Al Jazeera Effect: How New Global Media Affect Public Diplomacy"
The event was held on Tuesday, November 13 at the Center for International Studies, SOS Room B40. Professor Seib joined USC in 2007 from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was the Lucius W. Nieman Professor of Journalism. As holder of this endowed chair, Seib focused on international news coverage, media ethics, and new technologies. He was also the director of Marquette’s Nieman Symposia, examining current journalism issues.
Prior to teaching at Marquette, Seib was a professor in the Department of Journalism at Southern Methodist University from 1982-1999. During this time he also served as a political analyst for WFAA Television in Dallas and as a columnist for the Dallas Morning News.
US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Visit to USC Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007
7:00AM Venue: USC
The US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy visited USC on Tuesday November 13, 2007. The Commission was interested in learning about the Master’s of Public Diplomacy program at USC and to see how the program could be applied to the practice of public diplomacy and the training of public diplomacy personnel within the U.S. government. To that end, the Commissioners met with Center leaders and MPD faculty and students and sat in on Public Diplomacy courses.
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is a bipartisan panel created by Congress and appointed by the President to provide oversight of U.S. Government activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics.
By law, the Commission's seven members are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. They are selected from a cross-section of professional backgrounds and serve 3-year terms with the possibility for reappointment.
Some of the visiting commissioners included Barbara Barrett, Chairman of the Commission, Harold Pachios, Jay Snyder, and Carl Chan, Acting Executive Director.
The Commission, now in its 59th year is responsible for assessing public diplomacy policies and programs of the U.S. State Department, American missions abroad, and other agencies. Advisory Commission responsibilities extend to international exchanges, U.S. Government international information programs, and publicly funded non-governmental organizations.
The Commission reports its findings and recommendations to the President, the Congress, the Secretary of State, and to the American people.
More information about the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy can be found on their website.
Arab Film Festival: “Since You Left” Screening & Discussion
Thursday, Nov 1, 2007
6:00PM Venue: ASC Auditorium
On November 1, 2007 The Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, in conjunction with USC Middle East Studies Program, presented a screening and discussion of "Since You Left"
As part of the Arab Film Festival, "Since You Left" is the autobiographical documentary of Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri. Focusing on the violence inflicted on Palestinians and Israelis in recent years -- caused by Israeli occupation and oppression, Bakri incorporates his tumultuous media life in Israel into the film.
Panel Discussion
An hour-long discussion followed the screening, with panelists from the School of International Relations and the Annenberg School:
Mohammed Bakri, a renowned Israeli Arab actor and director, visits the grave of his mentor, the late Palestinian writer and politician Emil Habibi (1921-96), to share with Habibi what has happened since his death. In the course of this autobiographical documentary, which incorporates archival news footage, personal testimony, and his own performances, Bakri chronicles the worst that has happened since Habibi has been gone, such as the events that led up to the Second Intifada, and the invasion of Jenin. But as Bakri tries to continue his creative work and spread his ideas of reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis, two events change the course of his life and profoundly shake his beliefs: the Meron terror attack, in which two of his nephews were charged and convicted; and the outcry in Israel against his film Jenin Jenin (2003), which was initially banned by the government. Ultimately, this complex and compelling film oscillates between pessimism and anger at the status quo, and faint glimmers of hope about possible futures: Bakri returns often to Habibi’s life and work for inspiration, and in his relationship with his Jewish friend and lawyer, offers a sense of what cohabitation and mutual respect can be like.
Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Ambassador Meira de Vasconcellos Cultural Diplomacy in Brazil
Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Ambassador Meira de Vasconcellos
"Cultural Diplomacy in Brazil"
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2007
Doheny Library
Intellectual Commons Room
1:30 pm
The Vice provost for Globalization and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School welcomed Ambassador Paulo Cesar Meira de Vasconcellos to USC. Ambassador Meira de Vasconcellos spoke to students and faculty members on cultural diplomacy in Brazil. Ambassador Meira de Vasconcellos is the Director of the Cultural Department for the Foreign Ministry of Brazil.
Conversations in Public Diplomacy: Benjamin Barber Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007
11:00AM Venue: SOS, B40
Benjamin Barber "Democratization via Military intervention vs. Democratization from the Inside Out: Comparing Iraq and Libya" October 30, 2007 12:00 p.m. SOS B40
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Senior Fellow Benjamin Barber, author of international bestseller Jihad vs. McWorld, for a talk as part of this year's Conversations in Public Diplomacy series. Dr. Barber spoke on "Democratization via Military Intervention vs. Democratization from the Inside Out: Comparing Iraq and Libya."
About Benjamin Barber
Benjamin R. Barber is the Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and the Director of the Democracy Collaborative, an organization that works to strengthen local and global democracy through research, training, and community action. Professor Barber’s commitment to democratic civil practices has manifested itself in many ways throughout his career: as political theorist, fundraiser, educational and political consultant, administrator, public speaker, and television and theater writer.
Barber was educated at Grinnell College (B.A., 1960) and Harvard University (M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1966), after earning certificates at Albert Schweitzer College (1959) and the London School of Economics (1957). He has been an outside advisor to President Bill Clinton and has consulted with President Herzog and most recently President Rau of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Liberal Party of Sweden, and the European Parliament. He has drafted papers and lectured for the U.S. Information Agency and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and counseled the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Professor Barber has written 15 books, including Strong Democracy and the international bestseller Jihad vs. McWorld. He speaks frequently in North America and Europe and was the editor-in-chief for ten years of the prominent international journal Political Theory.
Barber will also be teaching a special course this fall entitled "Democratization and Public Diplomacy: Critical Questions" which is open to all International Relations and Public Diplomacy graduate students. Conversations in Public Diplomacy: James Kelman Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007
11:00AM Venue: SOS B40
James Kelman, Public Diplomacy and Nonproliferation Conversations in Public Diplomacy October 23, 2007 12:00 p.m. ASC 207
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed James Kelman, Senior Public Diplomacy Advisor for the State Department's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation for a talk as part of this year's Conversations in Public Diplomacy series. Kelman is Deputy Director of the Office of Policy, Public Affairs and Congressional Relations under the ISN.
Jim Kelman has been an officer in the Department of State and U.S. Information Agency for nearly 30 years. Currently Senior Public Diplomacy Advisor in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, he is engaged in the design and implementation of public diplomacy activities related to the Iran nuclear issue and the various U.S. counterproliferation efforts, as well as a range of other nonproliferation activities. He previously served as Senior Advisor to the Director of USIA, designing international public diplomacy strategies, primarily in the area of humanitarian activities. He designed and activated a public diplomacy strategy to explain the humanitarian element of the Kosovo intervention to European countries, and helped to develop a media strategy to circumvent Serbian propaganda radio and develop a Kosovar radio network. Jim spent a number of years managing and designing public diplomacy speaker programs in the area of defense and security in the European and Asia-Pacific regions, and has administered Fulbright Academic programs for the Middle East. In 2003, he served as the Liaison Officer from the U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain to the U.S. Navy Coalition Press Information Center (CPIC) for the duration of active combat in the Iraq war, assisting international press to cover the war (under the DOD embed program), and explaining its goals. He has served as Public Affairs Officer in the Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration at the State Department, assigned to the 1994 Cairo Population Conference as Spokesman for the U.S. Delegation, and from 1991-93 he was Congressional Affairs Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Earlier assignments include a period as Director of the J-1 Exchange Visitor (visa) Program, where he helped to formulate the program where exchange visitors from China came to the U.S. as students and scholars, and an assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok as a Refugee Affairs Officer, spent mostly on the Thai-Cambodian border with the U.S. Cambodian refugee program. He entered USIA as a Foreign Service Reserve Officer in the Management Intern program. He has held temporary assignments in the U.S. embassies in Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul, Cairo, Bonn, Manama (Bahrain) and most recently at the US Mission to the IAEA, working on the Iran nuclear issue.
Jim Kelman has lectured extensively on issues involving public diplomacy, U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific region, U.S. policies on nonproliferation, and other public issues at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, Georgetown and George Washington Universities, UCLA, the Universities of Connecticut and Georgia, and Syracuse and George Mason Universities. He has also lectured before the Singapore Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA), as well as the Thai Foreign Ministry (2001).
Jim Kelman received a B.A. degree from Clark University (Massachusetts) in Government/International Relations, spent a term at the London School of Economics (UK) researching the topic of European Integration, and received an MPA degree from the University of Connecticut. Special Class: “Democratization and Public Diplomacy: Critical Questions” October 22 - 31
10:30PM Venue: USC Campus
To All International Relations and/or Political Science Graduate Students:
"Democratization and Public Diplomacy: Critical Questions"
Special Class with Benjamin Barber, author of Jihad vs. McWorld
The Masters Program in Public Diplomacy invited students to work with one of the greats of our field: Benjamin Barber. Professor Barber, a Senior Fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and author of Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed and many other well known books, visited campus for two weeks starting on October 22 as a guest of the Public Diplomacy program. He taught a brief course of five seminars under the title "Democratization and Public Diplomacy: Critical Questions." The core members of the class were members of the MPD program who produced a piece of research during the course of the spring semester.
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The five classes ran from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
They were held on Monday October 22, Wednesday, October 24, Friday, October 26, Monday, October 29 and Wednesday, October 31.
The only preparation for the class was to read Barber's book 'Fear's Empire' which can be ordered on-line. Further readings were issued once the class is under way.
Religion, Identity, & Global Governance October 18-19, 2007
8:00AM Venue: USC Campus
The University of Southern California with support from the Henry Luce Foundation held a conference examining…
Keynote Address Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography and Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies, UC Irvine, and Pacific Council on International Policy
Dinner Address: Deviance in Social Science Research Manus Midlarsky, Rutgers University, Dept of Political Science
All attendees must pre-register by October 10 at no charge.
Advance registration includes breakfast & lunch. Parking is $7/day.
Conference space is limited.
Contact rigg-project@usc.edu for a registration form.
Religion, Security & Global Governance
Ron E. Hassner, UC Berkeley, Political Science
Timothy Sisk, University of Denver, Intl Studies
Robert Lloyd, Pepperdine University, Intl Studies
Religious Communities & International Relations
Reuven Firestone, Hebrew Union College
James Heft, USC, Religion
Donald Miller, USC, Religion
Anthony Chase, Occidental College, Diplomacy
Chris Seiple, Institute for Global Engagement
Religion & Conflict
Patrick James, USC, Intl Relations
Manus Midlarsky, Rutgers University, Political Science
Yasemin Akbaba, Gettysburg College, Political Science
Zeynep Taydas, Clemson University, Political Science
Nukhet Sandal, USC, Intl Relations
Religion & Foreign Policy
Steven Lamy, USC, Intl Relations
John Stack, Florida Intl University, Public Policy
Douglas Johnston, Intl Center for Religion and Diplomacy
Religion, Media & Diplomacy
Diane Winston, USC, Journalism
Evan Potter, University of Ottawa, Communication
Josh Fouts, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Nick Cull, USC Public Diplomacy Program
Religion & Identity
Patricia Goff, Wilfrid Laurier University, Political Science
Yosef Lapid, New Mexico State University, Government
Qamar-Ul Huda, U.S. Institute of Peace
Cecelia Lynch, UC Irvine, Political Science
The RIGG project is funded by the Henry Luce Foundation
and is part of an initiative to develop research on
religion and international affairs:
USC School of International Relations
USC Center for International Studies
USC Center on Public Diplomacy
USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture
The Knight Chair in Media and Religion
Faculty Speaker Series: Pamela Starr "Making Latin America Safe for Free Trade: The Role of Public Diplomacy"
Faculy Speaker Series: Dr. Pamela K. Starr
"Making Latin America Safe for Free Trade: The Role of Public Diplomacy"
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007
SOS, B40
12:00 pm
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, in conjunction with the Master of Public Diplomacy program, presented Dr. Pamela K. Starr.
The event was held on Tuesday, September 16 at the Center for International Studies, SOS room B40. Dr. Starr is associate director of the USC Latin America Initiative, a senior fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and a senior lecturer in Public Diplomacy and the School of International Relations. She comes to USC from the Eurasia Group, one of the world's leading global political risk advisory and consulting firms, where she was senior analyst responsible for Mexico. Prior to that, she spent eight years in Mexico as a professor of Latin American political economy at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), a private university in Mexico City.
Dr. Starr is an active speaker, commentator, and author on Mexican politics, economics and foreign policy, and on economic reform and policy making in Latin America. She serves on the editorial board of Foreign Affairs en Español, is an associate of the Inter-American Dialogue, and is an active member of the Latin American Studies Association and the American Political Science Association.
The Faculty Speaker Series events will be held the second Tuesday of each month at the Center for International Studies, SOS room B40.
Food will be served!
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The Power of the Stage: Drama as Diplomacy
Sunday, Oct 7, 2007
4:00PM Venue: MacGowan Hall, UCLA
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School and the British Council presented:
Leading professionals in the artistic and academic communities joined together for provocative discussion about the role of the arts in cultural relations, using the National Theatre of Scotland’s critically-acclaimed Black Watch as a case study.
UCLA Diplomat in Residence Peter Kovach moderated a distinguished panel featuring:
Sasha Anawalt – Founding director, USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program and director, NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater, USC
Nicholas Cull – Director, Master of Public Diplomacy Program, USC and author of “Gregory Burke’s Black Watch: Theatre as Cultural Diplomacy”
Alma Martinez – Associate Professor of Theater Arts, Pomona College, and former member of El Teatro Campesino
Christopher Merrill – Director, International Writing Program, University of Iowa, and author of Cultural Diplomacy: the Linchpin of Public Diplomacy"
The program will be introduced by Sharon Memis, director, British Council USA.
The program was immediately followed by a reception and the evening performance of Black Watch, presented by UCLA Live.
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Black Watch
The National Theatre of Scotland’s award-winning Black Watch is a stunning piece of theater that deals sensitively with one of the most challenging social and political issues of our time – the experience of soldiers involved in the current Iraq conflict.
Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an armored wagon in Iraq, Black Watch is based on recent interviews conducted by acclaimed Scottish playwright Gregory Burke with former soldiers who served in Iraq. The play explores the reality of war and homecoming from the perspective of the men who live through it, offering a revealing look at what it means to be not only part of the legendary Scottish regiment but also “the war on terror.”
The US premiere of Black Watch marks the debut of the National Theatre of Scotland in the United States, and is supported by the Scottish Government and the British Council.
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The UK’s international organization for educational and cultural relations, the British Council builds long-term relationships between the US and the UK and fosters appreciation of the UK’s creative ideas and achievements.
We increase recognition of the wide array of learning opportunities available in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and facilitate educational cooperation between the US and UK. Through transatlantic artistic partnerships, we introduce the American public to high-quality, groundbreaking creative achievements from the UK, and our science programs build networks that draw upon the UK's innovation in climate change and other disciplines. We also develop initiatives that give a voice to the next generation of leaders on both sides of the Atlantic, encouraging them to work together to explore solutions to current and future global issues. For more information, please visit www.britishcouncil.org/usa.
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Foreign Policy: Deploying Diplomacy in the Age of Terrorism Thursday October 4
1:00pm - 4:00pm Venue: Davidson Conference Center, Figueroa Room
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Josh Rushing, “Mission: Al-Jazeera” Tuesday, Oct 2, 2007
11:00AM Venue: ASC 207
Josh Rushing, Mission: Al-Jazeera Discussion and book signing October 2, 2007 12:00 p.m. ASC 207
Press "play" to watch (59 min.).
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC School of International Relations, USC Annenberg School of Journalism and the Center for International Studies welcomed Josh Rushing, current reporter for Al-Jazeera English and author of Mission: Al-Jazeera, to USC for a discussion and book signing. Philip Seib, USC Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy, chaired the lunch-time forum.
Lunch will be served.
About Josh Rushing
Josh Rushing was a United States Marine Captain and press officer for United States Central Command (CENTCOM) during the 2003 Iraq Offensive. He became famous for his appearance in the documentary Control Room, which documented his conversation with Al Jazeera correspondent Hassan Ibrahim. He left the Marine Corps after the Pentagon ordered him not to comment on the movie, and is now working for Al Jazeera English.
In 2007, Palgrave Macmillan published Mission: Al-Jazeera, Rushing's memoir of his journey from a small town in Texas to Al Jazeera English via the Marines.
All of Josh Rushing's Al-Jazeera reports can now be seen here on YouTube!
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Black Watch Premiere & Panel
Black Watch U.S. Premiere September 18th - October 14th @ UCLA Live
“An astonishing artistic whirlwind. The world must see this play. Immediately.” -The Herald
“One of the clearest artistic statements yet on the futility of war” [The Herald], Black Watch took the 2006 Edinburgh Festival by storm, playing to sold out crowds and garnering unanimous critical acclaim. Now, the most talked about production on the international theater circuit hits U.S. shores in the first of only two U.S. engagements.
Based on recent interviews with former soldiers who served in Iraq, this taut and uncompromising piece of theater tells the story of Scotland’s legendary 300 year-old Black Watch regiment, whose disbandment was announced in 2004 just before its 800-man battalion replaced some 4,000 U.S. Marines in one of the bloodiest areas of Iraq. Magnified by recent events, Black Watch reveals the harsh reality of the “war on terror” and its impact on those who serve.
“John Tiffany’s storming, heart-stopping production is all disorienting blood, guts and thunder, threaded through with the history and songs of the regiment and intercut with lyrical moments of physical movement, like some great dirty ballet of pulsating machismo and terrible tenderness” [The Guardian]
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On Saturday, September 22,The British Council and UCLA Live presented a moderated panel with representatives from the military and media, writers and artists discussing the thought-provoking themes from Black Watch such as the responsibility of the media in reporting about war, the role of art as a communicator and interpreter of real-life experiences and the often contrasting ideas of war and patriotism in the U.K. and U.S.
The panel included: Jason Berg, ex-U.S. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former Marshall Scholar.
Robert Fox, defense correspondent for London’s Evening Standard, commentator for the BBC and Sky News and author.
Howard LaFranchi, diplomatic affairs writer for The Christian Science Monitor in Washington covering U.S. foreign policy since August 2001.
John Tiffany, Associate Director (New Work) for the National Theatre of Scotland and Director of Black Watch.
Colleen Graffy, “What is the US Doing to Change its Image Abroad?” Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007
11:00AM Venue: SOS, B40
Colleen Graffy, What is the US Doing to Change its Image Abroad? Discussion September 18, 2007 12:00 p.m.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School welcomed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen Graffy to discuss what steps the United States is taking to change its image abroad.
Ms. Graffy oversees public diplomacy and public affairs programs for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and coordinates efforts with the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In addition to serving the State Department, Ms. Graffy is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, The Pilgrims, and The British American Project and was Chairman of the Society of English and American Lawyers.
Sponsored by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg School for Communication, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Patton Boggs LLP, Public Diplomacy Council, and Voice of America
Faculty Speaker Series Anne Chermak: "Engaging Muslim Populations in Europe Post 9/11 -- a U.S. Public Diplomacy Approach"
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2007
11:00AM Venue: SOS, B40
Anne Chermak: "Engaging Muslim Populations in Europe Post 9/11 -- a U.S. Public Diplomacy Approach"
Tuesday, Sep 11, 2007
SOS, B40
12:00 pm
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, in conjunction with the Master of Public Diplomacy program, held our first annual Faculty Speaker Series for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Our first event was held on Tuesday, September 11 at the Center for International Studies, SOS room B40. Anne Chermak spoke on engaging Muslim populations in Europe post 9/11 -- a U.S. public diplomacy Approach. Chermak was the Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and chairperson of the German-American Fulbright commission and has recently joined the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School as the Public Diplomat in Residence for the 2007-2008 term. Since joining the U.S. Foreign Service in 1975, Chermak has served for more than 30 years in six different countries: Spain, Yugoslavia, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia. Her regional specialty is Eastern Europe.
The Faculty Speaker Series events will be held the second Tuesday of each month at the Center for International Studies, SOS room B40.
Public Diplomacy Welcome Reception Thursday, Sep 6, 2007
4:00PM Venue: USC Annenberg, Los Angeles
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, the USC School of International Relations and the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars presented:
Public Diplomacy Welcome Reception An introduction to new faculty and fellows connected to the Master's in Public Diplomacy
Hosted by Professor Nicholas Cull Thursday, September 6, 2007
5:00pm—6:30pm
West Lobby of the USC Annenberg School
3502 Watt Way
The reception was held in honor of Anne Chermak, Philip Seib, Pamela Starr, Geoff Wiseman, Robert Kelley and Sarah Graham as the newest faces of USC’s expanding public diplomacy community.
Chermak Joins USC Center on Public Diplomacy as Public Diplomat in Residence Monday, Aug 27, 2007
12:00PM
Anne Chermak, Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and chairperson of the German-American Fulbright commission, will be joining the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School as public diplomat-in-residence for the 2007-2008 term.
"We are delighted that Ms. Chermak will be joining us and thankful to the State Department for their continued support for this program,” said Joshua Fouts, director of the Center. “Ms. Chermak's public diplomacy efforts throughout her career have received well-deserved praise and attention from the media for being unique and innovative. We are looking forward to working with her and learning from her insights from the field."
Since joining the U.S. Foreign Service in 1975, Chermak has served for more than 30 years in six different countries: Spain, Yugoslavia, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany and Russia. Her regional specialty is Eastern Europe.
Chermak will be the Center’s second diplomat-in-residence, following the first occupant Stephen Seche.
“The public diplomat in residence is a really vital part of the Master’s degree here, and Anne is a worthy successor to the first occupant of the chair, Steve Seche,” said Nicholas Cull, director of the Master of Public Diplomacy program. “It is just wonderful that a diplomat with Anne’s experience and caliber will be joining the faculty for the Master’s program in Public Diplomacy.”
Chermak will be teaching Global Issues in Public Diplomacy in the fall semester and Regional Public Diplomacy: Eastern Europe in the spring.
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Joshua Fouts, “Connecting East and West” State of Play Conference
Monday, Aug 20, 2007
11:00AM Venue: Singapore
Joshua Fouts, director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, spoke at the 5th annual State of Play Gaming Conference in Singapore on Monday, August 20.
Fouts participated on a panel entitled, “Connecting East and West,” which explored the influence of game mechanics on cross-cultural cooperation and the challenge of intercultural communication. The panel also focused on society, governance and virtual worlds as a vehicle for people-to-people diplomacy.
Other speakers on Fouts’ panel included: Cecil Chua Eng Huang, Nanyang Technical University (Singapore), Marko Skoric, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and Judge Unggi Yoon, Busan (Korea).
Allen Varney from The Escapist magazine moderated the discussion.
State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse is a conference on virtual worlds, organized by Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, New York Law School, Trinity Univeristy, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Experts from across disciplines participated in the conference, discussing the future of cyberspace and the impact of these new immersive, social online environments on education, law, politics and society. The Conference runs from August 19-22, 2007 in Singapore.
Screening of “No End in Sight” July 24, 2007 Tuesday
7:00PM Venue: Landmark Theater, West Los Angeles
Based on over 200 hours of footage, this critically acclaimed film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003), as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts.
"No End in Sight" won the Special Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2007. Directed by Charles Ferguson, a political scientist and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the film provides compelling arguments about how and when the battle for Iraqi "hearts and minds" was waged.
A panel discussion evaluating the arguments set forth by the film followed the screening.
Featured Panelists: Nicholas Cull, Professor and Director of the USC Master's in Public Diplomacy
Gregory Treverton, Fellow in National Security, Pacific Council on International Policy
Charles Ferguson, Director, "NO END IN SIGHT"
Moderated by:
Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
This event was co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, Magnolia Pictures and Reel Progress.
Event Report No End in Sight Screening Prompts Lively Discussion
By Vivien Pertusot
On July 24, 2007, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the Center for American Progress (CAP) co-sponsored an advance screening of the documentary “No End in Sight” at the Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles. A Q&A with a panel of experts and the director of the film followed the screening.
“No End in Sight” is a powerful documentary based on over 200 hours of interviews with key US officials such as Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine, and Colin Powell's former chief of staff Col. Lawrence Wilkinson as well as Iraqi civilians and journalists. Using these interviews, the film builds a case for the mistakes made by the United States following the fall of Baghdad in 2003. The film seemed to resonate with the audience who applauded loudly following the conclusion of the screening.
The panel consisted of “No End in Sight” director Charles Ferguson, Dr. Nicholas Cull, professor and director of the USC Master’s in public diplomacy, and Gregory Treverton, a senior fellow in national security at RAND. Brian Katulis, a CAP senior fellow moderated the discussion.
Mr. Ferguson explained that he intended to send two messages with the documentary. The first one was to focus people’s attention on Iraq and the Iraqi people. “The US is going to make fundamental decisions,” he said, “and I hope this film attracts people’s attention.” While Ferguson acknowledged that this was probably not the last time the United States would go to war, he hoped that next time the American public would raise two questions: “is the war necessary?” and “is the post-war carefully planned?”
Ferguson acknowledged that most of the materials presented in the film were already available in books, but that no movie had been made. “I felt it was important to tell the story in a widely accessible way,” he said. He also stressed that the film is intended to critique the execution of the war and is not an indictment of the initial decision to enter the war.
The discussion then turned to specific issues that were not directly addressed by the documentary, such as lack of intelligence, failure to take into account and adequately track Iraqi public opinion, and the reasons why the war actually broke out. Dr. Cull pointed towards the failure of the American government to learn from Vietnam and argued that anyone with a sense of historical memory should be aware that as soon as an occupation force sets foot on foreign soil, it creates problems. Mr. Treverton recalled a metaphor that one student told him after coming back from Iraq. “We’re a good football team,” he recounted his student saying, “but they asked us to dance ballet.”
The questions posed to the panelists covered various issues from possible conflict with Iran, to the role of the American press, to American motivations for entering the war.
The panelists and the audience engaged in a lively interaction. Many in the audience disagreed with Mr. Ferguson, Brian Katulis, and Gregory Treverton when they argued that the chance of a conflict with Iran was “very unlikely” and that the administration would never take such a risk. Mr. Katulis mentioned that the meeting between the US ambassador in Iraq Ryan Crocker and the Iranian delegation was “a first good step.” Mr. Treverton argued that Iran was “a problem without a solution,” and that there was no good military option.
Discussion turned to the role of the press. One audience member raised the issue of the role of the press. Professor Cull agreed. “I’ve wondered that too,” he said. His guess was that “the patriotism button” had been pushed.
One woman in the audience wanted to know what the panel thought about the plan spearheaded by Democratic Senator Joe Biden. As part of his response to the question, Brian Katulis outlined a report that CAP had recently released which outlined possible next steps for the United States. He said that CAP could not endorse Biden’s plan, because it did not allow for appropriate consultation with the Iraqi people. He went on to note that it should not be the US’s role to tell the Iraqis what to do but rather it should work with the Iraqis and with other countries to effect the most fluid political transition. Mr. Katulis acknowledged that the Iraqis might end up choosing this option, “but it should be the Iraqis’ choice.”
LA Premiere of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People June 20, 2007 Wednesday
7:30PM Venue: The Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy co-sponsored the Los Angeles premiere of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People, hosted by The Network of Arab-American Professionals of Los Angeles and The Los Angeles Arab Film Festival. The film by The Media Education Foundation is based on Dr. Jack Shaheen’s ground-breaking book.
Dr. Shaheen regularly serves as a consultant with TV and motion picture companies such as Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, Showtime, and Hanna-Barbera. He has worked on films such as Syriana and Three Kings.
A Q&A with Dr. Shaheen followed the presentation.
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Muslim Youth Engagement: Discussion and Art Exhibit Monday, Jun 18, 2007
4:30PM Venue: USC Galen Center
The British Consulate-General and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School co-hosted a discussion on Muslim youth engagement.
Local Muslim youth leaders talked about civic engagement in the U.S. and the UK. A photo exhibit by Peter Sanders called "The Art of Integration Exhibition: Islam in Britain’s Green and Pleasant Lands" was on display.
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U.S. Department of State and USC Center on Public Diplomacy Second Life Event Tuesday, Jun 12, 2007
10:00AM Venue: USC Annenberg Public Diplomacy Island, Second Life
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP),
in cooperation with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School
invited members of Second Life Educators (SLED)
to the second IIP-USC Speaker Program:
"Accessibility in the 3-D Environment: Virtual Worlds and People with Disabilities"
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
11:00 SLT (PDT)
USC Public Diplomacy Island
Teleport: 203, 64, 29
Judy Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Bruce Bailey, Accessibility IT Specialist, United States Access Board
IIP is exploring the possibilities present in 3-D virtual world platforms, such as Second Life, for showcasing and hosting Public Diplomacy events, products and services. This session will focus on potential accessibility issues for virtual environments for people with disabilities, and resources and approaches for ensuring a barrier-free virtual experience.
The State Department Bureau of International Information Programs engages international audiences on issues of foreign policy, society and values to create an environment that can be receptive to U.S. national interests. IIP communicates with foreign opinion makers and other publics through a wide range of print and electronic outreach materials published in seven world languages. IIP also provides information outreach support to U.S. embassies and consulates in more than 140 countries worldwide.
The Public Diplomacy and Virtual Worlds Project analyzes how virtual worlds provide a new and natural platform for public diplomacy through the global communication and cross-cultural interaction that occurs in these worlds. For more information, Click here.
“City of War: London Calling” on PBS Based on the book by Nicholas Cull
Monday, May 21, 2007
1:00PM Venue: All PBS stations
The Center on Public Diplomacy is proud to announce that a TV adaptation of Nicholas Cull's first book, Selling War (1995) -- which dealt with the United Kingdom's public diplomacy efforts toward the USA during World War II -- aired on PBS starting May 21. Entitled, "City at War: London Calling," the film is narrated by Walter Cronkite and features the legendary anchorman touring London to recall WWII bombing raids which he covered for the United States. Cull appears as an on-screen commentator and is credited as a script consultant.
In Los Angeles it aired on KCET on Sunday, May 27, 2:00 PM.
High Level Delegation From China Visits USC to Discuss Public Diplomacy Tuesday, May 15, 2007
7:00AM Venue: ASC 207
On Tuesday, May 15, incoming dean of the Annenberg School Ernest J. Wilson chaired a private meeting with a high level delegation from the People's Republic of China to discuss international public diplomacy and the upcoming Olympics in Beijing. Donald Tang, Chairman of the Asia Society Southern California and member of the USC Annenberg Board of Councilors, accompanied the participants, which included:
Guoqing Wang, Vice Minister of China's State Council of Information Office
Wei Wang, Executive Vice President and Secretary General, '08 Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Yong Huang, Vice Chief Editor of China's State Administration of Radio, Film and TV
Lihua Liang, Vice Director, China's Internet News Administration
Ying Xu, Deputy Bureau Director, China's State Council of Information Office
Jingkuan Chen, Deputy Bureau Director, China's State Council of Information Office
Hongbin Zhang, Division Chief, China's State Council of Information Office
Baoming Jiang, Division Chief, China's State Council of Information Office
Yang Song, Project Manager, International Relations Department, Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
The participants from USC included:
Geoffrey Cowan, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Ernest Wilson, III, Incoming dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Barry Sanders, Executive Counsel, Latham & Watkins
Clayton Dube, Associate Director, USC U.S.-China Institute
Joshua Fouts, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Geoffrey Garrett, President, Pacific Council on International Policy
Nicholas Cull, Professor, Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Laurie Brand, Director, USC School of International Relations
Adam Clayton Powell, III, Director, USC Viterbi Integrated Media Systems Center
Sherine B. Walton, Deputy Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Mock Congressional Hearing on Smart Power Monday, May 14, 2007
7:30AM Venue: ASC 204
From the war in Iraq to the rise of China, the effective use of national power has become a topic of global interest. Over this past year the USC Center on Public Diplomacy has explored the conditions under which ‘hard power’ (the power to coerce) and "soft power" (the power to convince) can be effectively combined into "smart power."
The Smart Power Project at USC presented its initial findings in a special two-hour colloquium in the form of a mock congressional hearing on the topic. Graduate students in the Masters of Public Diplomacy seminar presented testimony summarizing their findings on the global and domestic relevance of the concept of "smart power."
The group offered concrete proposals for ways that smart power can enhance U.S. policy making. Faculty and others then questioned the smart power proponents on their findings. This topic is sure to hold a prominent place in the upcoming presidential and congressional campaign season.
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Track Two to Peace? Public Diplomacy, Cultural Interventions & the Peace Process in Northern Ireland Friday, May 4, 2007
8:00AM Venue: ASC 207
A One Day Conference at the USC Annenberg School for Communication
USC Center on Public Diplomacy,
in partnership with
USC Religion, Identity & Global Governance Project,
USC Center for International Studies
USC Annenberg Knight Chair on Media & Religion
Counterpoint: The British Council’s Cultural Relations Think Tank
The British Consulate-General in Los Angeles.
Objective: This conference brought together scholars of public diplomacy and international relations and participants in the inter-community peace building efforts in Northern Ireland to consider the effectiveness of track two diplomatic initiatives, public diplomacy, inter-community cultural work, peace building and other state and NGO initiatives to build peace in Northern Ireland. The objective was to understand both the achievement and the limits of this work in the province and assess whether there are lessons which may be applicable in other cases of conflict based on entrenched religious sectarian divides such as the Israel-Palestine case or contemporary Iraq.
Keynote speaker:
Professor Paul Arthur, Professor of History, University of Ulster/Stanford University.
Featured speakers to include:
Mick Fealty, editor, Slugger O'Toole, Belfast.
Sharon Harroun, former chair Children's Friendship Project for Northern Ireland,
Neil Jarman, director, Institute for Conflict Research, Belfast.
Tim Lynch, Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Greg McLaughlin, University of Ulster, Coleraine.
Dr. Barbara Nelson, founder The Concord Project & Dean, Professor of Public Policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles.
Niall O'Dochartaigh, Dept. of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Bob Peirce, former chief executive, the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland 1998-1999 & current UK Consul General, Los Angeles.
Respondents and Commentators:
Matt Bonham, Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University.
Mike Chinoy, Foreign Correspondent, Cable Network News.
Émer Deane, Consul General, Republic of Ireland, San Francisco.
Ali Fisher, Director Counterpoint, British Council, London.
Peter Kovach, US Department of State & Diplomat in Residence at UCLA.
Stephen Seche, US Department of State & Diplomat in Residence at USC.
Conference Chair:
Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy, USC.
Farewell Reception for Stephen Seche Wednesday, May 2, 2007
3:00PM Venue: Annenberg Second Floor Patio
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted a reception in honor of Visiting Professor and Diplomat-in-Residence, Stephen Seche. We bid Steve a fond farewell and thank him for his invaluable contributions to the Center and to the Master's in Public Diplomacy program over this past year.
Cultural Diplomacy: A Discussion with Dr. Alistair Fisher Wednesday, May 2, 2007
1:00PM Venue: ASC 103
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted a discussion with Dr. Alistair Fisher, director of Counterpoint, the cultural relations "think tank" of the British Council.
Prior to his appointment as director of Counterpoint in 2006, he was a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter. His research includes public and cultural diplomacy during the Cold War and the influence of civil society and cyberactivism on contemporary cultural relations.
Literature & Diplomacy: Bringing Italian Literature to the U.S. Friday, Apr 27, 2007
10:00AM Venue: ASC 331
CPD Deputy Director Sherine B. Walton and U.S. Diplomat-in-Residence Stephen Seche hosted a discussion featuring:
Claudio Magris
Magris, a critic, essayist, and scholar will be discussing his work Voices: Three Plays which has recently been translated into English. He is the recipient of several literary awards.
More information can be found on the flyer for this event.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Ambassador Abderahman Salaheldin, the Consul General of Egypt based in San Francisco, for a discussion on the role of cultural and educational interactions in building Egyptian-American partnerships.
EU Expansion—Three Years Later Challenges and Opportunities of the 2004 Accession
Wednesday, Apr 18, 2007
8:00AM Venue: UCLA Anderson School of Management
USC Center on Diplomacy Professor Nicholas Cull delivered a keynote speech titled "European Union and Public Diplomacy” at this symposium hosted by UCLA's Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
UCLA's Korn Convocation Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
How to Sell Germany A Discussion with Karsten D. Voigt
Tuesday, Apr 17, 2007
8:30AM Venue: ASC 230
The Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and the Consulate General
of the Republic of Germany presented:
Karsten D. Voigt has been the Coordinator of German-North American Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office since January of 1999. Prior to this he served as a Member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) for the Social Democrats (SPD) and as a Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, serving as President from 1994-1996.
Mr. Voigt's expertise is in the fields of foreign policy and security. Among his numerous other positions held, he is member of the Board of Directors of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin.
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Dean’s Welcome Reception for Murrow Program International Journalists Thursday, Apr 12, 2007
5:00PM Venue: Annenberg West Lobby
For the second year, USC Annenberg is one of the lead partner universities to host a delegation of international journalists as part of the U.S. State Department's Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists.
Dean Geoffrey Cowan and journalism school director Michael Parks held a reception welcoming reporters and editors from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The journalists spent five days in discussions focused on issues relevant to California, the U.S. and beyond.
Public Diplomacy and Soft Power Governments, People, and Foreign Policy
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007
11:00AM Venue: David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
Dr. Nicholas Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy, discussed "Public Diplomacy and Soft Power: Governments, People, and Foreign Policy" at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University.
Nicholas Cull joined the University of Southern California from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, where he was a professor of American studies and directed the Centre for American Studies. Cull's research and teaching interests are broad and interdisciplinary, centering on the developing academic discipline of public diplomacy, the role of culture, information, news, and propaganda in foreign policy. He is author of Selling America: U.S. Information Overseas, a history of the U.S. Information Agency (2005). And his first book, Selling War, was named by Choice Magazine as one of the ten best academic books of 1995. He is co-editor of Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500–present (2003) which was one of Book List magazine's reference books of the year, and co-editor of Alambrista and the U.S.–Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants (2004).
Bing Gordon, Chief Creative Officer, Electronic Arts Thursday, Mar 29, 2007
8:30AM Venue: ASC 207
Electronic Arts Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon discussed Public Diplomacy and Virtual Worlds.
Mr. Gordon's bio is listed below. More information on him can be found on the Electronic Arts website.
William B. Gordon
Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer
Mr. Gordon has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer since March 1998. Prior to this, he served as Executive Vice President, Marketing since October 1995. From August 1993 to October 1995, he served as Executive Vice President of EA Studios and as Senior Vice President of Entertainment Production since February 1992. He also served as Senior Vice President of Marketing, as General Manager of EA Studios, as Vice President of Marketing, as Director of Advertising and as Vice President of the former entertainment division while employed by the company. Bing holds a B.A. degree from Yale University and a M.B.A. degree from Stanford University.
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Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole. Monday, Mar 26, 2007
9:00AM Venue: ASC 207
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed former U.S. Ambassador and Career Foreign Services Officer Edward J. Perkins for a discussion on his new book, Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace. Warrior For Peace is a memoir of Perkins experience as a foreign service officer and specifically as the first U.S. black ambassador to South Africa in 1986, at the height of apartheid. A book signing followed.
Lunch will be served.
About Edward J. Perkins
Dr. Edward J. Perkins was named to the William J. Crowe Chair and as Executive Director of the International Programs Center at The University of Oklahoma in 1996.
Ambassador Perkins served as the Clinton Administration's representative to the Commonwealth of Australia from November 24, 1993 until August 1996. On August 31, 1996, Ambassador Perkins retired with the rank of Career Minister in the United States Foreign Service.
Early appointments: Chief of Personnel at the Army and Air Force Exchange in Taipei, Taiwan, 1958; Deputy Chief, then Chief of Personnel and Administration, at the Army and Air Force Exchange on Okinawa, 1962-66; Assistant General Services Officer to the U. S. Operations Mission to Thailand, 1967. There, he served successively as a Management Analyst, then Deputy Assistant Director for Management.
In 1972 Dr. Perkins was assigned as Staff Assistant in the Office of the Director General of the Foreign Service. He was assigned as a Personnel Officer in the State Department’s Bureau of Personnel from 1972-74. Following this assignment, he was assigned to the Bureau of Far East and South Asian Affairs (1974-75), and thereafter served in the Office of Management Operations in the Department of State from 1975 to 1978. In 1978, he was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana, as counselor for Political Affairs. He was named Deputy Chief of Mission to the American Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia in 1981; he served as Director of the Department of State’s Office of West African Affairs from 1983-85. In 1985 he was appointed Ambassador to Liberia, and in 1986 as Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa where he served from 1986-89. In 1989 Ambassador Perkins was appointed as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel in the Department of State where he served from 1989-1992. In 1992 he was appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and U.S. Representative in the UN Security Council, where he served from 1992-1993, until taking up his post in Australia.
Edward J. Perkins was born in Sterlington, Louisiana, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maryland and Masters and Doctor of Public Administration degrees from the University of Southern California. He served three years in the U.S. Army and four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He speaks French, Japanese and Thai.
During his Foreign Service career, he received the Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards; the Department of State’s Distinguished Honor and Superior Honor Award; the Una Chapman Cox Foundation Award for Distinguished Foreign Service Work; the University of Southern California’s Distinguished Alumni Award; the Southern University’s Achievement Award; the Links, Inc. Living Legend Award, the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Award for Distinguished Diplomatic Service; the Kappa Alpha Psi C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference Award and the Kappa Alpha Psi Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Foreign Service, as well as 1992's Statesman of the Year Award from George Washington University. In 1993, he was granted the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity’s highest honor, the Laurel Wreath Award for Achievement and Distinguished Diplomatic Service. He was the 1998 Honoree of the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter of The University of Oklahoma. On September 10, 2001, he received the Director General’s Cup awarded by the Department of State. In 2006, he was honored as one of the Strong Men and Women of America by Dominion Resource Services, Inc.
Other assignments by which Ambassador Perkins has been honored include: Distinguished Jerry Collins Lecturer in Public Administration, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida and a Presidential appointment to the Presidential/Congressional Commission on the Public Service from 1992 to 1993. He has served on the White House Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation since 2003.
He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the American Consortium for International Public Administration, the American Foreign Service Association, The American Legion, The American Political Science Association, The American Society for Public Administration, the Asia Society, the Center for the Study of the Presidency, the Chester A. Arthur Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Epsilon Boule of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institute of International Education, the International Studies Association, the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, The Navy League, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Honor Society of the Phi Kappa Phi, the Public Service Commission, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chevy Chase Chapter, the World Affairs Council of Oklahoma, and the World Affairs Council of Washington, D. C.
Ambassador Perkins also serves on the Board of the Cranlana Programme in Melbourne, Australia; the Steering Committee for the Center for Australia/New Zealand Studies at Georgetown University; the Advisory Board of the Institute for International Public Policy; the Advisory Council to the University Office of International Programs at The Pennsylvania State University; the Advisory Board of the Thursday Luncheon Group; the Board of Trustees of The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation; the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University; the Board of Directors of the National Academy for Public Administration; and as a Life Trustee of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
He has been awarded honorary degrees from Lewis and Clark College, St. John’s University, the University of Maryland, Beloit College, Winston-Salem State University, St. Augustine College, Bowie State University, and the University of Southern California.
His published works include Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace, Perkins, Edward J. with Connie Cronley. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006; and articles on foreign policy including: “New Dimensions in Foreign Affairs: Public Administration Theory in Practice,” Public Administration Review, July-Aug. 1990; “Diversity in the U.S. Diplomacy,” The Bureaucrat, Vol. 20, No. 4, 1991-92; “The United States and the UN,” Yale University Law Journal, 1993; “The United States as a Global Citizen,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Winter 1992; “Should the United Nations Have a Standing Army?” The Georgetown Compass--A Journal of International Affairs, Vol. III, No. 2, Fall 1993; “Global Institutions: Action for the Future,” U.S. Catholic Conference 1994; and “Resolution of Conflict, the Attainment of Peace,” Occasional Paper Number 96/1, University of Sydney, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, 1996; “An International Agenda for Change,” American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 40, No. 3, Sage Publishers, January, 1997; “A Clash of Civilizations? Or Normal Relations with Nations of the Islamic World?” To Be a Muslim: Islam, Peace, and Democracy. Prince El Hassan bin Talal; in collaboration with Alain Elkann. Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2004; and he contributed to “The Psychology of Diplomacy: Conflict Resolution in a Time of Minimal or Unusual Small-Scale Conflicts,” Chapter 4, The Psychology of Peacekeeping, edited by Harvey J. Langholtz, Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998 .
The Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed USC CPD senior research fellow Nancy Snow for a discussion on her latest book, "The Arrogance of American Power" (released by Rowman & Littlefield September 2006).
The discussion was taped by C-SPAN for BookTV. 50 Years of Dialogue and Cooperation: Lessons and Future Challenges for EU Public Diplomacy Tuesday, Mar 20, 2007
11:00AM Venue: ASC 207
The Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Master's in Public Diplomacy Director Nick Cull hosted a panel discussion with Former German Consul General Hans Wendler, Hungarian Consul General Ferenc Bosenbacher, Bulgarian Consul General Ivo Mouskourov, British Embassy Counsellor Frank Baker and other distinguished representatives of the European Union consulate corps in Los Angeles.
Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, this high profile forum discussed the European model of cooperation, the spirit of the acquis communautaire and the future of European Union soft power.
‘If Karen Hughes Can Speak for America, So Can I’ with Nancy Snow
Thursday, Mar 1, 2007
6:00PM Venue: Orchid Building, UFCW Hall, Camarillo, CA
International Studies Association Convention - Politics Policy & Responsible Leadership Feb 28 - Mar 3
4:00PM Venue: Hilton, Chicago
USC Center on Public Diplomacy scholars and fellows, including Nicholas Cull, Eytan Gilboa, Laurie Brand, Steven Lamy, Amelia Arsenault, Jean Miller, and Shawn Powers presented at the ISA 48th Annual Convention in Chicago.
February 28 - March 3
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
For more information, visit http://www.isanet.org/chicago2007/ Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power Is Transforming the World A Discussion with Joshua Kurlantzick
How does religion affect global politics? Can competing religious identities ever co-exist in peace?
Jonathan Fox
The Religion, Identity, and Global Governance (RIGG) project seeks to answer questions like these by sponsoring an exciting speaker series in partnership with the School of International Relations and the Center for International Studies.
Jonathan Fox
Feb. 21, SOS B40 from 12:30-2:00pm
In his presentation Dr. Fox addressed:
* The absence of religion in IR theory and research
* Religion as a driving factor in humanitarian interventions
* The current use of religious rhetoric in the political sphere
* The persuasive force of religious ideology and its limitations
Following the talk, there was a session with graduate students on the practical aspects of his study as well as his personal recommendations regarding methodology selection and current research trends.
Dr. Jonathan Fox is a Senior Research Associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic studies and a lecturer at the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is the author/editor of 4 books and over 40 articles on religion, conflict and international relations. 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting Sunday, Feb 18, 2007
11:00AM Venue: San Francisco, CA
Center on Public Diplomacy director Joshua Fouts spoke at the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA
Yusaku Horiuchi is an Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University and a Research Associate with the United States Study Centre, Sydney. He earned an M.A. in international and development economics from Yale University in 1995 and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001. His research and teaching interests include political economy, public opinion and research methods. He has published articles in American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Political Science Review, among others.
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Daniel Lynch
Jeffrey Owens
Monroe E. Price
Stanley Rosen
Barry Sanders
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