In August 2009, the Center launched a new research fellowship program designed to support and publicize the work of scholars and practitioners of public diplomacy. Selected from a competitive pool of international applicants by a review committee, the CPD Research Fellows each oversee a substantive research project that will yield at least one publication for the CPD Perspectives on Public Diplomacy series. Our past work includes the following research fellowship initiatives:
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THE IMPACT OF ARTS, CULTURE, AND MEDIA IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY
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 This project will assess the impact of arts, culture, and media in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the goal of developing recommendations for U.S. public diplomacy policy towards each country. |
Principal Investigator: Cynthia P. Schneider
Past Contributing Researcher: Justin Rashid
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U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY’S NEGLECTED MANDATE: ADVANCING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
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 This study will attempt to understand why the U.S. public diplomacy's mandate of "mutual understanding" has ignored the need to increase Americans' understanding of foreign nations and peoples. It will seek to find what must be done to advance mutual understanding between U.S. and foreign publics in the future. |
Principal Investigator: Kathy R. Fitzpatrick
Past Contributing Researcher: Candace Burnham
CPD Research Fellowship Publications:
U.S. Public Diplomacy's Neglected Domestic Mandate
U.S. Public Diplomacy in a Post- 9/11 World: From Messaging to Mutuality
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PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN RUSSIA’S NEAR ABROAD: THE CASES OF UKRAINE AND GEORGIA
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 The main objective of this project is to examine the use of public diplomacy strategies by the Russian federation and the West in order to extend or maintain a soft-power presence in what has become known as the Russian near abroad, or more recently referred to as Russia’s sphere of ‘privileged interest’. |
Principal Investigator: Iskra Kirova
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