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Public Diplomacy and National Security: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration

January 17, 2017 • 4:00 – 5:30 pm EST

Please join CSIS's Human Rights Initiative (HRI) and the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) for a conversation with Benjamin Rhodes and James Glassman, moderated by Michael Crowley. The featured guests will discuss key areas of progress that have been made in public diplomacy during the Obama and Bush administrations and the enduring challenges and opportunities that President Trump will inherit.

Before the discussion, HRI and CPD will present their recommendations for ways in which the next administration can strengthen and elevate U.S. public diplomacy over the next four years.

Benjamin K. Rhodes

Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

James K. Glassman

Former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Michael Crowley

Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Politico

Ambassador D. Bruce Wharton

Acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Shannon N. Green