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CPD University Fellow Nicholas Cull is quoted by The Economist about the U.S. Department of State's musical diplomacy.

Voice of America interviewed Clayton Dube, associate director of the USC U.S.-China Institute, about U.S.-Taiwan relations. The role of the lead representative to Taiwan is to effectively communicate American policy, not to make that policy, Dube said. The representative must also be an effective observer so as to provide Washington with good advice regarding trends in... >

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is proud to announce the launch of its annual CPD Prize for Best Student Paper in Public Diplomacy.

CPD Visiting Professor Andrew F. Cooper is interviewed by Fox Business News about the G-20 meeting on the global economic crisis, currently underway in the United Kingdom.

CPD Director Geoffrey Wiseman to moderate panel on Global Approaches to Cultural Diplomacy at the APDS "Cultural Diplomacy: Clash or Conversation?" Symposium on March 27, 2009.

CPD Fellow Kristen Lord co-writes a Huffington Post piece with with Brookings Fellow Stephen Grand, entitled To Rebuild U.S.-Muslim World Relations, Obama Is Not Enough.

Canadian Fulbright Chair in Public Diplomacy Andrew F. Cooper quoted in Politico piece on The evolution of celebrity diplomacy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School is proud to announce the publication of Public Diplomacy, Cultural Interventions & the Peace Process in Northern Ireland: Track Two to Peace? edited by Joseph Popiolkowski and Nicholas J. Cull.

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