Has the global view of the United States improved in recent years? Do people around the world see the dominant superpower as a partner to their country? How do they perceive American culture, ideas, economic aid, and drone missile strikes? Is President Barack Obama still popular with many people around the world? Dr. Richard Wike discussed the latest global attitudes poll that were conducted in 38 countries on America's image abroad.

The year 2013 marks the eighth annual Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy. This innovative, collaborative two-week training program run by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School allows professionals to immerse themselves in the increasingly critical study of public diplomacy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to co-sponsor the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) annual conference on the new and traditional frontlines of public diplomacy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) and Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico are pleased to co-sponsor an event, “Emerging from Crisis?

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome current Research Fellows, Michele Acuto and Sarah Ellen Graham for a round-table discussion about their current projects.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome Elizabeth Linder, Politics and Government Specialist, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Facebook. Elizabeth spent time discussing how networking and social media can play an important role in the practice of public diplomacy. Facebook, with its individual and country pages, presents opportunities for the public diplomacy practitioner to engage publics in many diverse ways.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Ben Hammersley for a discussion about the technological mega-trends that will shape the next decade, and what the internet, social networks, borderless memetics, epidemiology, and the changed media landscape will mean for public diplomacy.

On Tuesday, February 26, the US-Mexico Network @ USC co-sponsored a moderated round table discussion with USC faculty and students which focused on the public diplomacy efforts of middle powers and specifically how those past experiences can be implemented into policy recommendations for Mexican public diplomacy efforts.