The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and USC Annenberg School of Journalism was pleased to host a discussion with Ramin Asgard, Director of Voice of America's Persian News Network.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Riffat Masood, the Consul General of Pakistan in Los Angeles for a conversation about Pakistan, U.S., and public diplomacy. Consul General Masood discussed how the relationship between Pakistan and the United States, could benefit from public diplomacy efforts initiated by each country toward the other.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies was pleased to welcome Douglas Kmiec for a talk titled, "Secularism Crucified?"

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted a panel discussion looking at U.S. public diplomacy in the Arab world ten years after the 9/11 attacks.

Read the event synopsis below.

Setting the framework for the event, panelists were asked to consider the question that U.S. policymakers have grappled with, “Why do they hate us?” and then with the broader issues of the tone and substance of American public diplomacy.

2011 marks the sixth annual Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy. This innovative two-week training program is run by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School, and is an opportunity for professionals to collaborate and immerse themselves in the increasingly critical study of public diplomacy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, USC Office of Religious Life, USC Muslim Student Union, USC Asian Pacific American Student Services, and the

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host the U.S. State Department Public Diplomat in Residence (2009-2011) Dr. Robert Banks spoke about his ongoing research project on public diplomacy evaluation.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host CPD Research Fellow (2009-2011), Dr. Kathy Fitzpatrick. Professor Fitzpatrick spoke about her ongoing research project on U.S. Mutual Understanding.