The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Mr. Werner Wnendt, the Deputy Director-General for Culture and Communication from the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin. This talk will be moderated by CPD University Fellow, Nicholas J. Cull. Mr. Wendt discussed how cultural and educational programs can create a broad basis for stable international relations.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the Center on International Studies was pleased to host Victoria Schofield, author of Afghan Frontier, to discuss the Afghan-Pakistan relationship and other issues facing Central Asia.

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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and ASC School of Journalism were pleased to host a discussion with journalist John Maxwell Hamilton upon the publication of his new book, Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Yusaku Horiuchi, Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at Australian National University on January 28, 2010, to discuss their research on U.S.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome MPD Adjunct Faculty Matt Armstrong and Cari Guittard to discuss the year ahead in public diplomacy.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome Salman Ahmad for a conversation on the public diplomacy power of rock and roll. A medical doctor by training, Ahmad formed Junoon, South Asia's biggest and longest-lasting rock band, in 1990. Ahmad discussed the success of Junoon, as well as his role as a UN Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS and his efforts for peace between Pakistan and India.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host a reception and discussion to celebrate the publication of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945-1989 in association with the USC Masters Program in Public Diplomacy, USC Annenberg Chair in Communication Leadership and Policy, and the Public Diplomacy Council. The event was held at the USC Washington DC Office:

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Professor Virginia Haufler for a Conversation in Public Diplomacy. Virginia Haufler discussed the public diplomacy involved in governing corporations in zones of conflict, based on her chapter “Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict: Issues, Actors, and Institutions” in the forthcoming book, Who Governs the Globe?

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