CPD Event
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Dr. David Abshire, former NATO ambassador recounted his career as a public diplomat in a conversation with Nicholas Cull.
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Philip Seib for a discussion on international news coverage, media ethics, and new technologies.
Joshua Kurlantzick, foreign editor for The New Republic sat down for a roundtable discussion and conversation with Professor Nicholas Cull and students at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's videorecorded remarks set the tone for an evening commemorating the 50th anniversary of a critical event in U.S. public diplomacy history: Dizzy Gillespie's 1956 State Department-funded world musical tour. The tour was considered a turning point in U.S. cultural outreach to the world.
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Lanie Denslow for a discussion on corporate and business diplomacy.
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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Gillian Sorensen for a presentation on lessons learned during her career as Senior Adviser at the United Nations Foundation. Sorensen is a national advocate on matters related to the United Nations and the United States-United Nations relationship, and she is a fellow here at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.