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Books
Nicholas Cull, Nancy Snow, eds.. (Feb 2020). Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy 2nd Edition.
Deborah L. Trent. (Jul 2018). Nontraditional U.S. Public Diplomacy. Public Diplomacy Council.
Christopher Paul, Jessica Yeats, Colin P. Clarke, Miriam Mattews. (May 2015). Assessing and Evaluating Department of Defense Efforts to Inform, Influence, and Persuade. RAND Corporation.
Nicholas J. Cull. (Sep 2012). The Decline and Fall of the United States Information Agency. Palgrave Macmillan.
Paul Sharp and Geoffery Wiseman, eds. (Jan 2012). American Diplomacy. Brill.
Journal articles
Alexander Buhmann and Erich J. Sommerfeldt. (Apr 2020). Drivers and barriers in public diplomacy evaluation: understanding attitudes, norms, and control. International Communication Gazette.
Efe Sevin, Emily Metzgar, and Craig Hayden. (Dec 2019). The Scholarship of Public Diplomacy: Analysis of a Growing Field. International Journal of Communication . USC Annenberg4814-4837.
Erich J. Sommerfeldt and Alexander Buhmann . (Aug 2019). The status quo of evaluation in public diplomacy: insights from the US State Department. Journal of Communication Management.
Efe Sevin. (Oct 2017). A Multilayered Approach to Public Diplomacy Evaluation: Pathways of Connection. Politics & Policy. 879-901.
Hamilton Bean and Edward Comor. (Jun 2017). Data-Driven Public Diplomacy: A Critical and Reflexive Assessment. All Azimuth. 1-16.
Essays
Richard Wike. (Apr 2020). The New Anti-Americanism: How Worries About U.S. Dominance Gave Way to Worries About U.S. Decline. Foreign Affairs.
Paul Sharp, Jan Mellisen, Constance Duncombe, and Marcus Holmes. (Mar 2020). Editorial: HJD Fifteen Years on, Past and Present Board Members on Future Research. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Brill. 327-330.
Robin Brown. (Mar 2017). Public Diplomacies and the Pathologies of Liberal Statecraft. Public Diplomacy, Networks and Influence.
Robin Brown. (Jan 2017). Analyzing Public Diplomacies: Four Dimensions. Public Diplomacy, Networks and Influence Blog.
Thomas Miller. (Jan 2017). Hidden Successes in Public Diplomacy. Take Five. Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, GW University.
Reports
James Pamment. (Apr 2020). The EU Code of Practice on Disinformation: Briefing Note for the New EU Commission. Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceCarnegie Endowment for International Peace.
(Feb 2020). COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY & INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING: FOCUS ON FY 2018 BUDGET DATA. U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD)U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD).
(Jan 2019). 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer . Edelman Edelman .
(Dec 2018). 2018 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting. United States Advisory Commission on Public DiplomacyUnited States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
(Sep 2018). Optimizing Engagement: Research, Evaluation and Learning in Public Diplomacy. US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, M&C Saatchi World Services US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, M&C Saatchi World Services .
Speeches
Aug 2016 - Edward Schumacher-Matos on Public Diplomacy.
May 2013 - How to End the Forever War? (Oxford Union)
May 2006 - Quincy Jones on Cultural Diplomacy in China. (USC Center on Public Diplomacy.)
Organizations
Multimedia
Jan 17, 2017 - Public Diplomacy and National Security: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Apr 7, 2016 - The Good Country
Feb 11, 2016 - Let's Get DiploDigital Live Stream from Rome
Mar 30, 2015 - Befriending the Enemy: Do Cultural Exchanges Really Matter?
CPD Blog
Q&A with Professor Nicholas Cull on Propaganda in the AI Age by Nicholas J. Cull on Jun 3, 2026
Proposing K-Culture Global Influence Index (K-CGI) by Myoung-Gi Chon on Apr 23, 2026
Multilateral Public Diplomacy at Expo 2025 Osaka by César Corona on Apr 2, 2026
Performance and Performativity in Contemporary Diplomacy by Robert D. Marin on Mar 23, 2026
PD News
China's Soft Power: A Comparative Failure or Secret Success (CPD Blog) on Aug 24, 2017
All Azimuth? A Response to Comor and Bean (CPD Blog) on Aug 9, 2017
Challenges in Measuring Public Diplomacy (CPD Blog) on Aug 4, 2017
Japan-Brazil Cooperation: Flawed By Design? (The Diplomat ) on May 10, 2017
What is a Good Country? (Inquirer.net ) on Apr 8, 2017
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