As students in the third cohort of the Master of Public Diplomacy program here at the University of Southern California prepare to graduate next month fully equipped and determined to tackle the world‘s public diplomacy challenges, it seems fitting to focus this issue on another key element of field-building – that of publications.

Among other activities during the past month, I have used several forums to question the Obama administration‘s commitment to public diplomacy.  In a speech at Chatham House in London, in CPD and Huffington Post blogs