The USC Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) has over ten years of training the world's public diplomats through our cutting-edge professional education program which integrates academic scholarship and real-world problem-solving.

The 2016 two-week program reflected the fast-changing diplomacy landscape while providing a wide range of hands-on skills and analytical capabilities essential for high-impact public diplomacy practice. The 2016 summer curriculum included:

Moving from ideology to identity may be the key to CVE.

Foreign audiences are more important than ever for Hollywood...so why are we still seeing all-white casts?

Whether you call it PD, nation branding, or PR for nations, it's a global phenomenon.

Iranian cultural promotion in "Tehrangeles."

Discussing the legacy of the Obama administration in public diplomacy.

The media's potential for empowering marginalized communities through public diplomacy.