Announcements
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The Korea Foundation grant will fund several programs examining Korea's sports diplomacy and more.
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Season's greetings from CPD.
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The research grant from Global Ties U.S. will fund a project to evaluate and monitor the Police Professionalization Exchange Program.
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The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs' second annual conference runs from December 5-7.
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Help us build the field of public diplomacy and support our bold new initiatives and programming in 2018 and beyond.
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An overview of CPD's activities this semester. From hosting the former president of Taiwan to releasing a position paper on public diplomacy, we've been busy!
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Applications are due January 15, 2018.
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A new course this spring challenges students to locate themselves as both targets and practitioners of public diplomacy.