This issue focuses on specific cases of U.S. public diplomacy with Iran, North Korea, and Cuba, and illustrates how engagement is used between states that have strained formal relations.

Summer and Fall 2012 CPD Visiting Scholar Natalia Grincheva authors a piece that analyzes the role of digital diplomacy and situates it theoretically within the philosophical work of Bernard Stiegler.

The Center is now accepting applications from scholars and practitioners of public diplomacy for the 2013-2015 term. CPD Research Fellows will be expected to oversee a substantive research project that will yield at least two outputs, including one publication for the CPD Perspectives on Public Diplomacy series.

The most recent installment in the CPD Perspectives series, "Cases in Water Diplomacy" is an edited volume of six case studies in water diplomacy. Released on the heels of the 10th annual World Water Day (observed March 22nd, as mandated by the United Nations General Assembly), this collection highlights the ever-growing importance of strategic water diplomacy in all regions of the world.

The Winter 2013 issue of PDiN Monitor focuses on the role of diasporas in public diplomacy. Diaspora communities have long been considered an integral part of public diplomacy initiatives, and their role will will only continue to increase. This issue of PDiN Monitor discusses examples of how diasporas are engaged in public diplomacy.

PD Magazine's "Sports Diplomacy" issue focuses on the role of sports in public diplomacy.

On Friday, March 1, the CPD will host a research conference on international broadcasting in the social media era with speakers from Google, BBC World Service, CNN, CCTV and Radio Free Asia.