Announcements
In his review of Dennis R. Hoover and Douglas M. Johnston’s newly edited text Religion and Foreign Affairs, CPD Director Philip Seib notes the vital importance of an understanding of the role of faith in foreign affairs.
CPD is pleased to host Visiting Scholar Natalia Grincheva for Summer and Fall 2012. While at the Center, she will be researching new museology, cultural diplomacy, and social media.
In the latest CPD Perspectives paper, titled "Practicing Successful Twitter Public Diplomacy: A model and case study of U.S. efforts in Venezuela," Erika Yepsen examines the role Twitter can play in public diplomacy, and how current policy needs to adapt to enable government to capitalize upon the benefits of the technology to engage effectively online.
CPD University Fellow Rob Asghar published an article on July 4th in the Christian Science Monitor titled "The 'America Effect': How immigrants fall crazy in love". Reflecting on the experience of his family, originally from Pakistan, Asghar traces through the ways in which an American experience forever shapes the lives of immigrants who come to the nation.
This report on CPD's conference “Water Diplomacy: A Foreign Policy Imperative” provides brief summaries of each panel discussion with a focus on preliminary observations and recommendations for the conduct of water public diplomacy and policy.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy will kick off its 2012 Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy at USC on July 23. The professional training program will run through August 3.
CPD University Fellow and Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Ernest J. Wilson III argues that the high-tech sector needs to start playing a role in U.S. foreign economic policy in his article “Silicon Valley Needs a Foreign Policy,” published in Foreign Affairs on June 20.
CPD Advisory Board Member and CEO of Phoenix Pictures Mike Medavoy receives Outstanding Achievement Award at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival.