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.

CPD Director, Philip Seib, discussed his latest book Real-Time Diplomacy: Politics and Power in the Social Media Era at The Heritage Foundation.