Announcements
CPD University Fellow, Professor Jian (Jay) Wang, together with Shaojing Sun, associate professor of the School of Journalism at Fudan University, have penned the second issue of CPD Perspectives in Public Diplomacy for 2012. "Experiencing Nation Brands: A Comparative Analysis of Eight National Pavilions at Expo Shanghai 2010".
This latest issue of PDiN Monitor is titled India Emerged: A Review of India's Public Diplomacy Activities. The issue examines the large scale public diplomacy effort put forward by India recently and the rise of its soft power presence in the world.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy has released its first issue of CPD Perspectives for 2012. Authored by CPD Research Fellow, Lina Khatib, the paper examines the image management strategy by Lebanese paramilitary political party Hizbullah over the past five years.
Philip Seib recently traveled to the UK for a conference at the University of Cambridge and a series of meetings in London.
Philip Seib addresses topics ranging from media and terrorism to social media revolutions.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy has released its newest Media Monitor Report on Science Diplomacy. Studying the use of science as a tool for public diplomacy, it looks specifically at legislation, technological exchanges and conflict prevention as three key areas through which science diplomacy is executed and considers the effectiveness of each.
In a third attempt to launch an English news network, China will debut TodayChina in February 2012.
CPD Research Intern, Emily Chin, has just been named the 2012 recipient of the Rockwell Dennis Hunt Scholastic Award at the University of Southern California. This honor is awarded annually to the graduate alumnus who is most representative of the University's traditions and objectives.