Announcements
CPD Interns Maya Babla, Mona El Hamdani and Aparajitha Vadlamannati are part of a team of seven graduate students currently on a two-week research trip to India to analyze the country's public diplomacy efforts. The objective of the trip is to spark a larger discussion on the relevance and value of public diplomacy within the international affairs and communications communities.
Today, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy released its latest Media Monitor Report on AFRICOM - AFRICOM's Still Undefined Future. The report ponders the future of AFRICOM and suggests that the appropriateness of a primarily hard power entity, such as the Defense Department, assuming soft power responsibilities needs to be debated further.
This latest issue of PDiN Monitor is titled Assessing China's Charm Offensive. Following a mandate by the Chinese Communist Party's plenary session in October there has been an increase in focus on China's cultural exports, and the rest of the world has taken note.
Dr. Lina Khatib will discuss regional Arab reform during the upcoming "In the Middle of the Storm: Development and Governance in the Arab World," conference to be held on December 6, 2011, at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. The two panel conference will feature a keynote lunch with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund.
Former CPD Public Diplomat-in-Residence Robert Banks offers some insight on the scope and status of the field of public diplomacy evaluation.
CPD Director Philip Seib was keynote speaker at the Royal Irish Academy Conference for International Affairs 2011 on November 25 in Dublin.
The latest installment in the CPD Perspectives series, "Essays on Faith Diplomacy" examines faith diplomacy and its importance to public diplomacy efforts. The publication features an analysis of post-secular discourse between Islamic and non-Islamic worlds, a study of the history of the Catholic Church's global diplomacy and much more.
CPD Director Philip Seib traveled to Mexico City to address issues related to Mexican public diplomacy during a series of talks and meetings held November 14-16.