Announcements
Contrary to popular belief, the rapid growth of China and India is not a threat to the U.S. economy contends CPD University Fellow Rob Asghar in his op-ed article "The Myth of America's Decline," published today by CNN.
Today marks the official launch of CPD's Water Diplomacy Initiative. The Initiative will feature a number of events and publications on Water Diplomacy and continuing research activity addressing a range of water diplomacy issues.

The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to announce the 2010-2011 Annual Report. This is the second year the Center has produced a snapshot of its research, publications, events, programming and professional training.
Click here to watch Ban Ki-moon’s talk, “Using New Data to Understand Emerging Vulnerability in Real Time” scheduled at 2:45pm (EST).
CPD Director Philip Seib participated in conferences in Beirut, Lebanon and Doha, Qatar on October 28-30, and October 31-November 1, respectively.

A November 4th Financial Times article titled "Qatar Calling" assessed the growth of Al Jazeera's media reach under the direction of its former director-general Wadah Khanfar, citing CPD Director, Philip Seib's op-ed article in Foreign Affairs.
This latest issue of PDiN Monitor takes a closer look at Turkish Public Diplomacy. Turkey's public diplomacy has gained increasing attention recently in the media and not just because of the recent earthquake that struck the country.

CPD Director Philip Seib will discuss the implications of Al Jazeera for public diplomacy as part of the conference held in Doha, Qatar October 31- November 1, 2011.