Announcements
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.
In the latest issue of CPD Perspectives, CPD Advisory Board Member Barry Sanders calls for the U.S. to adopt a well conceived selective approach to its public diplomacy efforts.
Philip Seib participated in the fifth Wilton Park roundtable meeting in public diplomacy series in Steyning, West Sussex, (UK) October 12-14.
USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to host Fulbright Professional Scholar Sarala Fernando for Fall 2011. While at the Center, she will research the training challenges faced by developing countries with small cadres of diplomats and the support of public diplomacy initiatives.
CPD University Fellow Ernest J. Wilson, III was cited in the online edition of a Shanghai Daily.com article encouraging China to increase its investment in public diplomacy to build trust and understanding with people from other nations.
CPD is proud to announce the 2011-2013 CPD Research Fellows: Michele Acuto, Sarah Graham, and R.S. Zaharna.