The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to announce the selection of new members of its Advisory Board.

CPD University Fellow and Director of the USC Master of Public Diplomacy Program Nicholas Cull's most recent book, The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945-1989 has just been released in paperback by Cambridge University Press. A launch event will take place in Washington, DC.

Director Philip Seib's article, "Defining Influence, Balancing Power: News and Foreign Policy," is included in the collection of essays recently published in the Routledge Companion to News and Journalism, edited by Stuart Allan.

CPD Director Philip Seib participates in a roundtable, "Winning Hearts and Minds: American Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century," on November 16 at Johns Hopkins University's Washington DC Center.

CPD Director Philip Seib joins a "Media and Politics" panel and moderates another at the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) International Conference in Cairo Nov. 7-10.

In addition to audio recordings on the website, the Center is expanding its new media offerings to include podcasts of CPD speeches and events. To visit the Center's iTunes station, follow the link.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a two-year grant to USC for support of a project on "Engaging Intensely Adversarial States: The Strategic Limits and Potential of Public Diplomacy in U.S. National Security Policy."