New Publication: Trials of Engagement: The Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy

CPD University Fellow Nicholas Cull has most recently published a chapter concerning "Karen Hughes and the Brezhnev Syndrome" in the new book Trials of Engagement: The Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy.

Cull's chapter is titled "Karen Hughes and the Brezhnev Syndrome: The Trial of Public Diplomacy as Domestic Performance." The reviewer, Dr. Michael Schneider, said "Cull identifies in the “Brezhnev Syndrome” the concept of governments that conduct aggressive international PD campaigns to shore up the regime at home. He warns of three problematic concerns of this syndrome catching on in the U.S.: periodic entry of PD into mainstream national politics, the expression of local ethnic politics in PD policy, and the ongoing conduct of PD with the domestic audience in mind." Dr. Schneider also states that the book, overall, focuses on connecting theory with the analysis on the practice of public diplomacy creating a comprehensive look at what the future holds for American public diplomacy around the world.

To read the review on the American Diplomacy Publishers site, click here.

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