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CPD congratulates CPD Faculty Fellow Vivian S. Walker on her new role appraising U.S. public diplomacy efforts.
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As part of its commitment to building the academic field of public diplomacy, CPD will award $2,500 to an emerging scholar engaged in cutting-edge research on public diplomacy.
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Diana Ingenhoff and Alexander Buhmann are two of four co-editors of Bridging Disciplinary Perspectives of Country Image Reputation, Brand, and Identity.
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From a Microsoft employee connecting with U.S. veterans to a Palestinian building an international running community and more.
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As part of its commitment to building the academic field of public diplomacy, CPD will award $2,500 to an emerging scholar engaged in cutting-edge research on public diplomacy.
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A new paper by 2015-17 CPD Research Fellow Barbora Maronkova on NATO's public diplomacy evaluation & measurement.
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Romi Jain and Mariana de Heredia are the latest recipients of this award.
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One USC professor's engineering diplomacy course captures the increasing importance of science and technology in statecraft.