Ms Sonenshine has been using her new office of Public Diplomacy to engage groups of Pakistani and American media people in a series of joint outreach seminars with Ambassador Rehman over the last few weeks in Washington.

On the last day of the Masters of Public Diplomacy delegation’s visit to Washington D.C., some of us had the opportunity to visit the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. The delegation included University of Southern California alumna and Senior Communications Advisor, Stacy Hope; Assistant Press Officer, Ren Althouse; and three Press & Public Diplomacy (PPD) interns.

In the latest triumph of Japanese soft power in its former colony, tens of thousands of Taiwanese have taken up planting cherry trees to revel in their colourful bloom for a few precious moments each spring - just like in Japan.

It has been inaugurated within the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, the Hemingway Bar, in homage to the famous American writer and as part of an effort to bridge Havana with public opinion in this country. "I've been asked many times in recent weeks, the reason for this our humble tribute to Ernest Hemingway...

D.C. has lots of embassies, and lots of embassies host cultural events that showcase arts and culture from their countries...I think embassies produce this kind of programming because want to share their culture with Americans. Cultural diplomacy at its best!

Cultural diplomacy usually comes in the form of a traveling art exhibit or a celebrity visit to a war-torn country. But there's a deeper kind of diplomacy taking place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C...arts managers from around the world have been coming to D.C...

The resulting documentary — “Corner Plot” — was shown at festivals in the area. It was recently among the films chosen by the State Department to be shown at embassies around the world as part of a public diplomacy initiative. Dahlman said the Koiners may make their film debut in Tajikistan.