Under Secretary Richard Stengel thinks so.

In this August 10 video from C-Span, Margot Shorey, a U.S. State Department expert on Boko Haram, and Leo Keyen, a Voice of America journalist, discuss U.S.-led strategy to combat the Islamist terrorist organization operating out of West Africa.

A new white paper has been released by the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. The piece, Public Diplomacy at Risk: Protecting Open Access for American Centers appeared online on May 5, 2015.

A look back at some of CPD's publications and video content on Turkish public diplomacy: 

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The 9th CPD Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy concluded on August 1st, with 30 public diplomats engaging in extensive public diplomacy training.

To coincide with this week's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. hosted by President Obama, CPD has put together some of our key materials over the years touching on public diplomacy in and by African countries.

A Cautionary Tale of Soft Power Promotion
(Jul 2014) A review of Howard French's book on China's investment in Africa.