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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to host Tara D. Sonenshine, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, as part of its CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy series on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 2:30pm.

CPD congratulates CPD Research Fellow Dr. Mai'a K.David Cross on her recent book award from the University Association for Contemporary Studies for Security Integration in Europe: How Knowledge-based Networks Are Transforming the European Union.

Angus Taylor Simmons, a senior Foreign Service Officer at the Department of State, has joined the USC Center on Public Diplomacy as its sixth U.S. Public Diplomat in Residence.

MPD Alums Paul Rockower and Matthew Wallin discuss cultural diplomacy in Iraq. Rockower recently returned from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where he worked with American Voices’ Youth Excellence on Stage (YES) Academy. Listen in to hear more about how cultural diplomacy and better overseas communication are national security imperatives for the U.S.