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The USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School kicks off its 2009 Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy on Sunday, July 19, 2009.

CPD University Fellow Nicholas Cull quoted in a story about America's mid-20th century "jazz ambassadors" and racial segregation in The Christian Science Monitor.

Director Philip Seib sits down with USC Annenberg to discuss what's in store for CPD: "I want to advance public diplomacy to be a more prominent part of foreign policy for the United States and for other countries." Read more...

CPD Director Philip Seib reviews Archie Brown's "sweeping, engrossing history in The Rise and Fall of Communism" for the Dallas Morning News.

On July 1, the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at the University of Southern California released its Summer 2009 issue of PD magazine, Middle Powers. Who they are. What they want.

CPD University Fellow Philip Seib is interviewed on KCRW (NPR), about the impact of social media, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and on political movements around the world. To listen to the broadcast, click here.

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