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Back Issues of PDAA Today

Back issues of PDAA Today, PDAA’s quarterly print newsletter are now online and available for download.

Richard Stengel: Public Diplomacy is a Conversation

27 September 2014. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Richard Stengel outlined his strategy and key issues facing practitioners of public diplomacy at State Department in remarks at a meeting of the American Security Project on 16 September. Excerpts from Stengel’s discussion and video (51:44) follow.

Public diplomacy is a conversation. It’s people talking […]

Panel Recommends Expanded Research, Risk-Taking for Data-Driven Public Diplomacy

(James Allenspach/Flickr)

20 September 2014. A panel of university faculty in public diplomacy recommends expanding research efforts State Department and BBG, both in the quantity of analytics conducted and its status in the organizations, to infuse more solid evidence into the public diplomacy decision-making process. The committee’s report, prepared for the U.S. Advisory Commission […]

New Book Outlines Today’s Embassy Public Diplomacy

(Palgrave Macmillan)

23 August 2014. A new book by PDAA member Amb. William A. Rugh, Front Line Public Diplomacy, describes the practice of public diplomacy by U.S. embassies, as they deal with more channels of communications and encounter sophisticated use of those channels by adversaries. According to publisher Palgrave Macmillan, the book:

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Worldwide Disapproval for U.S. Eavesdropping and Drones, but Approval Stays High

Predator unmanned vehicle (USA.gov)

19 July 2014. Surveys in 44 countries conducted by the Pew Research Global Attitudes Project show widespread opposition to U.S. eavesdropping and use of drone attacks, as well as a decline in the opinion that the U.S. government respects the freedoms of its citizens. Nonetheless, overall opinions of the […]

New Book Tells Story of Silver Jewelry in Yemen

(American University in Cairo Press)

19 July 2014. Marjorie Ransom, who served as Public Affairs Officer in Sana’a, Yemen and at other posts in the Middle East, describes her love for silver jewelry from Yemen in a new book, Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba: Regional Styles of Yemeni Jewelry, published this […]

Foreign Service Journal Features Public Diplomacy Award Winners

Naimeh Hadidi (on right) visiting in the Aljouf region with a member of the King Abdulaziz Society for Women whose goal is to strengthen the position of women in Saudi society. (Courtesy, Naimeh Hadidi)

The July-August 2014 Foreign Service Journal reports on this years winners of PDAA Award for Achievement in Public Diplomacy, […]