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

Strengthening America’s Public Diplomacy Capability: USIA, the Cold War, and Combating ISIS Propaganda — Part 1

(State.gov)

Bruce Byers

(30 January 2016). Editor’s note. In reply to an 8 January 2016 article in the Washington Post, “Obama administration plans shake-up in propaganda war against ISIS” Bruce Byers wrote an essay about the effectiveness of USIA in projecting American ideas and policies to foreign audiences during the Cold War. The […]

Mike McCurry Highlights Foreign Policy in 2016 Election

Mike McCurry, at the February 18, 2016 PDAA lunch, describes the polarization of the American electorate. (A. Kotok)

(Updated 20 February 2016) PDAA’s February 18, 2016 lunch program featured veteran political strategist and former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry who described the role of foreign policy in the 2016 presidential elections, and […]

Strategic Value of Exchanges Examined at Event

Capitol Visitors Center (Architect of the Capitol)

19 December 2015. Global Ties US and Alliance for International Exchange are holding a discussion of the role international exchange programs play in advancing peace and security, at a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The event, known as Exchanges Matter, runs from 1:00 pm […]

Monthly Forum Explores Food Diplomacy

Future Food District exhibit at Expo Milan (expo2015.org)

22 November 2015. The next First Monday Forum discusses the recent Expo Milan that focused on global food issues. Speaking at the forum is Beatrice Camp, coordinator of the event for State Department. Ms. Camp served previously as U.S. Consul General in Shanghai during the […]

USC to Hold Forum on Public Diplomacy Leadership

U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP.gov)

28 September 2015. University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy is holding a forum on global leadership in public diplomacy, on Wednesday, 14 October, at 8:30 am. The event takes place at U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.

The forum features a conversation with Richard Stengel, […]

Forum to Examine Democratic Transitions

Democratic Transitions. Edited by Sergio Bitar and Abraham F. Lowenthal. (Johns Hopkins University Press)

27 September 2015. The next First Monday forum examines the experiences of several nations in their transition to democracy, on Monday 5 October at American Foreign Service Association headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The featured speaker is Abe Lowenthal, professor of […]