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Outside Events of Interest |
A listing of PD related events taking place around the world. Send details of your event to cpdevent@usc.edu for inclusion.
What's Wrong with the One-State Agenda?
University of California, Irvine; International Studies
Venue: University of California, Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Political Future of Afghanistan
Centre for European Policy Studies
Venue: CEPS Conference Room, Brussels, Belgium
Monday, March 22, 2010
FPA U: Landing a Job in the Foreign Service
Foreign Policy Association
Venue: New York City
Monday, March 29, 2010
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Message from the Director |
Our CPD conference, "Science Diplomacy and the Prevention of Conflict" was a great success, with thoughtful discussion and excellent attendance. Our time line of topics extended from interaction among U.S. and Soviet physicists during the Cold War to a visit by American scientists to North Korea just a week before our conference. We had a good look at what is going on today: Germany helping Indonesia with tsunami alerts; India and China working together to capitalize on each other's research; Arab, Iranian, and Israeli nuclear physicists devising plans for peaceful uses of nuclear energy; U.S. emergency room physicians providing online assistance to their colleagues around the world; and many others.
The conference underscored the breadth of public diplomacy. Governments were principal actors in just a few of the cases we discussed, but national interests were nevertheless being significantly advanced.
Part of CPD's mission is to explore the peripheries of public diplomacy - issues that receive little attention from governments or news media but still provide valuable aid from one country to the people of another. This is the essence of good public diplomacy: substance, not mere advertising.
Watch CPD's Web site for the proceedings of this conference, which we will publish soon.
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CPD Announcements
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CPD Director Named ISA Scholar of the Year
 CPD Director Philip Seib was recognized as the Scholar of the Year by the International Studies Association (ISA) for his significant contributions to the field of international communication.
MPD Students Launch PD Interactive
 The Public Diplomacy Corps, formed by a group of USC Master of Public Diplomacy students, have launched PD Interactive, a new social networking site.
APDS Relaunches Website
 The Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) has launched its redesigned website. Visit www.uscapds.org to learn more about the activities of the nation's first student-run public diplomacy organization.
CPD Director Speaks at Chatham House
 CPD Director Philip Seib delivered a speech, titled "Public Diplomacy and the Obama Moment," to members of the Chatham House in London March 3.
PDiN Monthly February Issue Out Now
 The February issue of PDiN Monthly, CPD's electronic review of public diplomacy in the news, focuses on the topic of Nation Branding.
Subscribe now.
CPD Director Participates in Brookings Forum in Doha
 CPD Director Philip Seib
participated in the 2010 U.S.-Islamic World Forum, themed
"Writing the Next Chapter," Feb. 13-15 in
Doha.
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CPD in the News
 CPD University Fellow Asghar blogs on faith at washingtonpost.com
"On Faith," the Washington Post's section on religion, features a blog post by CPD University Fellow Rob Asghar on the relationship between religion and freedom of expression.
Director Phil Seib Quoted in Straits Times on U.S. Public Diplomacy
Via IT News blog TechXav: Director Phil Seib is quoted in a Straits Times (Singapore) article on new media and American public diplomacy, "Clinton Rides Web 2.0 Wave."
 VOA Reviews CPD Intern's Photo Exhibit
VOA
Reviews "The 21st Century Family of Man" photo exhibit by CPD Intern Paul Rockower.
 Annenberg News Talks Science Diplomacy
USC Annenberg News
reviews the Center's Science Diplomacy summit,
held Feb 4-5, 2010. The conference brought together scholars and
practitioners from various disciplines to examine the use of science as
an instrument of diplomacy.
 Miami Herald quotes CPD University Fellow Nick Cull on VOA - Radio Marti alliance
CPD University Fellow Nick Cull is quoted in the Miami Herald on the increased co-ordination between the Voice of America and the official U.S. broadcast to Cuba, Radio Marti.
Diplomacy: What's Science Got To Do With It?
USC Annenberg for Communication and Journalism professor, K.C. Cole, blogs from CPD's conference on Science Diplomacy and the Prevention of Conflict on NPR's science blog 13.7.
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