CPD Newsletter

Summer 2011 


Message from the Director

During the summer months, CPD is building the foundation for our new Water Diplomacy Initiative, which will feature a major conference early in 2012.  This month I spent several days at the Water Leaders' Summit in Singapore, exploring the fascinating mix of technology and policy that may enable people around the world to secure a decent supply of safe water.  My report from Singapore can be found here.

The Water Diplomacy Project will also include research projects and publications that will illustrate how improving water quality can be effective public diplomacy.  This is part of CPD's commitment to advancing public diplomacy built on substantive service rather than relying on more superficial approaches.

CPD is also about to begin its annual Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy - two weeks of intensive training for diplomats from around the world.  More about that in our next newsletter.


Warm regards,
Philip Seib
Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

 
CPD News & Announcements

2011-13 Research Fellowship Applications

Due August 1st!

CPD is accepting applications for the 2011-2013 Research Fellowship Program from scholars and practitioners of public diplomacy due by August 1, 2011.

 

For more information click here.


New Release: PD Magazine, Summer 2011PD mag summer 2011

APDS announces the publication of the Summer 2011 issue of PD Magazine: "International Broadcasting." This summer's issue focuses on the role of international broadcasting in public diplomacy. Featured articles engaged practioners in exploring how international broadcasting has allowed the field of public diplomacy to grow and reach audiences far and wide.

Read the magazine online. 

  

Visit the CPD Newsroom to read more noteworthy items and announcements.
CPD Professional Training

6th Annual Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy Begins


The CPD Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy is currently being held through July 29, 2011. 

This innovative two-week training program is an opportunity for mid-career professionals to collaborate and immerse themselves in the increasingly critical study of public diplomacy.
 

For more information, click here.    

Highlights from the Summer 


 Reforming Smith-Mundt
by Anna Dawson, APDS Bloggers

Righting the Wrong Smart Power in Afghanistan
by M. Ashraf Haidari

Xinhua, China's Soft Power Initiative and the Return of the New World Information Order 

by Monroe E. Price 

 

Visit the CPD Blog to converse with and read five more posts from CPD Bloggers this Summer.  

CPD Research & Publications

PDiN Monitor
May-June 2011 Issue - Online & Interactive

 

This latest issue of PDiN Monitor delves into the concept of Film Diplomacy in China.

With its huge population, China provides an PDiN May/June 2011irresistible market for other nations' films, ranging from wild action movies to those featuring animated pandas.  

 

Read Stanley Rosen's insightful feature article, 

"The Use of Film for Public Diplomacy: Why Hollywood Makes a Stronger Case for China", for a discussion of how American filmmakers are catering to the booming Chinese market, and how China uses film as a public diplomacy tool to enhance its image at home and abroad.  

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