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July 14: The essential role of partnership between public diplomacy and those pursuing economic and commercial progress
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Higher education, research, and the international image of the U.S. under the second Trump administration, by Deborah Cohn
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Video Available: Recipients of the 2025 PDCA Awards for Achievement in Public Diplomacy
Click on the image to watch the June 2 First Monday Forum honoring the GPA Northstar Team and the U.S.-Saudi Higher Education Partnerships Forum
Video now available: Conducting Public Diplomacy in Closed Societies
Former PAOs in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana discussed their experiences. Click on the images to learn more.
March 3: Global Threat of Disinformation, with Karl Stoltz. VIDEO AVAILABLE
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July 14: The essential role of partnership between public diplomacy and those pursuing economic and commercial progress
PDCA's July 14 Forum will focus on economic and commercial diplomacy and the role that public diplomacy plays.
PDCA Internship for Communication and Advocacy
PDCA announces an opening for a paid internship.
Video now available: 2025 Awards focus of June 2 First Monday Forum
PDCA's June 2 program featured the recipients of its 2025 awards.
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Higher education, research, and the international image of the U.S. under the second Trump administration, by Deborah Cohn
Deborah Cohn shows how (1) education and research opportunities in the U.S. currently also function as modes of soft power, and (2) the Trump administration’s attacks on these...
Listening as a Best Practice in Advancing Public Diplomacy and Soft Power, by Adnan A. Siddiqi
Siddiqi draws from his experience to explain the importance of going beyond the words to understand what your counterparts think.
Calculating the Impact of Professor Joseph Nye, by Dr. Sherry Mueller
A conversation between Dr. Mueller and Foreign Service Officer Aaron Franke reveals three ways to estimate Dr. Nye's impact on the study of public diplomacy.