Strengthening America's Dialogue with the World
The Public Diplomacy Council of America is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) association of professionals and scholars promoting excellence in the professional practice, academic study, and advocacy for public diplomacy.
Our work
- Honors practitioners’ achievements;
- Helps members stay in touch and keep current with issues and new developments in global communications;
- Mentors and trains professionals in this rapidly changing field;
- Promotes understanding of the increasingly important public dimension of statecraft and;
- Generates support for America’s global engagement.
Latest News
November 2: Connecting Strategy to Impact: The Need for Radio Free Asia, with Bay Fang
Join us for our First Monday Forum at which the President/CEO of Radio Free Asia will discuss its strategy and impact.
Public Diplomacy Council of America Recognizes Atlanta and Boston for Sports Diplomacy
The Public Diplomacy Council of America (PDCA) has chosen FIFA host cities Atlanta and Boston as recipients of its special Sports Diplomacy Award in recognition of those cities’...
International Education & Exchange: Past, Present, & Future
Join us for our October First Monday forum on October 5.
Member Views
My encounter with a Nobel Peace Laureate, by Michael Korff
Our Editor-in-Chief describes his meeting with Navi Pillay.
International Education & Exchange: Past, Present and Future By Karen Gladbach
Two experts on U.S. involvement in international education, Allan E. Goodman and Clare K. Overmann, looked over the past 400 years to speak to the future. Read Gladbach's cogent summary...
An Evening of Music Diplomacy with U.S. Arts Envoy Pauline Yang, by Josh T. Manley
Music provides a common language that connects people across political, language, and cultural barriers. This is a core value that I hold, not only as a public diplomacy practitioner,...



