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.

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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,...

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