http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/ en USC Center on Public Diplomacy Copyright 2013 2013-05-04T00:53:04+00:00 USC Center on Public Diplomacypublic,diplomacy,politics,international,relations,policy,speakers,lectures,education,diplomacyNews & Politicscpd@usc.edunopublic,diplomacy,politics,international,relations,policy,speakers,lectures,education,diplomacyevents at the USC Center on Public DiplomacyPodcasts of events from the USC Center on Public Diplomacy34.026448-118.282901http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://uscpublicdiplomacy.orghttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/favicon.icoPublic Diplomacy Events and Podcasts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/9OIFzNDlvXw/ #When:21:44:28Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the USC Dornsife School of International Relations is pleased to host Thomas de Waal. This event will be moderated by School of International Relations Director, Robert English. Mr. de Waal is a veteran journalist, media analyst, and author who will discuss his experience covering late- and post-Cold War conflicts from multiple perspectives. He is the author of several books (most recently, The Caucasus--Oxford University Press, 2011), and brings unparalleled insight into the causes of conflict, their prospects for resolution, and their perception by local, regional, and international actors. Mr. de Waal, a former Moscow correspondent, is currently a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Washington, DC. Thomas de Waal earned his BA at Balliol College, Oxford University. During the 1990s he was Moscow correspondent for the Times of London and The Economist, and has also been a reporter and documentary-maker with the BBC. De Waal has authored (or co-authored) books on Chechnya, on Armenia and Karabakh, and most recently on the entire Caucasus region. He was a senior analyst at the Institute of War and Peace Reporting before joining the Carnegie Endowment. Click here for more information. Refreshments will be served. Parking is available on campus for $10.00. Please purchase a pass at USC Parking Structure X (Gate No. 3) which is located at 3499 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089. The event is free and open to the public, however you must register. ]]> 2012-10-18T21:44:28+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:21:44:28Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/qd3louY-GyU/ #When:19:58:11Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and ASC School of Journalism were pleased to host a discussion with journalist John Maxwell Hamilton upon the publication of his new book, Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting. This conversation was moderated by Philip Seib, Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and Geneva Overholser, Director of the School of Journalism. About John Hamilton John Maxwell Hamilton is the Hopkins P. Breazeale Louisiana State University Foundation Professor and Dean at LSU. He has been a prize-winning journalist and public servant for over two decades. Hamilton reported abroad for ABC Radio and the Christian Science Monitor,among other media, and was a longtime national commentator on public radio's MarketPlace. Hamilton has served in the U.S. Agency for International Development during the Carter Administration, on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and at the World Bank. He was the first to explore systematic ways to improve local coverage of foreign affairs and has played a leading role in shaping public opinion about U.S.-Third World relations, according to the National Journal. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and on the boards of the International Center for Journalists, the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, and Lamar Advertising Corp., a NASDQ 100 company. He has chaired the Knight International Press Fellowships Advisory Committee and has been a juror for the Pulitzer Prize and Scripps Howard Awards. In the fall of 2000 he was a fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. The Freedom Forum named him the 2003 Journalism Administrator of the Year. ]]> 2010-02-09T19:58:11+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:19:58:11Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/BrxJyA4lk0k/ #When:00:53:04Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to co-sponsor the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) annual conference on the new and traditional frontlines of public diplomacy. Conference Schedule 8:45AM–9:00 AM - Welcome & Introductory Remarks • Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy and Director of the Master's of Public Diplomacy Program, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism 9:00 AM-9:30 AM - Morning Keynote • David Ensor, Director of Voice of America 9:30 AM-11:00 AM - Panel 1: The New Frontlines of Public Diplomacy: Public Diplomacy’s Domestic Dimensions Public diplomacy in the traditional sense has historically been focused on influencing and engaging with foreign audiences. Yet the home audience has always been important to a nation’s public diplomacy efforts, ever more so as communications technologies make national borders less and less impermeable. Practitioners of public diplomacy must consider the advantages and disadvantages of diverse and often times, conflicting interests of home and foreign audiences in their practice. Panelists • Nicholas J. Cull, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (chair) • Pamela Starr, Associate Professor of International Relations, USC • Zhou Xinyu, Research Fellow, Center for Public Diplomacy Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University • R. S. Zaharna, Associate Professor, American University 11:00 AM-12:30 PM - Panel 2: Public Diplomacy in Conflict Zones: PD at the Frontlines Public diplomacy has been described as a vitamin, which can help to address tensions before they bubble into wider conflict. Yet even where conflicts arise, there is much that public diplomacy can do to foster engagement between conflicting parties and set the grounds for peace. Governments and diplomatic agents must consider a wide range of public diplomacy tools and strategies to effectively mediate and resolve such different shades of conflict. Panelists • ]]> 2013-05-04T00:53:04+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:00:53:04Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/SpP_s6WNcHE/ #When:04:00:03Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy, the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) and Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico are pleased to co-sponsor an event, “Emerging from Crisis? Mexico’s Image and Presence in the World." This presentation topic coincides with the latest issue of the Mexican Magazine of Foreign Policy – Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior (RMPE), Vol. 96. Coordinated by cultural and public diplomacy expert Cesar Villanueva Rivas, this magazine issue features articles from well-known international specialists in the fields of public diplomacy, nation-branding and international relations including Nicholas J. Cull, Jan Melissen, Simon Anholt and Peter Landelius, as well as Mexican professionals Edgardo Bermejo, Jaime Díaz and Mónica Perez. Speakers Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy and Director of the Masters Program in Public Diplomacy at USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Alejandro Pelayo Rangel, Cultural Attache at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles Pamela K. Starr, Director, U.S.-Mexico Network and Associate Professor of Teaching at the USC School of International Relations and Master's of Public Diplomacy Program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (moderator) Cesar Villanueva Rivas, Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Estudios Internacionales At the April 15 event at the University of Southern California, speakers will discuss Mexico’s image and the challenges it faces in a global context. Specific topics include: --The implementation of innovative public diplomacy initiatives; --Nation-branding and cultural cosmopolitanism-oriented strategies as part of an overarching foreign policy; --How Mexico can cope with globally reproduced images portraying it as threatening or violent; --Opportunities for the new administration to engage in a dialogue about Mexico’s experience and future challenges for its public diplomacy To R.S.V.P for this event, please send a note to About Revista Mexicana de Politica Exterior The Mexican Magazine of Foreign Policy (Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior, RMPE) is a publication from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Matías Romero Institute, Mexico’s primary institution for preparing and training its diplomatic service. Since 1983, RMPE has been published quarterly, providing a forum for analyzing foreign policy and international relations issues with relevance to Mexico. RMPE is distinguished for collecting contributions from prominent foreign relations and diplomacy analysts, academics and national and foreign diplomats. ]]> 2013-04-16T04:00:03+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:04:00:03Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/wnZxumYWCkU/ #When:17:30:28Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome current Research Fellows, Michele Acuto and Sarah Ellen Graham for a round-table discussion about their current projects. Michele's research project, "The Diplomacy of Sustainability: Are Global Cities the New Climate Leaders?" and Sarah's project on U.S. Public Diplomacy and Indo-American Relations are just two examples of diverse public diplomacy research supported by CPD. About Michele Michele is a Research Fellow for the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities. He is also a CPD Fellow of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and a Contributing Editor for the Diplomatic Courier. He completed a PhD in the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University (ANU), where he begun his research on the strategic role of global cities for global governance. He also taught sociology in the Faculty of Business & Government at the University of Canberra between 2008 and 2011, and was associated with the Milan Polytechnic’s Faculty of Architecture “Urban Hybridization” Project between 2009 and 2010. He held visiting positions at the National University of Singapore’s Global Cities Cluster and Asia Research Institute, as well as at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin. For more information about Michele's research project please click here. About Sarah Sarah Ellen Graham is a lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, and was previously an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern California. She was a postdoctoral fellow for 2007-8 at USC's Center for International Studies and the Center on Public Diplomacy. She has written a book on U.S. attitudes to public diplomacy in the 1918-1953 period and has published articles on U.S. public diplomacy in UNESCO (for which she was awarded the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations' Bernath Article Prize), on public diplomacy and the Indo-American relationship, and on Washington's prospects for effective track-two diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific. Her current project centers on the role of attitudes in the Indo-American diplomatic relationship from 1942 to the present, and while visiting the Center, Sarah intends to explore the public diplomacy aspects of this case in historical and contemporary contexts. Sarah also has an ongoing interest in International Relations theory, and hopes to engage in dialogue or workshops with the USC Master of Public Diplomacy program on the intersections between studies of public diplomacy and IR theory. For more information about Sarah's research project, please click here. To find out more about the CPD Research Fellow program please click here. ]]> 2013-04-09T17:30:28+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:17:30:28Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/WmwOFbG1R9M/ #When:22:31:01Z On April 1, 2013, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council hosted a briefing in Washington, D.C. as a follow-up to the March 1 conference at USC, “International Broadcasting in the Social Media Era.” At this event, participants continued the discussion on how broadcasting and social media will need to both compete and coexist. This event was geared for those who design and implement public diplomacy programs, as well as those in the media business. The ability to navigate this new media environment is crucial and invited panelists and guests raised ideas and concerns about this rapidly changing field. Panelists included: • Jill Dougherty, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CNN • Jim Laurie, Senior Consultant, China Central Television (CCTV-America) • Adam Clayton Powell III, Senior Fellow, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (Welcome and Introductions) • Philip Seib, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy (Moderator) • Bruce Sherman, Director, Director, Office of Strategy and Development, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) In addition to this briefing and the March 1st conference, the CPD International Broadcasting Research Initiative is looking at this topic through the lens of a traditional public diplomacy actor, the U.S. government (USG). It will analyze USG broadcasting and social media capabilities in the context of best practices developed by international broadcasting entities such as the BBC, CCTV, Al Jazeera, and others. For more information about CPD's International Broadcasting Research Initiative, please click here. More information about CPD's March 1 conference at USC on International Broadcasting can be found here. ]]> 2013-04-01T22:31:01+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:22:31:01Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/V8SFe7ynLho/ #When:20:11:19Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome Elizabeth Linder, Politics and Government Specialist, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Facebook. Elizabeth spent time discussing how networking and social media can play an important role in the practice of public diplomacy. Facebook, with its individual and country pages, presents opportunities for the public diplomacy practitioner to engage publics in many diverse ways. She will also presented some of the real-time challenges and case studies relevant to countries and businesses alike. About Elizabeth Linder A California native, Elizabeth joined Facebook four years ago during the very week the company reached its 100 million active user milestone. After working with a small but growing team to build Facebook's public relations strategy in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, and Japan, Elizabeth moved across the Atlantic, where she developed the government and politics outreach program across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and now serves as Facebook's global governance strategist. Elizabeth liaises with government agencies, public administrations, political figures, and think tanks across the region at the local, national, and international levels to chart out effective strategies for 21st-century leadership, digital diplomacy and transparent and open government initiatives in a social media era. Prior to joining Facebook, Elizabeth focused on politics and education at YouTube as part of Google's Global Communications and Public Affairs team. A scholar of French and Italian history, language and literature who wrote her thesis on the nineteenth-century metropolis, Elizabeth graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University. She currently resides in London. ]]> 2013-03-28T20:11:19+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:20:11:19Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/A3GUQyDTzeM/ #When:19:44:05Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Ben Hammersley for a discussion about the technological mega-trends that will shape the next decade, and what the internet, social networks, borderless memetics, epidemiology, and the changed media landscape will mean for public diplomacy. Ben's book, 64 Things You Need to Know Now For Then will be released in the U.S. in April, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon here. About Ben Hammersley Ben Hammersley is a nonresident fellow with the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and a British writer and technologist, specializing in the effects of the internet and the ubiquitous digital network on the world’s political, cultural and social spheres. He now enjoys an international career as a speaker, explaining complex technological and sociological topics to lay audiences, and as a high-level advisor on these matters to governments and business. He is the British Prime Minister’s Ambassador to TechCity, London’s Internet Sector; Innovator in Residence at the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies at Goldsmiths, University of London; Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Defence Studies, London; A member of the European Commission High Level Group on Media Freedom; A fellow of the European Policy Centre in Brussels; and Editor-at-Large of the UK edition of WIRED magazine. His latest book, 64 Things You Need to Know Now For Then, is published internationally. Previously, Ben was the first specialist reporter on the internet for The Times, and a reporter and skunkworks engineer for The Guardian, where he designed and built the weblogs network, and the political discussion site, “Comment is Free”. He reported internationally, including from warzones, writing on everything from the launch of the PlayStation2 in Japan, to the fight against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. He travelled undercover in Burma to interview Aung San Suu Kyi, photographed Hezbullah in Beirut, and has embedded with U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan, and Philippine troops in Mindanao. His reporting from Turkey for the BBC pioneered multimedia reporting—being the first to report for television, radio, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook equally. Click here to visit Ben's website. ]]> 2013-03-14T19:44:05+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:19:44:05Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/f81aou2FiiY/ #When:00:00:36Z On Tuesday, February 26, the US-Mexico Network @ USC co-sponsored a moderated round table discussion with USC faculty and students which focused on the public diplomacy efforts of middle powers and specifically how those past experiences can be implemented into policy recommendations for Mexican public diplomacy efforts. Moderated by Dr. Pamela K. Starr, Associate Professor of International Relations and Public Diplomacy and Director of the US-Mexico Network @USC, the roundtable discussion included the experiences and public diplomacy efforts of Chile, India, Israel, Canada, South Korea, and Mexico. Speakers included: • Jennyfer Salvo, Director of Communication, Fundación Imagen de Chile • Riva Ganguly Das, Joint Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Juan Carlos Lara, Regional Affairs Officer, Embassy of Mexico in the United States • Marco Antonio Morales, Ex-Director General for Political Analysis, Communications Office, Office of the Mexican Presidency • Philip Seib, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy • Nicholas J. Cull, Director, Master of Public Diplomacy Program, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, USC (chair) • Robert Banks, Adjunct Professor, Master of Public Diplomacy Program, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism To view the video from this session, please click here. Additional support for this event is from the Thomas Rivera Policy Institute at the USC Price School of Public Policy ]]> 2013-02-27T00:00:36+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:00:00:36Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/OXRzu-nOBz4/ #When:21:59:51Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and USC Annenberg School of Journalism were pleased to host Sausan Ghosheh, Senior Partnership Adviser, United Nations Development Program and spokesperson for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria for the CPD-Journalism Directors' Forum. Sausan Ghosheh reported on her work with the UN during the conflict in Syria and more broadly reflect on the UN’s role in delivering information about its activities to the world. Ms.Ghosheh has been on the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in Syria, and has observed the media coverage (and lack of coverage) from this combat zone, including the use of social media to get the story to publics throughout the world. Her regular job with the United Nations Development Program allows her to watch the UN in its role of helping to bring greater economic equity to the world. Prior to her work at the U.N., Ms. Ghosheh was CNN´s Senior Producer in the Middle East, responsible for news and feature stories coming out of the West Bank and Gaza from 1995–2005. During this time she covered Israeli politics and served as on-site producer for all major events in the Middle East. She has dual Bachelor’s degrees in Government and Politics and in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her Master’s degree from Georgetown University in Arab Studies. She is an alumna of CPD’s Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy. ]]> 2013-02-19T21:59:51+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:21:59:51Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/cyisA9IRaiw/ #When:21:30:27Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Professor Jay Wang for a discussion about the findings from his research into the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Professor Wang and his team recently conducted a series of focus groups in Shanghai in which people who had visited the national pavilions of Brazil, India, Israel, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States shared their memories and impressions two years after the Expo. Wang discussed the long-range impact of nation-branding programs. About Jay Wang Jay Wang, a scholar and consultant in the fields of international corporate communication and public diplomacy, is an associate professor of public relations at USC Annenberg's School of Journalism. Wang comes to USC Annenberg from Purdue University, where he taught courses in brand communication, public diplomacy, and global media and communication. While at Purdue, he led a number of research projects on topics including corporate social responsibility practices in emerging economies, Chinese corporate communication, and health care branding. Wang earned his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa, and holds degrees from the University of Minnesota and Beijing University. Click here for a full biography. To learn more about the CPD Research Project, "Nation Branding at Expo Shanghai 2010," please click follow this link. Watch reports and inteviews from the "Nation Branding at the 2010 Shanghai Expo" project. ]]> 2013-02-14T21:30:27+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:21:30:27Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/opGKPhrngPk/ #When:22:29:40Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Paul Smith, USA Director of the British Council. Paul Smith has been Director of the British Council in the USA and Cultural Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington, DC since August 2012. He joined us for a discussion about his experience as British Council Director in Afghanistan, paying particular attention to why cultural relations matter and how to achieve such relations in unstable countries. About Paul Smith Paul Smith joined the British Council in 1983 and has had postings in Kano and Lagos, Nigeria; Burma; Chile; Germany and Bangladesh, and served as Director of the British Council in New Zealand and in West India, where he was based in Mumbai. From 2005 to 2010 he was Director of the British Council in Egypt and from 2010 to 2012, Director of the British Council in Afghanistan and Cultural Counsellor at the British Embassy in Kabul. He was born in 1956 and educated at Queens’ College Cambridge. He was awarded the OBE in 1999. About the British Council in the US The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries, and builds trust between them. The Council calls this cultural relations. They are on the ground on all six continents of the world, with more than 190 offices in 110 countries and territories and engage with some 600 million people every year – one in ten of the world’s population. For more information about the British Council, please click here. Event Summary Paul Smith, USA Director of the British Council, joined us for a CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy. This discussion was focused on his experiences as the British Council Director in Afghanistan and Egypt, paying particular attention to why cultural relations matter and how to achieve such relations in conflict regions. Smith explained that the real challenge of public diplomacy is looking at as a long-term commitment. Moving from discussion into action is going to take time, listening, relationship-building, and cultural understanding. Drawing on his experiences in Afghanistan, Smith emphasized that that culture cultural relations are a necessary component to post-war rebuilding and preventing future conflict. By understanding the cultural context of the ‘other side,’ you can create a collaborative environment in which public diplomacy goals may be achieved. The real breakthrough, however, is when creators and creative spirits work together to “co-produce”. This means they are not just trying to change the opinion of the other, but that they are showing a willingness to change themselves as well. By getting to the root of the division (often based on religion or history) public diplomacy practitioners can build cultural sensitivity and create more successful partnerships based on trust rather than suspicion. Smith shared specific examples of his work in Egypt and Afghanistan between 9/11 and the Arab Spring and how the long-view of cultural relations has been both challenging and rewarding in his practice. Smith, the newly appointed USA Director of the British Council, looks forward to collaborations between the U.K. and the United States, as well as working closely with diaspora populations. He went on to share that there is considerable planning and thought into matching the right communities with the British Council programs. This allows for getting the right audiences engaged. ]]> 2013-02-07T22:29:40+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:22:29:40Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/oGKSZEfvKBQ/ #When:20:46:24Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is a non-profit corporation tasked with managing the logistics of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and domain names. Fadi was also a participant in the 2012 CPD Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy class. Chehadé presented his his strategic priorities at ICANN and how public diplomacy can protect an open and sustainable internet. He went on to discuss how this involves getting closer to stakeholders particularly in the developing world. He spoke about his work to bring new people into the ICANN community, so their voices can be heard about the internet’s future. Prior to his work with ICANN, Chehadé served as chief executive officer of Vocado LLC, a U.S. firm that is a provider of cloud-based software for the administration of educational institutions. About Fadi Chehadé Fadi Chehadé's career has been defined by building consensus and promoting collaborative technologies and practices. He has more than 25 years of experience in building and leading progressive Internet enterprises, leveraging relationships with senior executives and government officials across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. Chehadé,is a citizen of Egypt, Lebanon, and the United States. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Egyptian parents and left the then war-torn country in 1980 at the age of 18. He speaks fluent Arabic, English, French, and Italian. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer of Vocado LLC, a U.S. firm that is a provider of cloud-based software for the administration of educational institutions. Fadi Chehadé is also the founder of Nilorado, a youth organization raising funds to support schools for handicapped children in Upper Egypt, also delivering bicycles to boys and girls from needy families in that region who otherwise cannot reach their schools. Event Summary As the internet becomes increasingly important, the number of parties on line creates many issues that require diplomatic efforts. On Thursday, January 31, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to welcome Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for a discussion on some of these issues. Chehadé predicts that the internet will be the next big player in geopolitics, having a great impact across economical, political and cultural boundaries as was recently highlighted in The Economist . The internet is opening up and creating a number of ways to upset how governments work. Who, then, should be governing the internet? ICANN has developed a new type of bottom-up governing system that allows all of the internet’s stakeholders (governments, civil societies, corporations) to have a say in the future of the internet. Public diplomacy has been crucial in promoting this type of government. Chehadé spoke to his recent participation in the 2012 CPD Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy as an invaluable experience and helping him enable ICANN to engage with governments and the public at large. Presented with questions on ICANN’s ability to negotiate among different stakeholders with often competing goals, he emphasized the importance of the internet remaining united—“One Internet.” He went on to explain that public diplomacy is a vital tool in engaging with governments and other stakeholders who disagree on the usage of data behind websites. Hopefully, with the efforts of ICANN and other actors striving for the same goal, further discussions can move towards a consensus government rather than a fragmented internet in the future. Questions posed during this conversation include “how do you involve the public in any of this process without just politicizing things?” and “what are the challenges between sovereignty control and the diverse interests of stakeholders?” Fadi reiterated that all of the work at ICANN is transparent, public and open. From working with publics, governments, non-state actors, a mandate of consensus-driven governance is at ICANN’s core mission and that ICANN continuously works to incorporate this in all the work. ]]> 2013-01-31T20:46:24+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:20:46:24Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/iW_sB10Daz4/ #When:20:30:19Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host a conversation with Nicholas J. Cull, Director of the Master's Program in Public Diplomacy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Professor Cull discussed his newly released book, The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Information Agency: American Public Diplomacy 1989-2001 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012). Professor Cull was interviewed by Robert Banks, CPD's former U.S. Diplomat in Residence from 2009-2011 and current instructor in the Master's of Public Diplomacy program. At a time when issues of international engagement are again at the fore of foreign policy, Cull's book tells the story of how America's apparatus for public diplomacy came to be in disarray. Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Professor Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency. It is both a sorry tale of political neglect and missed opportunities and an account of what America's public diplomats were nevertheless able to accomplish. Key methods examined include Voice of America radio, exchanges, and cultural diplomacy. Major episodes include the transition of Eastern Europe to democracy, the role of public diplomacy in the First Gulf War and Kosovo Wars, the U.S. interventions in Somalia and Haiti, and the build-up to the attacks of 9/11. About Nicholas J. Cull Nicholas J. Cull is a professor of Public Diplomacy at USC, where he directs the Master's Program in Public Diplomacy. He has published widely on the history of the media and especially its role in international relations. His previous books include The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945-1989. He is president of the International Association for Media and History. He is originally from Britain. Please click here to read more. ]]> 2013-01-24T20:30:19+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:20:30:19Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/9M8sYtvs0A4/ #When:02:00:19Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Michael B. Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, to campus for a moderated conversation about U.S.-Israeli relations. Born in the United States and educated at Columbia and Princeton, Dr. Oren has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown, and was a Distinguished Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. His books Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East from 1776 to the Present and Six Days of War were both New York Times bestsellers. He has won the Los Angeles Times History Book of the Year Award and the National Jewish Book Award. Oren was appointed as Ambassador of Israel to the United States by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2009. This event was open only to USC students, faculty, and staff. Showing valid USC ID is required to attend. Prohibited items include bags such as backpacks, brief cases, computer cases. In addition, no professional cameras or audio-visual equipment allowed. Press USC Daily Trojan, "Ambassador discusses U.S., Israel Future." USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, "Israeli Ambassador Michael B. Oren talks Iran, History of U.S.-Israel Relations at USC Annenberg." USC Neon Tommy, "Strong U.S.-Israel Relationship Imperative To America’s Success And Security." ]]> 2013-01-18T02:00:19+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:02:00:19Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/hUPno6pkAxg/ #When:21:17:05Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy hosted a discussion about public diplomacy and foreign policy objectives of a second Obama administration. This panel of USC experts analyzed possible new directions, highlighting Russia, Mexico, China, the Middle East, and the overall governance of U.S. foreign policy. Panelists included: Ernest J. Wilson, III, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Robert English, Director and Associate Professor, School of International Relations Pamela Starr, Director of the US-Mexico Network @ USC, Associate Professor in Public Diplomacy and the School of International Relations Jay Wang, Associate Professor of Public Relations at USC Annenberg School of Journalism Philip Seib, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy (moderator) ]]> 2012-11-15T21:17:05+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:21:17:05Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/nGe-nYA2GG4/ #When:19:34:23Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host Cynthia L. Hogle, International Advisor to the Afghanistan World Foundation and member of the American Support for Afghanistan board. Cynthia discussed her public diplomacy project, which engaged women in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan to assess their role as a moderating influence on the male-dominated society. Cynthia conducted interviews with Afghan women in an open and supportive environment. Topics of discussion included education, literacy, economic opportunities, governance, the United States presence, and the challenges of living under Taliban rule. An outcome of this project was the personal development of these women, enabling them to participate economically and socially and become voices of influence in their families and communities. While the U.S. policy priorities in Afghanistan shift and the military draws down troops in Afghanistan, the impact on public diplomacy and counterinsurgency initiatives must be considered, particularly in regard to the Afghan women whom U.S. enablers engaged in the region. A Marine who served on a Female Engagement Team (FET) warns of potential ramifications if the U.S. does not maintain public diplomacy endeavors: FETs are planting “seeds of hope” among the women. If the seeds don’t grow, if they are injured, or if their environment doesn’t change, then after a time we may lose the support of not only the Afghan women, we may also lose the support of generations to come as stories are passed for generations about our failed attempts to help them after we drink their tea and they risk their lives to give us information. Hence, we are possibly creating a new generation of Taliban that is fueled from Afghan mothers to their sons. (Watson, MSgt. Julia L. "Female Engagement Teams." Marine Corps Gazette 95.7 (2011): 20. Print.) Press USC Daily Trojan covered the event. The write-up can be found here. About Cynthia Hogle In March 2012, Cynthia returned from Afghanistan where, for nine months, she served as a Human Terrain Analyst with the U.S. Department of the Army. Her work and interviews with Afghan women resulted in a report regarding women in the region and the establishment of the Malalai Anaa Center for Women and School for Girls. Ms. Hogle was also deployed to Iraq for eighteen months, serving as a Public Diplomacy Officer for the U.S. Department of State (2009-2010). She designed and initiated a training program for Iraqi journalists, which resulted in an Emmy Award winning documentary. Cynthia also founded The Actors and Artists Forum in Karbala Province. Cynthia received her BA from California State University, Northridge and her MPA from Harvard University. She trained under the U.S. Army and Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in military intelligence gathering for civilian positions with the U.S. Department of Army and at the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Institute. Appointed Special Assistant to the Chief of Protocol and Protocol Gift Officer at the U.S. Department of State Office of Protocol, Cynthia traveled as a member of the support staff on President Clinton’s official visit to India in March 2000. Cynthia was awarded a Fellowship at Conaculta (National Council for the Culture and Art of Mexico) in 2002, where she developed a literacy campaign for rural Mexico. Cynthia writes and speaks on politics, public diplomacy, women’s issues, and civil-military relations. She has been published in the Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, and, as a Helmut Schmidt Fellow, she presented a paper in Stockholm, Sweden at the annual plenary meeting of the InterAction Council of former Heads of State and Government. She has written and produced television, theater, and film projects. Credits include: Roseanne, Married...With Children, and others. ]]> 2012-10-11T19:34:23+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:19:34:23Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/bk5W04Q3w-g/ #When:22:31:32Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy was pleased to host a conversation with Tara D. Sonenshine, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and moderated by CPD Director, Philip Seib. The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs leads America's public diplomacy, which includes communications with international audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism. This dialogue with USC students and the public allowed the Under Secretary Sonenshine to hear suggestions about increasing the effectiveness of U.S. public diplomacy. Press USC Daily Trojan's cover story on Tara Sonenshine's visit to the USC Center on Public Diplomacy can be found here. About Tara D. Sonenshine Tara D. Sonenshine was sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs on April 5, 2012. Tara was formerly Executive Vice President of the United States Institute of Peace. Prior to joining the United States Institute of Peace, she was a strategic communications adviser to many international organizations including USIP, the International Crisis Group, Internews, CARE, The American Academy of Diplomacy, and the International Women’s Media Foundation. Ms. Sonenshine served in various capacities at the White House during the Clinton Administration, including Transition Director and Director of Foreign Policy Planning for the National Security Council and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for the NSC. Tara has had a distinguished career in communications and government, with high-level experience in broadcast, print, and online media. She has produced news programs for network television and authored numerous articles for national print and online media. She is the recipient of 10 News Emmy Awards and other awards in journalism for broadcast programs on domestic and international issues. Tara graduated from Tufts University in 1981 Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in political science. She has remained active at Tufts on boards and advisory committees including the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. Her broadcast career began at ABC News in New York, working with David Burke, then vice president of ABC NEWS. Ms. Sonenshine went on to become editorial producer of ABC News’ Nightline, where she worked for more than a decade. She was also an off-air reporter at the Pentagon for ABC’s World News Tonight. A former contributing editor for Newsweek, Sonenshine is the author of numerous articles on foreign affairs published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers. All photos taken by Gus Ruelas. ]]> 2012-10-02T22:31:32+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:22:31:32Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/hnweusO5Lc0/ #When:21:30:35Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the British Consulate–General in Los Angeles were pleased to host a conversation about the role of sports diplomacy in 2012. In hosting the games, London contributed to the branding of GREAT Britain and to ambitious economic development. Sports have always had a place at the diplomatic table. From the beginning of the Olympics to today’s events that highlight individual and team achievement, the games have provided deeper understanding of how nations and individuals relate to the global community. While the time and dedication each athlete gave to his or her sport captured the world’s admiring attention, the Olympics also allowed us to peer into the lives and cultures of 204 participating countries. Participants included British Consul-General Dame Barbara Hay, CPD Advisory Board Member, Barry A. Sanders, USC students and Olympic athletes Flóra Bolonyai, James Clark, and Stina Gardell, and CPD Director, Philip Seib (moderator). Press To read the event write-up in the USC Daily Trojan, please click here. About Dame Barbara Hay Barbara Hay took up her appointment as HM Consul-General in Los Angeles at the end of July 2009. Prior to that, Barbara was HM Consul-General in Istanbul, where she arrived in early 2004 following the tragic terrorist attack in November 2003. From her base in Istanbul, Turkey’s business and commercial centre, she was also Director of UK Trade and Investment across Turkey, working with the commercial teams in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Since joining the Diplomatic Service in 1971, Barbara has spent much of her overseas career in the former Soviet Union, serving there five times in all - and in every decade since her first tour of duty in Moscow in the mid-1970s. Barbara has also worked in South Africa and Canada as well as in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. About Barry A. Sanders Barry Sanders is President of the Board of Commissioners of the Recreation and Parks Department of the City of Los Angeles, Chairman of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation and immediate past President of the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Sanders is Chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. This organization is independent from the United States Olympic Committee and has been engaged in promoting the Olympic Movement since 1939. As Chairman, he led the effort to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In September 2007 he received the Olympic Spirit Award from the United States Olympic Committee and the William May Garland Award from the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. He served on the Board of Special Olympics of California. He is now a Director of the Los Angeles Sports Council and of the Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation. He serves as an arbitrator at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport. Sanders’ community service career spans many subjects. In early 1992, he served as executive editor and general counsel to the California Council on Competitiveness. From 1979 to 1984, he served as primary outside counsel to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. He is also an adjunct professor in the Communications Studies Department at UCLA. He teaches courses entitled “The Images of America around the World,” “Public Diplomacy,” and “Architecture as Non-Verbal Communication.” Click here to read more. About Flóra Bolonyai A two-time All-American water polo athlete already after her first two seasons at USC, Flora Bolonyai is a first-time Olympian as she helped Hungary qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in reaching the semifinals of April's qualification tournament. In her sophomore season at USC, Bolonyai helped lead the Trojans to the 2012 NCAA title match. She averaged 10.1 saves per game for USC at the MPSF and NCAA tournaments as she picked up honors on the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team and All-MPSF Second Team. Bolonyai is a member of the Hungarian National Team, and in 2011 she won silver with Hungary at the 2011 Junior World Championships in Italy. About James Clark Australian Olympian James Clark enters his first season at USC in 2012 majoring in sociology. Clark participated in the 2012 London Olympics as a member of the Australian National Water Polo Team and helped Australia to seventh place at the 2012 Olympic Games and second place at the 2011 Pan Pacific Games. He also competed at the 2009 and 2011 Junior World Championships, with ninth- and fourth-place finishes, respectively. He studied for two years at University of Western Sydney after graduating from Newington College in Stanmore, New South Wales. About Stina Gardell Stina Gardell, a 2012 sophomore, is a top-flight medley swimmer who is also strong in the breast. In the 2012 London Olympics she competed in both the 200m and 400m individual medly (IM). Originally from Sweden, she has a wealth of international experience and should score heavily at the Pac-12 Championships while vying for All-American honors as well. Gardell earned All-America honors at the 2011 NCAAs as part of USC's eighth-place 800y free relay. After joining the Trojans in the spring semester in 2011, and catching up in training, Gardell had a stellar February. In Troy's final dual meet of the season against UCLA, the freshman helped USC beat the Bruins with a dominating win in the 400y IM. At the 2011 Pac-10 Championships, Gardell was a three-time finalist. At USC, Stina is working on her undergraduate degree majoring in social science and communications. About Philip Seib Philip Seib is Director of the Center on Public Diplomacy as well as Professor of Journalism, Public Diplomacy, and International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is author or editor of numerous books such as: Headline Diplomacy, The Global Journalist, Beyond the Front Lines, Broadcasts from the Blitz, New Media and the New Middle East, The Al Jazeera Effect, Global Terrorism and New Media, Al Jazeera English, and Real-Time Diplomacy. He is editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication and co-editor of both the Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy and the journal Media, War, and Conflict. ]]> 2012-09-27T21:30:35+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:21:30:35Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdevents/~3/1rE_dEF2yZw/ #When:23:00:49Z The USC Center on Public Diplomacy and the Pacific Council on International Policy were pleased to host a conversation about The Iran Project featuring Ambassador William H. Luers, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, and Admiral Eric T. Olson. The Iran Project is analyzing and assessing potential political and diplomatic solutions to the conflict between the United States and Iran. This conversation will provide an opportunity to examine challenging public diplomacy issues in the context of the current U.S.-Iran relationship. Members of The Iran Project have worked to find political/diplomatic solutions to the U.S.-Iran problem for nearly a decade. They have worked behind the scenes with both the U.S. and Iranian governments to promote direct official talks and to help interpret communications. They have additionally engaged in “Track II” diplomacy efforts to create an ongoing dialogue and build trust. The members of the project have prepared a full summary of their work and findings, to read this report, please click here [PDF]. In addition to Ambassador Luers, Ambassador Wisner, and Admiral Olson, the core organizing group behind The Iran Project includes Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Mr. Stephen Heintz, Dr. Vali Nasr, Ambassador William Miller, Dr. Jim Walsh, and others with significant experience and expertise related to Iran. USC's Daily Trojan published an article about The Iran Project event which you can read here. USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism highlighted the talk in their CommLine blog, "Inside Annenberg", please click here to read the write-up. About Ambassador William H. Luers Ambassador William H. Luers served as President and CEO of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) from 1999-2009. Prior to joining UNA-USA, Ambassador Luers served for 13 years as president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Prior to his move to New York in 1986, Ambassador Luers had a 31-year career in the Foreign Service. He served as US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1983-1986) and Venezuela (1978-1982) and held numerous posts in Italy, Germany, the Soviet Union, and in the Department of State, where he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (1977-1978) and for Inter-American Affairs (1975-1977). Ambassador Luers has been a visiting lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He was also the director's visitor at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study in 1982-1983. An active member of the Council on Foreign Relations and other public policy organizations, Ambassador Luers is the founding Chairman of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy and serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit boards, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The National Museum of Natural History, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, and the Rubin Art Museum. About Admiral Eric T. Olson Admiral Eric T. Olson retired from the United States Navy in 2011 after more than 38 years of military service. He served in special operations units throughout his career, during which he was awarded several decorations for leadership and valor including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Silver Star. Admiral Olson was the first Navy SEAL officer to be promoted to three- and four-star ranks. Admiral Olson's career culminated as the head of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), where he was responsible for the mission readiness of all Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps special operations forces. In this capacity, he led over 60,000 people and managed an annual budget in excess of ten billion dollars. As President of ETO Group LLC, Admiral Olson is now an independent national security consultant who supports a wide range of private and public sector organizations. Among his current endeavors, he is an Adjunct Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, a Director of Iridium Communications, Inc. and Under Armour, Inc., a Director of the non-profit Special Operations Warrior Foundation and the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, and a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and NATO Special Operations Forces Headquarters. About Ambassador Frank G. Wisner Ambassador Frank G. Wisner’s diplomatic career spans four decades and eight American presidents. He served as ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India during his extensive career in the State Department. As Foreign Affairs Advisor at Patton Boggs LLP, Ambassador Wisner plays a pivotal role at the firm, leveraging his vast experience in the Middle East, India, Europe, and Asia to assist the firm's domestic and international clients. In addition to his role as ambassador to four countries, he has served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs. Ambassador Wisner was senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from 1982 to 1986. Ambassador Wisner worked as a senior diplomat in Tunisia and Bangladesh before returning to Washington as Director of Plans and Management in the Bureau of Public Affairs. He joined the President’s Interagency Task Force on Indochina, the entity responsible for evacuating and settling nearly one million refugees and served as its Deputy Director. Later, as Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs, Ambassador Wisner worked closely with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to launch negotiations with Zimbabwe and Namibia. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed Ambassador Wisner as the nation’s special representative to the Kosovo Status Talks in 2005 where he played a crucial role in negotiating Kosovo’s independence. ]]> 2012-09-19T23:00:49+00:00 cpd@usc.eduhttp://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/events/#When:23:00:49Z USC Center on Public Diplomacynonadultevents at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy