Life After State: Employment Opportunities in Academe
Dr. M. Karen Walker, co-chair of PDCA's Academic Study Committee, offers suggestions on employment opportunities for people who have served at the Department of State.
Reading Tea Leaves: Trump II’s First National Security Strategy
In his latest Worth Noting column, PDCA Board Member Bill Wanlund summarizes reaction to the new National Security Strategy. Click on the image to read.
Eisenhower and Public Diplomacy
Rick Ruth discusses the origins of Public Diplomacy in the Eisenhower era. Click imagine for text.
Jan. 5: Values-Based Narratives in U.S. Foreign Policy
PCDA's January 5 program will focus the Carnegie Council's new report on Illiberal Narratives and Shifting Values: Examining Competing Visions of the U.S. and its Role in the World. Click for details.
Feb. 2: Strengthening Public Diplomacy: The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Join the State Department
Join us for the February First Monday Forum. Click on the image for more information.
"Dutch Fulbright board members resign over U.S. pressure on academic freedom"
Half of the bi-national board that runs the Fulbright program in the Netherlands has resigned. Click on the image for more information.
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Latest News
Feb. 2: Strengthening Public Diplomacy: The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Join the State Department
February's First Monday Forum will focus on CAORC. The forum will take place at George Washington University and will also be available via Zoom.
Inaugural Richard Arndt Awards Announced
PDCA Board member Nicholas Cull (USC) and Pete Millwood (Univ. of Melbourne) received the award.
Jan. 5: Values-Based Narratives in U.S. Foreign Policy
PCDA's January 5th program will feature James Ketterer, Senior Fellow at Bard College's Center for Civic Engagement, alongside Kevin Maloney, Director of Communications at the Carnegie...
Member Views
Bill Wanlund's Worth Noting: The Nimble Ms. Lake
Bill's latest column contrasts Kari Lake's changing attitudes toward VOA.
Potemkin Airwaves: The Hollow Resurrection of U.S. International Broadcasting, by Steve Herman
PDCA Member Steve Herman comments on recent events.
Of Values and Narratives, by Bill Wanlund
Wanlund's Worth Noting column interviewed two scholars on the change from long-accepted liberal values underlying U.S. foreign policy to illiberal ones in the Trump Administration's...