Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication

Please join us on February 18th from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to hear the featured speaker, H.E. Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, the Republic of Rwanda to the United States Ambassador. Use the link or QR code to RSVP for this event. @smpagwu.bsky.social
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25 Year Anniversary Special Blog Series Written By: Kate Neeper Within hours of Congress passing a continuing resolution to keep the government funded on March 14, 2025, the president signed an executive order that called for the eliminatio...

Hey everyone! We have a new blog post featuring the author Kate Neeper in our 25th Anniversary Special Blog Series. Use the link below to read this! 👇 @smpagwu.bsky.social
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Join us on February 3rd at 11:30 a.m. for our BookTalk with Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez, Professor of International Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, and our moderator, Steve Livingston. Use the QR code to RSVP! @stevenlivingston.bsky.social @smpagwu.bsky.social

Join us and PDCA for their First Monday Forum on Monday, February 2nd, at 12 p.m. at the Elliot School. Use this link to register. We hope to see you there!! 👇 @smpagwu.bsky.social

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Join us on Wednesday, January 28th, from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm with the speaker H.E. Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, the Republic of Rwanda to the United States Ambassador. Use the QR Code to register for this amazing event. See you all there!
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YouTube video by IPDGC 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Steven Livingston

Check out our latest video in our 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Steve Livingston. Click on the link below; you won't want to miss these amazing insights! @smpagwu.bsky.social @stevenlivingston.bsky.social
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Join us on Wednesday, January 28th, from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm with the speaker H.E. Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, the Republic of Rwanda to the United States Ambassador. Use the QR Code to register for this amazing event. See you all there!
@smpagwu.bsky.social

25 Year Anniversary Special Blog Series: Looking Back and Struggling Forward Written by: Barry Fulton When we launched the Public Diplomacy Institute (PDI) in the year 2000, we imagined a collaboration with the Public Diplomacy Council, a non-profit organization consisting pri...

Check out our latest blog post featuring writer Barry Fulton in the series: 25th Anniversary Special Blog Series: Looking Back and Struggling Forward
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25 Year Anniversary Special Blog Series: The Last Three Feet: An Idea Ever Popular Written by: Efe Sevin, esevin@towson.edu Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication brought scholars and practitioners together in a two-day conference to mark its 25th anniversary and to...

Check out our latest blog post featuring writer Efe Sevin in the series: 25th Anniversary Special Blog Series: The Last Three Feet: An Idea Ever Popular
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YouTube video by IPDGC 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Bay Fang

Check out this video from our 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Bay Fang!
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25 Year Anniversary Special Blog Series: Russia’s Investment in Dual Track International Engagement: Sharp Power and Public Diplomacy Written By: Yelena Osipova-Stocker Public diplomacy – the process by which international actors communicate their culture, values, and policies to engage foreign publics and accomplish foreign policy ...

Check out our latest blog post featuring writer Yelena Osipova-Stocker in the series: 25th Anniversary Special Blog Series: Russia’s Investment in Dual Track International Engagement: Sharp Power and Public Diplomacy
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We had the pleasure of hosting Her Excellency Svanhildur Hólm Valsdóttir , Ambassador of Iceland to the United States of America. Her Excellency reminded us that learning about each other's cultures and collaborating helps to bring the best public diplomacy. @ieres-gwu.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday, December 3rd, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to hear Her Excellency Svanhildur Hólm Valsdóttir, Ambassador of Iceland to the United States of America. Scan the QR code to register; you won't want to miss this event! @smpagwu.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social

25 Year Anniversary Special Blog Series: The Future of Soft Power and Strategic Narratives Written By: Ben O’Loughlin …it is a national security imperative for the United States to achieve and maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance. (Trump, cited in 2025 US AI...

Check out our latest blog post featuring writer Ben O'Loughlin in the series: 25th Anniversary Special Blog Series: The Future of Soft Power and Strategic Narratives
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25 Year Anniversary Special Blog Series: A Flagrant Act of Cultural Diplomacy Written By: Mark Taplin Not so long ago, on a fragrant July evening in Sarajevo, in the courtyard of a 19th centuryhouse-museum, a Spanish musicologist, a Bosnian singer, and a handful of traditional ...

Check out our latest blog post featuring writer Mark Taplin in the series: 25th Anniversary Special Blog Series: A Flagrant Act of Cultural Diplomacy
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A special thank you to our panelists: @jetaabazi.bsky.social @stevenlivingston.bsky.social @benoloughlin.bsky.social @emma-briant.co.uk @adaystew.bsky.social @janetsteele.bsky.social @matthindman.bsky.social

Last week, we had the opportunity to host our 25th Anniversary Conference on The Future of Public Diplomacy. This 2-day conference brought leading public diplomacy practitioners and scholars together to celebrate IPDGC and examine the future of the field. @smpagwu.bsky.social @gwu1821.bsky.social

On Thursday, November 6th, 2025, we had our Ambassador Panel on The Future of Public Diplomacy. Check out the photos 👇

YouTube video by IPDGC 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Peter Loge

Check out this video from our 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Peter Lodge below 👇
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Join us on Thursday, November 6th, 2025, for our Ambassador Panel on The Future of Public Diplomacy from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Use the QR code to register now; you won't want to miss this!

Iraqi ambassador talks cultural diplomacy, building partnerships with US Nazar Al Khirullah, who has served as Iraq’s ambassador to the United States since 2023, said he hopes to use cultural diplomacy to change Americans’ perspective of Iraq and increase their appreciatio...

Our Engaging America Series #1: Ambassador Perspectives on Public Diplomacy, featuring the Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, was amazing!

Check out this article written by The GW Hatchet on this event:
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YouTube video by IPDGC 25th Anniversary Video Series on the Future of Public Diplomacy with Karl Stolz

Below is a video from our 25th anniversary video series on the Future of Public Diplomacy featuring Karl Stolz. Click the link below, you won't want to miss this! 👇

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Engaging America Series #1:
Ambassadorial Perspectives on Public Diplomacy

Wednesday, October 29th | 5:30 - 6:30 PM EST

The featured speaker is His Excellency Mr. Nazar Issa Abdulhadi Al-Khirullah, the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States

October First Monday Forum: Michele Sumilas discussed how the USGLC is addressing unprecedented challenges and working to ensure, as Secretary Rubio said, a safer, stronger, and more prosperous America. Check the video below 👇

The Global Communications MA’s held its first-ever Alumni event, bringing together alumni and current students. It was a great opportunity to make connections, develop mentoring relationships, and explore various career paths for current students.

The M.A. Global Communication program held a Fall 2025 dinner to welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff. The evening had meaningful conversations, shared stories, and a strong sense of community, highlighting our program’s diversity and commitment to connection and collaboration.

October First Monday Forum:

When: Monday, October 6th, from 12-1 p.m.

Where: GWU's Lindner Family Commons-Elliot School of International Affairs

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Forum via Zoom, click here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

YouTube video by IPDGC Jeta Abazi Gashi on Identity, Discourse, and Diplomacy | Fulbright Scholar at GW

🎙️ We spoke with Jeta Abazi-Gashi, Fulbright Scholar at GWU & award-winning journalist from Kosovo, on her research: The Self and the Other in Public Diplomacy 🇽🇰🇺🇸

Watch the full conversation here 👇
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YouTube video by IPDGC Interview with Joe Wierichs, Visiting Professor and IPDGC Public Diplomacy Fellow 2024-2026

In this interview, Joe Wierichs, Public Diplomacy Fellow at the IPDGC and a U.S. Senior Foreign Service officer, shares insights from his global career and teaching, plus advice for aspiring diplomats. #PublicDiplomacy #IPDGC

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Thank you to the Ambassador of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa, for being IPDGC's final Ambassadorial Series speaker! 🇧🇭📸
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