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

International Education & Exchange: Past, Present, & Future

Join us for our October First Monday forum on October 5.

Is it Better to Speak Softly or Carry a Big Stick? How International Media View America's Image Today

A distinguished panel of international journalists will address these issues

Cultural & Public Diplomacy in a Changing World

Join us August 19 at 5:00 p.m. at George Washington University where PDCA Board Member Nicholas J. Cull and Pete Milwood will present their winning works that received the inaugural...

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Member Views

A Lasting Legacy, by Dr. Sherry Lee Mueller

Dr. Mueller reflects on her personal memories of those honored for works about cultural relations and public diplomacy.

Two Award-Winning Authors Explain Cultural Diplomacy, by Deborah Cohn

PDCA and the Lois Roth Foundation Honor Co-Winners of the Inaugural Richard T. Arndt Prize for an Outstanding Work on Cultural Diplomacy.

UFC: Tailor-made for Diplomacy, by Beatrice Camp

“It’s hard to envision the UFC fighters featured at the White House slug-fest on June 14 fitting the department’s description of Sports Envoys as ‘community-oriented...

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