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

July 13: The First Target Audiences: The Public Diplomacy of the Founding Fathers

Join us on July 13 at noon at GWU's Lindner Family Commons at the Elliott School of International Affairs.

Global Attitudes: An Update on U.S. Views, with Dr. Richard Wike of the Pew Research Center

Join us June 15 in-person and online for our June Forum.

May 4: Diplomacy’s Public Turn: Prospects for Theory and Practice

Join us for the First Monday Forum for May as we welcome the book’s co-editors, Kathy R. Fitzpatrick, Director of the Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communication at...

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Member Views

The Ticket Was Never Enough, by Naseem Qader

Omar Artun, the first World Cup referee from Somalia, was rejected by U.S. immigration authorities and sent back home. U.S. restrictions on travel by fans, journalists, and even referees...

Adam Powell, Seen and Unseen, by Joe Johnson

Adam Clayton Powell III, a distinguished member of PDCA, imparts a key life lesson in his new Substack column, Seen and Unseen.

Fletcher Reunion Reflections and the Murrow Center, by Sherry Mueller, Ph.D.

Dr. Mueller provides insights on the definition of public diplomacy.

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