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

Joseph Nye: Public Diplomacy and the Future of Soft Power

Professor Joseph Nye will be our guest for a First Monday Forum on January 6 at 12:00 p.m. The program will be via Zoom.

Re-engaging UNESCO: Ambassador Jean Manes at Dec. 16 Event

Join us via Zoom on December 16 to discuss the U.S. and UNESCO

PDCA Joins Others To Endorse Kaine-Young Bill for Annual Report on Unfunded Programs

PDCA has formally endorsed S. 4863, 'The Fully Funding our National Security Priorities Act,' cosponsored by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN). PDCA joined colleague organizations...

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POTUS and the VIPs, Part III, by Bill Wanlund

Bill brings us three accounts of public diplomacy behind the President, by Dan Whitman, Joe Johnson, and Michael Korff.

POTUS and the VIPs, Part II, compiled by Bill Wanlund

Bill Wanlund continues his series about how public diplomacy staffers manage summitry, featuring anecdotes by Bea Camp and Michael Korff.

POTUS and the VIPs, by Bill Wanlund

Part of public diplomacy's job is to polish and highlight foreign visits by senior U.S. officials, including the President. Bill gives us the first of a series of reminiscences from...

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