Video Available: The essential role of partnership between public diplomacy and those pursuing economic and commercial progress
Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, a member of PDCA's Board of Directors, will lead a discussion of the link between Public Diplomacy and U.S. commercial and economic diplomacy at the July 14 Forum. The forum will take place at noon via Zoom.
Ambassador Wayne is the Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service. In addition to his role at AU, Wayne was a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Co-Chair of its Mexico Institute Advisory Board. He is a Senior Non-Resident Adviser at the Atlantic Council and at the Center for Security and International Studies. Ambassador Wayne served as a U.S. diplomat from 1975 to 2015, including as Ambassador to Argentina (2006-2009), Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs and Deputy Ambassador in Kabul (2009-2011), and Ambassador to Mexico (2011-15). He was Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (EB) under three Secretaries of State (2000-2006) and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (1997-2000). The U.S. Senate confirmed him as a Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the US Foreign Service, in 2010. He received multiple honors during his government service, including the 2017 Director General’s Cup for the Foreign Service and the 2015 Cobb Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development.
In advance of the July 14 discussion, participants may want to read the following articles from the Foreign Service Journal:
- "What Is Economic Diplomacy and How Does It Work?" by Tony Wayne, January-February 2019.
- "Advancing U.S. Economic Interests Overseas in an Era of Rising Tariffs," by Daniel Crocker, June 2025.
- Diego Marroquín Bitar, Earl A. Wayne, and Chris Hernandez-Roy, USMCA Review "2026: Pathways, Risks and Strategic Considerations for North America’s Economic Future"
- Iran Attacks U.S. Airbase in Qatar - Amb. Earl Anthony Wayne, Arise TV Nigeria (YouTube)
- North American Tariff Wars | Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security, Tony Wayne, March 2025 (Arizona State University Podcast)
The July 14 program is cosponsored by PDCA and its partners the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and the GWU Institute for Public Diplomacy & Global Communication.
To register to participate in the Forum via Zoom, click here.