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Building Enduring Networks: The ECA
By Brian O’Rourke Established in 1961, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs works to establish cultural exchanges between the United States and other countries around the world. Through academic, professional, athletic, and artistic exchanges, the ECA...
Re-Constructing Democratic Narratives to Foster Pro-Israel Support in the U.S.
By Nikki Hinshaw, M.A. Global Communication, ’22 Narrative Challenge: Anti-Israel Sentiment [1] in the United States Growing anti-Israel sentiment has appeared globally, including in the United States, over the past few years. While the roots of such sentiment...
Students: a notice about grants for summers internships and the PD Student Award
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Review: Academic study on the Fulbright Program and US public diplomacy
By Colleen Cavanaugh, BA Political Communication, ’22 Molly Bettie’s article “Ambassadors unaware: the Fulbright Program and American public diplomacy” explores a continuous historical tension between the value of the Fulbright Program as an American information...
Sharing America’s stories – the Fulbright program
Improving US intercultural relations, communications, and understanding through exchange By Gabriella Armonda, BA Political Communications, May 2021. On January 27, 2021, the GW Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication presented Senator John Boozman,...
Gender Equality in International Affairs
Building a better approach through research and practice In our latest PDx episode, interviewer and SMPA grad student Victoria Makanjuola talks to Dr. Shirley Graham the director for the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs at the Elliott School of...
Lack of Humane Immigration Policy Limits Legitimacy in U.S. Public Diplomacy
By Benjamin Gutman, MA Global Communication ’22 It’s three weeks after the U.S. presidential election and policy analysts in every field are scrambling to give experts and the general public alike optimism regarding the future under a new administration. This is...
The New Globetrotter: looking for an international career
In the second part of our interview with Dr. Sherry Mueller, PDx interviewer and SMPA graduate student Victoria Makanjuola learns what college students and young professionals can do to develop a global career. In Dr. Mueller’s book titled, Working World: Careers...
Public Diplomacy Council and U.S. global engagement
Dr. Sherry Mueller heads the Public Diplomacy Council, a non-profit organization that supports the practice, academic study and advocacy for public diplomacy. The Council looks at the engagement by U.S. Government, especially the State Department and U.S....
The Chessboard and the Web: An Unnecessary Distinction?
Review by Nikki Hinshaw, M.A. Global Communication, ’22 Within the field of international affairs, the metaphor of the chessboard has long been utilized to explain the strategic relationships between states. In “Global Complexity: Intersection of Chessboard and...
