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  • Sharing American culture in Hard Places

    Sharing American culture in Hard Places

    By Yvonne Oh, Program Coordinator On November 14, 2018, IPDGC hosted a panel discussion on “Soft Power in Hard Places” – looking at cultural diplomacy programs that venture into places that many other diplomatic efforts do not easily go. The panel explored the U.S. State Department’s work to bring American culture – music, dance, film,…


  • Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) Receives Inaugural Walter Roberts Award

    [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https://blogs.gwu.edu/ipdgc-build/files/2018/08/CORKER-and-STEELE-1080x-copy-2hqyu95.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Sen. Bob Corker accepts the Walter Roberts Award from GW IPDGC Director Janet Steele.   [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign…


  • IPDGC’s new podcast joins the conversation on PD

    With Public Diplomacy on the minds of many nowadays, the Institute for Public Diplomacy, GW graduate and undergraduate students have launched Public Diplomacy Examined (PDx), an interview-based easy-access podcast of interviews with U.S. foreign service officers (current and retired), foreign diplomats, public diplomacy professionals, academics and researchers, media practitioners, cultural exchange specialists, and many others –…


  • 2013 WR Annual Lecture: Tara Sonenshine

    [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ hover_enabled=”0″ z_index_tablet=”500″ global_colors_info=”{}” header_4_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” sticky_enabled=”0″] Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy: The View from State In 2013, the United States faces a wealth of public diplomacy challenges. American diplomats today must engage new publics, on new issues, using new foreign…