The Rodney Dangerfield of Foreign Policy

Friday, January 20th 2012

"I ain't got no respect."    That was the tag line of the popular comedian of the late 20th century  Rodney Dangerfield.  Regrettably, the late Mr. Dangerfield's line is perfectly applicable to today's Public Diplomacy.  After all, the only government entity that kept an eye on USG public diplomacy was de-funded and de-authorized in the 2012 budget.

William P. Kiehl

Treasurer / Board Member

Bill Kiehl is founding President & CEO of PD Worldwide, consultants in international public affairs, higher education management, and cross-cultural communication. Dr. Kiehl is currently the Book Review Editor and editor emeritus of the journal American Diplomacy, published by the American Diplomacy Foundation in cooperation with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He served as Executive Director of the Public Diplomacy Council from February 2004 through April 2007. Dr. Kiehl has taught public diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute and has lectured at a number of colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. He holds his Doctorate in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania; his dissertation was "The Influence of Campus Internationalization on Local Communities."

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Author: Bill Kiehl

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PDC Member Tara Sonenshine nominated as State's new public diplomacy head

Friday, November 4th 2011

If confirmed she will be the first member of the Public Diplomacy Council to be named to this position!

Tara Sonenshine nominated as State's new public diplomacy head

Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, November 4, 2011 - 6:24 PM 

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William P. Kiehl

Treasurer / Board Member

Bill Kiehl is founding President & CEO of PD Worldwide, consultants in international public affairs, higher education management, and cross-cultural communication. Dr. Kiehl is currently the Book Review Editor and editor emeritus of the journal American Diplomacy, published by the American Diplomacy Foundation in cooperation with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He served as Executive Director of the Public Diplomacy Council from February 2004 through April 2007. Dr. Kiehl has taught public diplomacy at the Foreign Service Institute and has lectured at a number of colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. He holds his Doctorate in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania; his dissertation was "The Influence of Campus Internationalization on Local Communities."

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Look at Turkey and Indonesia

Friday, February 25th 2011

February 25, 2011

     From North Africa to South Asia, much of the Islamic world writhes under the lash of ferment, protest, rebellion or revolution. Most of it is unprecedented. No one can predict how any of it will end. And the end, however it turns out, seems not even remotely in sight.

     But as we contemplate this uncertainty, two countries of the region particularly catch the eye.  Turkey and Indonesia share a number of characteristics:

• Big, populous Muslim countries.
• Bloody, tumultuous histories marked by revolution and war.
• Democracies―genuine democracies, flawed but viable―achieved after long struggles with tyranny
• Not afflicted (thus far) with the sorts of trouble seen elsewhere in the region

John H. Trattner

Board Member

A former career Foreign Service officer and press spokesman of the Department of State, Trattner was also a newspaper, newsmagazine, and network radio journalist in the United States and Europe, press secretary to former Senator George Mitchell, vice president of a nonprofit focused on federal government management, head writer for a public affairs firm, and graduate-level teacher at American University. The author of eight books about the jobs and challenges of federal presidential appointees, he currently writes free-lance and composes choral music.

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• Muslim World
• Turkey and Indonesia