EVENT DESCRIPTION:
This past year has seen a high volume of conversations and reports about a need for greater subnational or city and state diplomacy to strengthen U.S. national security and build a more inclusive U.S. foreign policy. Subnational diplomacy has many angles and has achieved new prominence with the recent creation of an office and a Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. How do these activities across the United States connect with longstanding public diplomacy initiatives that engage international audiences? How do we elevate the role that U.S. citizens already play, and can increasingly play, as active participants in diplomacy, building the trust and the relationships we need to advance foreign policy objectives?
RECORDING AVAILABLE:
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RESOURCES:
- ACPD Report: Exploring Public Diplomacy’s Domestic Dimensions
- ECA Bureau Office of Citizen Exchanges
- ECA Bureau Office of International Visitors
- Fulbright Diversity and Inclusion 2021-2022
- Gilman Scholarship Program Diversity Highlights
- Q&A from the Forum
- Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy
- Truman Center Report: Broadening Citizen Engagement Across America
- USC Center on Public Diplomacy
PANELISTS:
- Erin Bromaghim, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for the City of Los Angeles
- Katherine Brown, Ph.D., President & CEO, Global Ties U.S.
- Janet Elliott (moderator), President and CEO, International Visitors Council of Los Angeles
- Maryum Saifee, Senior Advisor for the Secretary’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the U.S. Department of State
- Jian (Jay) Wang, Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy
- Stacy White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, U.S. Department of State