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Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting, 2021
The 2020 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting, published by the ACPD per its congressional mandate, assesses the major public diplomacy and global media activities conducted by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Based on data collected from the State Department’s Public Diplomacy bureaus and offices, the Public Affairs Sections at U.S. embassies worldwide, and the USAGM, the report serves as a unique reference document, highlighting public diplomacy strategies and resources used to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives. The report also serves as a platform for innovation, assuring that U.S. government public diplomacy initiatives remain effective in a consistently competitive global information environment. Finally, the 2020 report showcases U.S. public diplomacy’s embrace of diversity, to include the promotion of broad information sharing networks, multiple viewpoints and voices, and varied cultures.
The ACPD's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy 2019 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting, 2019
The 2019 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting, published each year by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) per its congressional mandate, assesses the major Public Diplomacy (PD) and global media activities conducted by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Based on data collected from the State Department’s Public Diplomacy bureaus and offices, the Public Affairs Sections at U.S. embassies worldwide, and the USAGM, the report serves as a unique reference document, highlighting public diplomacy strategies and resources used to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives. The report also serves as a platform for innovation, assuring that USG public diplomacy initiatives remain effective in an increasingly competitive global information environment. https://www.state.gov/2019-comprehensive-annual-report-on-public-diplomacy-and-international-broadcasting/
2017 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting
2017
ACPD is a bipartisan panel created by Congress in 1948 to formulate and recommend policies and programs to carry out the public diplomacy (PD) functions vested in U.S. government entities, and to appraise the effectiveness of those activities across the globe. ACPD was reauthorized in December 2016 to complete the Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting Activities, as well as to produce other reports that support more effective efforts to understand, inform, and influence foreign audiences. is report lists all reported major PD and international broadcasting activities conducted by the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). It is based on data collected from every regional and functional State Department bureau and office, the Public Affairs Sections of U.S. missions worldwide, and from all BBG entities. The 2017 report was researched, verified, and written by ACPD members and staff with continuous input and collaboration from State Department public diplomacy and BBG officials. The information focuses on fiscal year 2016 funds spent and provides a complete accounting of public diplomacy and broadcasting activity at the time of publication (September 2017). Wherever possible, the report also examines fiscal year 2017 planned spending, strategy, and activities, in addition to fiscal year 2018 budget requests. The report reinforces ACPD’s work in the last four years on research and evaluation for public diplomacy and broadcasting, the organizational structure of public diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State and the career trajectories, and professional development of PD professionals.
Seventy years since the publication of the first ACPD annual report, we remain dedicated to producing a quality, highly vetted document of record each year. We also welcome the opportunity each year to get a closer view of the many informational, educational, and cultural activities the U.S. government supports worldwide. We greatly admire the commitment and the talent of America's Public Diplomacy practitioners and international broadcasters and are encouraged by our interactions with leadership and staff at both agencies. We hope that by making a number of thoughtful, data-driven recommendations, and by promoting transparency in budgets and spending, we can strengthen Public Diplomacy's essential role in achieving U.S. foreign policy goals and bolstering America's national security and prosperity.
UNITED STATES' PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
There are many definitions for Public Diplomacy (PD). Generally, it is a term that “describes a government’s efforts to conduct foreign policy and promote national interests through direct outreach and communication with the population of a foreign country.” Public diplomacy is an important tool for “promoting security and economic stability throughout the world.” Public diplomacy is multifaceted, it include listening, collecting information, advocacy, Radio/TV broadcasting, international exchange, branding diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, psychological warfare and digital diplomacy. Public diplomacy is an integral component in the planning and execution of the United States’ foreign policy. The United States government has 14 “cabinet-level departments and over 48 independent agencies and commissions” that participate in at least one form of official public diplomacy. US public diplomacy programs have most effectively promoted US security and economic stability. The US employs public diplomacy as tool for strengthening the US's global political and economic ties to serve US national interests. With the United States frequently being considered among the “most dangerous and distrusted countries in the world,” the US policy makers have focused on developing effective, well-resourced public diplomacy strategy. After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the struggle against “extremist ideologies became vital to US foreign policy.” The US has utilized public diplomacy in its struggle against extremist ideologies and overall war against terrorism. The US has employed its soft power to mitigate threats to US security and counter the spread of Islamic extremist influence. This study examines whether the US public diplomacy efforts toward the Islamic world during the Obama’s administration were effective in advancing US national interest and achieving US foreign policy objectives. The research utilizes the deductive method to assess the effectiveness of the US public diplomacy efforts to combat Islamic extremist, based on the hypothesis that “Public diplomacy is more effective if it is backed by a legitimate cause and is supported by appropriate foreign policy strategies.” The study provides a theoretical overview of public diplomacy as a political tool to advance national interests. The study looks into the United States foreign policy objectives toward the Islamic world during Obama’s presidency. It provide into the US government agencies that are involved in public diplomacy, their goals, strategy, programs, and activities designed to counter Islamic extremists. In addition, the research will provide an assessment of US efforts based on experts’ views on conducting successful public diplomacy campaigns.
This report examines current efforts underway at the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to assess impact through research, analytics and evaluation. It makes suggestions on structures and methodologies needed to make foreign audience research more robust, impact assessment more institutionalized, and feedback loops for strategy and tactics more systematic. The report is based on findings from a six-month study of nearly 100 State Department and BBG research and evaluation documents, in addition to dozens of interviews conducted between February and August 2014 with the staff responsible for them and with users of them.
Public Diplomacy: Old Organization, New Trends, and Ways Forward
The Public Diplomacy Blog, 2019
Reviews the challenges for U.S. Public Diplomacy in 2019 -- scant hope of additional resources, long vacancies in the position of Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, new challenges confront organizational inertia, and unrealistic hopes of using Public Diplomacy as a development tool. The international environment is shifting toward Great Power Competition, while America's domestic divisions undermine the old framework of "telling America's story to the world." These present worthy challenges for America's Public Diplomacy practitioners.
Introduction to " International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century "
International broadcasting remains a key activity in public diplomacy. In this Introduction I discuss how international broadcasting has long been associated with the projection of foreign policy interests, from an instrument of empire building in the 1920s and 1930s, through the Cold War and beyond. In particular, the Introduction evaluates how modern Information Communications Technologies, especially the internet and social media, have transformed the way international broadcasting contributes to public diplomacy. Issue This editorial is part of the issue " International Broadcasting and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century " , edited by Gary D. Rawnsley (Aberystwyth University, UK).
A Public Diplomacy Paradigm Shift
CPD Blog, USC Center on Public Diplomacy, 2022
The Public Diplomacy Staffing Initiative (PDSI) is one of the most important transformations in U.S. public diplomacy (PD) operations overseas since the merger of the U.S. Information Agency into the Department of State in 1999. In addition to launching a major revision of the position descriptions for locally employed public diplomacy staff at U.S. diplomatic missions abroad, the PDSI includes a significant restructuring of embassy public diplomacy sections. Yet outside of the relatively narrow scope of public diplomacy bureaus and offices within the Department of State, little is known about the PDSI’s strategic intent, let alone its impacts. In a recently published report, "Putting Audience and Policy First: A Public Diplomacy Paradigm Shift," the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) fills this knowledge gap with an assessment of the PDSI’s transformative potential.