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PDC Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Events

Future PDC / PDAA / USC forums:

2/25 5:30 pm “Making the Hard Case for Soft Power“ co-sponsored by the PDC, at American Univ. School of International Service. Details and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-hard-case-for-soft-power-tickets-48454410446

3/4 noon Hon. Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, bio: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/280673.htm

4/1 noon “Authoritarian Digital Influence Operations: Understanding Supply and Demand” with Shanthi Kalathil and Dean Jackson, National Endowment for Democracy.

First Monday Forum at GW’s Elliott School Lindner Family Common, 1957 E Street St. NW, 6th Floor

To attend a First Monday Forum, please RSVP at firstmondayforum.rsvp@gmail.com

Save the date:

2/28 12-2 pm PDAA lunch forum, at DACOR: “Engaging North Korea, Other Hard-to-Reach Audiences” https://pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org/?p=1928

2/28 5 pm Walter Roberts lecture, with Washington Post columnist, author, and former State Department official Bob Kagan; his bio: https://www.brookings.edu/experts/robert-kagan/ Venue: Lehman Auditorium, GW Science and Engineering Hall (https://seh.gwu.edu/), across the street from the Foggy Bottom Metro.

2019 Dues:

PDC dues for this year are due and you can now pay on line, at https://www.publicdiplomacycouncil.org/about/pdc-membership/

Public Diplomacy News

Tue 2/19 3 pm Georgetown: “Lalehzar – Tehran’s ‘Champs-Élysées’ Under Allied Occupation (1941-1945) – a cultural war zone where the Allies followed their own agenda of public diplomacy” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lalehzar-tehrans-champs-elysees-under-allied-occupation-1941-1945-tickets-56540408885

Tue 2/19 4 pm Atlantic Cncl: “Democratization in the Maldives” https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/a-discussion-with-he-abdulla-shahid

Tue 2/19 5:30 pm Wilson: “Restaging Russian Classics: a celebration of the Russian imperial ballet The Sleeping Beauty.” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/restaging-russian-classics-search-the-sleeping-beauty

Wed 2/20 noon GW: “Last Days of the Mighty Mekong” how development plans by China, others, can reshape the region https://calendar.gwu.edu/book-launch-last-days-mighty-mekong

Wed 2/20 12:30 pm SAIS: “Democracy, Development and Investment Opportunities in Nepal” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/democracy-development-and-investment-opportunities-in-nepal-tickets-56420348782

Wed 2/20 1:30 pm Brookings: “Kaizen: A management philosophy for advancing development in Africa” https://www.brookings.edu/events/kaizen-a-management-philosophy-for-advancing-development-in-africa/

Wed 2/20 5:30 pm Georgetown: “The State of the State Department” screening and discussion https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-of-the-state-department-preview-screening-tickets-55425961543

Thu 2/21 11 am CATO: “Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements” https://www.cato.org/events/gullible-superpower-us-support-bogus-foreign-democratic-movements

Thu 2/21 noon MEI: “Understanding the Taliban: What Do They Want?” https://www.mei.edu/events/understanding-taliban-what-do-they-want

Thu 2/21 12:30 pm Atlantic Cncl: “The Putin Exodus: The New Russian Brain Drain” https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/1-the-putin-exodus-the-new-russian-brain-drain

Thu 2/21 3 pm Wilson: “Russia’s Ideological Ecosystems: What Are the Interactions between Nationalists and the Kremlin?” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/russias-ideological-ecosystems-what-are-the-interactions-between-nationalists-and-the-kremlin

Thu 2/21 4 pm GW: “Vulnerability and Resilience of Young People in Kyrgyzstan: Radicalization, Violence, and Extremism” https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfugM7NexhEpkHfQy2pAD5VfLo_w00TPQ49oTnAkLU6QP_pvg/viewform

Mon 2/25 12 noon GW: “Politics, Taliban negotiations and Nuclear Security in Pakistan” https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18hJp4LR0KPPtGgrAoe1DVPkZLZd0c1iDMUaXktBKlCM/viewform

Mon 2/25 4 pm Wilson: “American WWII Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/triumph-the-dead-american-wwii-cemeteries-monuments-and-diplomacy-france

Mon 2/25 4 pm IWP: “Belarus Under Putin’s Radar” https://www.iwp.edu/events/detail/belarus-under-putins-radar

Mon 2/25 5:30 pm AU/PDC: “Making the Hard Case for Soft Power” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-hard-case-for-soft-power-tickets-48454410446

Continuing: GW Museum’s “Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt, and the Four Freedoms” on display until April 29, details: https://americanstudies.columbian.gwu.edu/four-freedoms-writing-competition-alternative-art-labels