Whether you are, or consider yourself an American or not, if you are curious to learn about how Americans think, to understand better what makes Americans tick, and to see… Continue Reading »
This course explores basic principles and practices of nonprofit (or NGO) leadership and management, including the roles and responsibilities of the governing boards and staff, strategic planning, financial management, marketing,… Continue Reading »
This course introduces a central feature of contemporary international affairs public diplomacy and challenges the student to locate themselves as both its targets and practitioners.
This course examines the evolution of Public Diplomacy the conduct of foreign policy by engaging a foreign public during the course of the twentieth century. The class focuses on the… Continue Reading »
This course introduces a major sub-area of Public Diplomacy, and one which many practitioners feel suffers from being corralled alongside advocacy and public affairs: cultural diplomacy.
This course focuses on the institution of diplomacy as an identifiable activity in the relationships of states. The course focuses on the necessary services that diplomatic activityperforms or fails to… Continue Reading »
This class looks at various approaches and theories of negotiation, methods of intervention (including everything from mediation to coercion), crisis management, conflict prevention, and implementation of agreements.
This course explores what public diplomacy is and what it is not; how our public diplomacy efforts in Europe support broader U.S. foreign policy objectives; and whether one can effectively… Continue Reading »
Despite todays constant refrain of decline, Americas image and influence still permeate the world, conveyed through every media platform and taking such different forms as news reports, entertainment, face-to-face interactions,… Continue Reading »
This class provides greater awareness of Los Angeles as a place where PD is practiced every day, both by the city itself and by a myriad of other LA-based actors…. Continue Reading »
