On the Frontlines of Public Diplomacy: A View from a Foreign Service Officer

FSO John Connerley shared his thoughts on the practice of public diplomacy and what it may look like over the next five years. As the current CPD Senior Visiting Fellow for Public Diplomacy, a position sponsored in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, John drew on his deep experience to discuss public diplomacy as a career, as well as the class he is teaching this semester at USC on public diplomacy and the BRIC countries.

About John Connerley
John Connerley joins CPD following a one-year assignment as Senior Director for Interagency Rule of Law at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. During his 27-year career with the Foreign Service, John has served in Public Diplomacy positions as Counselor for Public Affairs in Caracas; Director of the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in Washington, DC; Deputy Cultural Affairs Officer in Moscow; and Public Affairs Officer in Belize City. He is the recipient of numerous citations, including three Superior Honor Awards. John has also taken political and consular assignments in Mexico, Portugal and Brazil. He is a member of the Senior Foreign Service with the current rank of Counselor.  Read more  . . .

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