ICD Highlights

January 2013

Mark Donfried interviews The Hon. Cyril Svoboda, President of The Diplomatic Academy in Prague and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

(Berlin, January 25th, 2013)
Mark Donfried meets with Minister Remus Pricopie (Minister of Education of Romania) in in Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, for the opening of the ICD Academy Branch.

(Cluj, January 14th, 2013)
Mark Donfried and President Emil Constantinescu, President of the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy Studies and Former President of Romania, meet with Dr. Vasile Puscas, ICD Advisory Board Member and Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs, at the official opening of the ICD Academy branch in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

(Cluj, January 14th, 2013)
Group Photo with the speakers and participants who have taken part in the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA "Options on the Table: Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy"

(Washington D.C., January 11th 2013)
Jennifer Cover Payne, President of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, gives a speech on the subject "Art and Culture: A Key to Diplomacy" during the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA "Options on the Table: Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy".

(Washington D.C., January 10th 2013)
Mark Donfried with Amb. Arif Havas Oegroseno, Ambassador of Indonesia to the European Union, at the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA "Options on the Table: Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy" in Washington D.C.

(Washington D.C., January 10th 2013)
Prof. Dr. Ali A. Jalali, ICD Advisory Board Member, Former Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan and Distinguished Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, with Mark Donfried, before presenting his speech on “The Long Way to Peace in Afghanistan and the Role of Track II Discussions “ during the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA.

(Washington D.C., January 10th 2013)
Amb. Andras Simonyi, ICD Advisory Board Member, Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University and Former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States, is hosting the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA today at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University. Tomorrow he will be delivering a lecture on "The Role of Cultural Diplomacy to Strengthen the Transatlantic Partnership”. He is pictured here (left) with a participant from the conference.

(Washington D.C., January 10th 2013)
Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider, Director of Projects at the Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies and Former US Ambassador to the Netherlands, moderates a panel discussion on “The Use of Innovative Concepts of Intercultural Dialogue to Build Friendships and Foster Trust between Civil Society Groups from the USA and the Islamic World” with Prof. Dr. Mark Vlasic, Former White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, at the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA. The conference is taking place at the National Public Radio’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

(Washington D.C., January 10th, 2013)
Under Secretary Tara D. Sonenshine, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, delivers a lecture on the topic "Leveraging Culture and Diplomacy in the Age of Information" in Washington, D.C. on the first day of the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA "Options on the Table: Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy". Watch the lecture here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAPYXqyCRT8

(Washington D.C., January 9th, 2013)

ICD Highlights

January 2013

Mark Donfried interviews The Hon. Cyril Svoboda, President of The Diplomatic Academy in Prague and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Mark Donfried meets with Minister Remus Pricopie (Minister of Education of Romania) in in Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, for the opening of the ICD Academy Branch.

Group Photo with the speakers and participants who have taken part in the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA "Options on the Table: Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy"

Mark Donfried with Amb. Arif Havas Oegroseno, Ambassador of Indonesia to the European Union, at the ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA "Options on the Table: Soft Power, Intercultural Dialogue, and the Future of US Foreign Policy" in Washington D.C.

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