The Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy: An Uncertain Fate

Grounded in public relations theory and steeped in common sense, this book advances the global debate on public diplomacy’s future in rejecting a power-based, political approach to public diplomacy and proposing a relational framework designed to improve relationships among nations and peoples.

Kathy R. Fitzpatrick, JD (1991), Southern Methodist University, is Professor of Public Relations and Director of Graduate Studies in Public Relations at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. She is a senior public relations advisor, an attorney, and a widely-published scholar whose research focuses on U.S. public diplomacy and legal and ethical issues in public relations.