Leading international scholars and practitioners embark on a forward-looking exploration of creative conceptual frameworks, training methods, and case studies that advance relational, networking and collaborative strategies in public diplomacy.

R. S. Zaharna is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and an affiliate Associate Professor in the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, DC. She has been one of the leading scholars in public diplomacy and was recently selected as a Research Fellow by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. In addition to more than twenty years of teaching strategic communication, she has advised on communication projects for multinational corporations, governments, and international organizations, including the United Nations, World Bank, and USAID. Since 9/11 she has testified on several occasions before the US Congress and has addressed diplomatic audiences and military personnel in the United States and Europe on strategic communication and public diplomacy.

Amelia Arsenault is Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgia State University, and the Media and Democracy Research fellow at the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in collaboration and digital media strategies in public diplomacy.

Ali Fisher is an advisor, strategist and author on methods of achieving influence in Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication. He specializes in delivering insight into complex information ecosystems through network analysis. Ali has previously directed Mappa Mundi Consulting and the cultural relations think-tank, Counterpoint and worked as Associate Director of Digital Media Research at Intermedia. He has been lecturer in International Relations at Exeter University and received his Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham. His publications include Trails of Engagement (2010), and Collaborative Public Diplomacy (2012).

Introduction: The Connective Mindshift; R.S. Zaharna, Ali Fisher, Amelia Arsenault Part I: Visions of Connectivity 1: Social Power in Public Diplomacy; Peter van Ham 2: Linking Ethics and Effectiveness: Public Diplomacy as a Relational Enterprise; Kathy R. Fitzpatrick 3: The Politics of Relational Public Diplomacy; Robin Brown 4: Taking Diplomacy Public: Science, Technology and Foreign Ministries in a Heteropolar World; Daryl Copeland 5: Diaspora Diplomacy in Public Diplomacy; Kishan Rana 6: Relational Aspects of a Chinese Model of Public Diplomacy; Yiwei Wang Part II: Conflict & Culture: Connectivity in Practice 7: Building and Measuring Sustainable Networks of Organizations and Social Capital: Post-War Public Diplomacy in Croatia; Maureen Taylor and Michael Kent 8: New Frontiers in Relational Public Diplomacy: Collaborative Cultural Initiatives in Peace Building; Tadashi Ogawa 9: The Relational Paradigm and Sustained Dialogue; Harold Saunders 10: Delivering Digital Diplomacy: Information Technologies and the Changing Business of Diplomacy; Charles Causey and Philip N. Howard 11: The Virtual Last Three Feet: Incorporating Relational Perspectives into Public Diplomacy 2.0; Hyunjin Seo Part III: Networks & Collaboration: The Connective Mindshift 12: Network Purpose, Network Design: Dimensions of Network and Collaborative Public Diplomacy; R.S. Zaharna 13: Networks of Freedom, Networks of Control: Internet Policy as a Platform and an Impediment to Relational Public Diplomacy; Amelia Arsenault 14: From Fortunate Sons to the Crowd: Learning Strategies for Collaboration in Public Diplomacy; Ali Fisher