Author profile: R. S. Zaharna

R.S. Zaharna is a full-time professor of Public Communication at American University. She specializes in intercultural and international strategic communication, with an emphasis on culture and communication in the Arab and Islamic regions. Her most recent book is Battles to Bridges: US Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy after 9/11 (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010).

The 4th Quadrant of Public Diplomacy

R. S. Zaharna • Nov 6 2012 • Articles

With Wikileaks, the Arab Spring, and the Occupy Movement, nation states are facing a second wake-up call in public diplomacy as adversarial publics challenge them in the quest for global public support.

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