Public diplomacy on trial? / Rebuilding public diplomacy : the case of Israel / Advisor non grata : the duelling roles of U.S. public diplomacy / Let's make this happen! : the tension of the unipolar in US public diplomacy / The dots above the detail : the myopia of meta-narrative in George W. Bush's declarative "war of ideas" / Soft power, US public diplomacy and global risk / Karen Hughes and the Brezhnev syndrome : the trial of public diplomacy as domestic performance / Public diplomacy in the Middle East : dynamics of success and failure / The longer term impact of US public diplomacy in the Americas during WWII / Competing narratives : US public diplomacy and the problematic case of Latin America / The seven paradoxes of public diplomacy / The public diplomacy challenge of strategic stakeholder engagement / Skills of the public diplomat : language, narrative, and allegiance / Public diplomacy : courting publics for short-term advantage or partnering public for lasting peace and sustainable properity? / Looking at the man in the mirror : understanding of power and influence in public diplomacy