Sarah B. Rogers

long-time listener, first-time guest, and thank you to both of us.

long-time listener, first-time guest, and thank you to both of us.

Thank you from all of us at America House for joining us here.

Thank you from all of us at America House for joining us here.

So I am the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy.

So I am the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy.

And when I got this nomination, my friends and family all congratulated me and then kind of furtively said, what is that?

And when I got this nomination, my friends and family all congratulated me and then kind of furtively said, what is that?

So diplomacy traditionally concerns the relationship between the American government and foreign governments.

So diplomacy traditionally concerns the relationship between the American government and foreign governments.

Two ambassadors shake hands, make a deal, solve a war.

Two ambassadors shake hands, make a deal, solve a war.

But public diplomacy is different.

But public diplomacy is different.

Public diplomacy addresses the relationship between the American government and foreign publics.

Public diplomacy addresses the relationship between the American government and foreign publics.

And this has become a very important undersecretariat with the rise of the internet and then during the Biden administration especially, these mushrooming concerns about so-called disinformation and what do we do when there are allegedly malign influences on the public view of America,

And this has become a very important undersecretariat with the rise of the internet and then during the Biden administration especially, these mushrooming concerns about so-called disinformation and what do we do when there are allegedly malign influences on the public view of America,

public's intersection with American interests.

public's intersection with American interests.