The Present And Future Of Public Diplomacy: A European Perspective. The 2006 Madrid Conference on Public Diplomacy

Abstract

The first Madrid Conference on Public Diplomacy was held on 10 October 2006 at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation's Diplomatic School. Organised by the Elcano Royal Institute, it aimed to open a debate on the current state of –and prospects for– public diplomacy. Both experts and politicians from the Netherlands, the UK, the US, Germany, the EU and Spain made their contribution through documents compiled in this working paper.