Our Mission

To promote global understanding and respect between the people of Utah and other nations.

Our Guiding Principle

Citizen Diplomacy is the concept that in a vibrant democracy, the individual has the right, even the responsibility, to help shape U.S. foreign relations
"one handshake at a time."

Kim T. Adamson Lecture


Tue, March 9, 2010, 7:30pm
The Iraq War: Three Things
Americans Still Don't Understand
Thomas E. Ricks, Senior Fellow,
Center for New American Security

Thomas Ricks provides insight into the three critical things that we don't understand about the Iraq War. A multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter, Ricks' expertise in such matters is substantial. With a penchant for national security issues, he has studied and reported on US military activities for nearly 30 years, covering American combat in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Ricks served as a special military correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, followed by a similar position at the Washington Post. He has also written on defense matters for the Atlantic Monthly and was a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 2000 and 2002. Learn more.

Upcoming Events


The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy, in partnership with Brigham Young University's David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, invites you to join us for a special lecture on:

Wed, March 17, 2010, 3:00pm
Rebuilding Diplomatic Capacity:
Why Should We Do It?
What Will It Cost?
Ambassador Princeton Lyman,
Adjunct Senior Fellow
for Africa Policy Studies,
Council on Foreign Relations

Both the Bush and Obama administrations have gone on record that the depletion of diplomatic and development capacity in the 1990's has eroded America's ability to pursue its foreign policy objectives. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has urged significant inreases in the capacity of the State Department and the US Agency for International Development. But what exactly do diplomats do? How do they advance America's political, economic, and security objectives? And what will it cost to rebuild the capacity of those institutions? With 37 years of service in USAID and the Department of State, Ambassador Lyman will address these questions. Learn more.

International Book Group:
Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010, 7:00pm
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation,
By John Carlin


The King's English Bookshop
1511 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
Learn more.

Global IQ With The Economist
Thu, Mar 25, 2010, 11:00am
The Rise of the East and
What It Means for the West
Featuring:
Nigel Holloway,
Director for the Americas
Economist Intelligence Unit
Learn more.