Smart Power in Iraq: Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication During the Surge

Posted Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:01pm
Date: 
Tuesday, 2 February 2010 - 4:00am - 5:30am

Diane Crowe, Public Diplomacy Officer, Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team, U.S. Department of State

Major Chris Wade, former Public Affairs Officer, Mosul, Iraq; U.S. Army

Diane Crowe and Major Chris Wade will discuss the challenges they faced in the volatile and dangerous environment of Mosul, Iraq, both in terms of building Iraqi political, social, and journalistic institutions, and in coordinating the sometimes overlapping, and sometimes conflictual diplomatic and military public affairs agendas.

This event is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication exploring new approaches to "Smart Power"-- the ongoing, and sometimes controversial effort by the United States to balance "hard" and "soft" power around the world, especially in the increasingly blurred areas of public diplomacy, strategic communication, and information operations.

Please send RSVP to: ipdgc@gwu.edu

Sponsored by the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication

Location

George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
805 21st Street NW;
Washington, DC