Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump Administration

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March 20, 2018 Public Diplomacy Challenges for the Trump Administration

Fake news, information warfare, terrorist recruitment, Russian interference in U.S. elections - never have the challenges been greater facing the Public Diplomacy institutions of the U.S. government, charged with conducting "the war of ideas."

Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
20002

Agenda

Panel 1The State Department and the BBG: Urgent Need for Reform

 

Dr. John Lenczowski, President, Institute of World Politics

Haroon K. Ullah, Chief Strategy Officer, Broadcasting Board of Governors

Thomas M. Hill, Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution

Helle C. Dale, Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator

 

Panel 2The Influence Space: Challenges from Abroad

 

Ilan I. Berman, Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council

Mark A. Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute

Helle C. Dale, Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, The Heritage Foundation

Luke Coffey, Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,

The Heritage Foundation – Moderator

Description

Fake news, information warfare, terrorist recruitment, Russian interference in U.S. elections – never have the challenges been greater facing the Public Diplomacy institutions of the U.S. government, charged with conducting “the war of ideas.” The field of Public Diplomacy is becoming increasingly complex and important. Information warfare is a new battlespace, which demands new strategic thinking and new tools. The Trump Administration has to deal with the challenges not only from aggressive state actors, such as China and Russia, but also from radical Islam and its threatening online presence. Yet, at the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors any reform or retooling has been slow to take shape as the Administration focused on a multitude of domestic issues.

 

Attention must now be focused on rebuilding America’s capabilities that were so successful in winning the “war of ideas” against Soviet Communism in the Cold War. Join us as a lineup of outstanding experts in the field discusses challenges and solutions facing U.S. Public Diplomacy.

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