National security advisor ben rhodes. And former undersecretary of state jim glassman to begin. Theyll be talking about Public Diplomacy of the past two president ial administrations and what they recommend for the Incoming Trump administration. Good afternoon. Were going to go ahead and get started. N my name is shannon green, senior fellow and director of the human rights director and it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you today for what proves to be a fascinating discussion on Public Diplomacy and National Security. We have a very full program today so i thought i would very briefly walk through the agenda before we invite the speakers on to the stage. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong who will present the paper that we just published online today called Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017. Building alliances, fighting extremism, and dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and a visiting fellow with
Good a after noofternoon. We are going to get started. Im Shannon Green, the director of the human rights here, and it is my distinct distinct pleasur present diplomacy on National Security. I thought we would go over the agenda before the speakers up on stage. We have Catherine Brown and jay wong. Building alliances, fighting extremism. Catherine is a visiting fellow with my program here at csis and have been very fortunate having her lead this work on Public Diplomacy. She served as the executive director of Public Diplomacy. Jay wong, director of the ucs center on Public Diplomacy. The paper emerged from a workshop held jointly with jay center back in november. It conducts an assessment of where weve been with Public Diplomacy and what are the main successes under the Obama Administration and we suggest ways that we can strengthen Public Diplomacy going forward. Following that brief parensatiopr prepresentation wiben crawley. Bush administrations respecti respectively. During this t
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