What a remarkable week this has been for not only the state of california but for hundreds of millions of people across the u. S. Estimated 80 million americans are living under some form of home isolation, stayaway orders against essential versus nonessential settings throughout the u. S. This has been a very challenging time and it is times like this when we are filled with anxiety, a tremendous amount of uncertainty and it is understandable. People have a mindset of scarcity and you see that manifested in some of the purchasing decisions people are making. Are overindulged in getting more toilet paper or bread then they may need and the like. At the same time it is a remarkable moment to be candid with you. I cannot express more gratitude at the same time we are struggling through this moment. That is the incredible mindset that also persists not only here in california but across this country. Of our belief that we can get through this but in our capacity to meet this moment togeth
I i would briefly walked to the agenda before we invite the speakers onto the stage. First up we have Katherine Brown and jay wang will participate on a paper which is published online today called Public Diplomacy and National Security in 2017. Building alliances, fighting extremism and dispelling this information. Katherine is council of Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow and a visiting fellow with my program here at csis and weve been fortunate to have her for a couple of months leading to his work on Public Diplomacy. She most recently served as executive director of the u. S. Advisory commission on Public Diplomacy. Jay wang is an associate professor at the Usc Annenberg school for communication and journalism, and director of the usc center on Public Diplomacy. The paper theyre going to present to you today emerged from the workshop that we held jointly with jason center back in november. Essentially what it does is indexed and assessment of where weve been with Publi
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
George w. Bush administration. Good afternoon we are going to get started. Im shannon green. Im director of the human rights fascinating program. I thought i would walk through the agenda before we invite speakers. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong. Building alliance, dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on foreign relations. We have been fortunate to have her for a couple of months leading this work. She most recently served director on Public Diplomacy. Jay wong is director of the ucs center on diplomacy. The paper emerge from workshop from back in november. This kulkt conducts an assessment where we have been with Public Diplomacy and the man succession of the under Obama Administration. Following that brief presentation, Michael Crowley will lead discussion with ben roads and jim glassman. We have fortunate to have them to share their experience and senior roles in the obama and Bush Administration. During this time youll have an time to ask questions. Well o
George w. Bush administration. Good afternoon we are going to get started. Im shannon green. Im director of the human rights fascinating program. I thought i would walk through the agenda before we invite speakers. First up we have Catherine Brown and jay wong. Building alliance, dispelling disinformation. Catherine is counsel on foreign relations. We have been fortunate to have her for a couple of months leading this work. She most recently served director on Public Diplomacy. Jay wong is director of the ucs center on diplomacy. The paper emerge from workshop from back in november. This kulkt conducts an assessment where we have been with Public Diplomacy and the man succession of the under Obama Administration. Following that brief presentation, Michael Crowley will lead discussion with ben roads and jim glassman. We have fortunate to have them to share their experience and senior roles in the obama and Bush Administration. During this time youll have an time to ask questions. Well o