Center for Strategic Communication

The Eye of OIG is upon IIP

The Office of Inspector General for the US Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors just released a report on the State Department’s International Information Programs Bureau (IIP). The report was remarkable in the range of criticism it aimed at one...

ISA 2013 Thoughts

I realize it’s been a few months since this year’s ISA in San Francisco. We’ve all been busy; I just wanted to share my thoughts before I forget about them. At ISA this year, I was struck by two new developments. First, ISA has attracted a lot of new and important...

Some Lessons from ISA 2012

So I’m still trying to digest all that I learned from this year’s International Studies Association annual convention. For the first time, there was simply no way to attend all the panels pertaining to public diplomacy and strategic communication....

Reconsidering Theories of Public Diplomacy, Part I

As the International Studies Association conference approaches, my attention is focused again on the academic understanding of public diplomacy – as there will be numerous panels on this subject. As I said years ago, there are no theories of public diplomacy. There...

Intermap Returns

It’s been some time since Intermap has been active as a blog site. The site is now declared officially “active” once again. It is my intention to use the blog as an outlet for ideas pertaining to research projects as well as a venue for responding to news pertaining...