HOW U.S. GOVERNMENT FELL IN AND OUT OF LOVE WITH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
HOW U.S. GOVERNMENT FELL IN AND OUT OF LOVE WITH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Author(s): Jente AlthuisSubject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Political behavior, Politics and communication, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Keywords: strategic communications; strategic communication; United States; United Nations; Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy; 9/11; Counterinsurgency; Afghanistan; Iraq;
Summary/Abstract: The development of strategic communications in the United States has taken place in conjunction with a long history of foreign interventions. Its rise in various government agencies is interwoven with these developments. This article traces the rise and fall of strategic communications in the United States government, from its emergence in the years leading up to 9/11, through debates on the definition of the concept during conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, ending in its current stasis. Any chronology of strategic communications in the United States government leaves us with more questions than answers.
Journal: Defence Strategic Communications
- Issue Year: 10/2021
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 71-110
- Page Count: 40
- Language: English
