Events

part of the Centers of Innovation

	October 1, 2009 Media as Global Diplomat II: New Findings on the Science of Media and Conflict While public diplomacy experts struggle to develop strategic communications campaigns to win hearts and minds abroad, new research on the frontiers of neuroscience and psychology suggests a different approach. Issue Areas: Civil Society, Communications and Media, Conflict Analysis, Conflict Management and Resolution, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Education, Governance, Human Rights, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, International and Regional Organizations, Mediation and Facilitation, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Post-Conflict Activities, Science and Technology
	June 17, 2009 Online Discourse in the Arab World: Dispelling the Myths (Blogs and Bullets Initiative) This panel discussion presented findings from an unprecedented comprehensive mapping of the Arabic-language blogosphere, and explored its implications for political change and conflict in the Middle East. Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Science and Technology
	February 3, 2009 Media As Global Diplomat Distinguished panelists and citizen journalists around the world to discuss the role of media in public diplomacy. Issue Areas: Civil Society, Communications and Media, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Science and Technology
	June 3, 2008 - June 30, 2008 Kenya's Media and Post-Election Violence A public event co-sponsored with Internews Countries: Kenya \| Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Governance, Political Systems and International Relations
	April 18, 2008 Can Hip Hop Beat Conflict? Issue Areas: Civil Society, Communications and Media
	February 5, 2008 Confronting the Truth: Truth Commissions and Societies in Transition Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Identity, Ethnicity, and Culture, Mediation and Facilitation
	January 31, 2008 How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan Countries: Afghanistan \| Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Terrorism and Political Extremism
	October 25, 2007 The Dynamics of Iraq's Media Countries: Iraq \| Issue Areas: Communications and Media \| Programs: Grants & Fellowships
	March 15, 2007 Film Screening and Discussion: "They Call Me Muslim" Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Religion
	May 6, 2004 Interactive DVD For USG Employees Assigned to Iraq to be Released

Events

Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding