Tag: Public Diplomacy

Student Spotlight: Gabrielle Stall

September 18, 2023 Global Communication
By Alexis Posel, IPDGC Communications Assistant 1. Can you tell us a bit about your background (where you’re from and/or grew up) and what brought you to GW? I’m from Dallas, Texas born and raised. I lived there all my life and then went to my undergraduate institution, the University…

Orientation Day activities

September 13, 2023 IPDGC
It was a warm welcome for the incoming graduate students to the Elliott School late last month. The students heard from Dean Alyssa Ayres, met with their Program Directors, and attended sessions with academic advisors, career coaches and student panels. The day ended with a Welcome Reception where the new…

TriNet: Nailing Jello to the Wall

April 10, 2023 China Europe Global Communication North America 5 Comments
By Dominique A. Piñeiro, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 The Internet is evolving into a “TriNet” model, with three distinct approaches: China’s strict government control, the E.U.’s focus on data protection and privacy, and the U.S.’s market-driven approach emphasizing profit and competition. This shift alters the Internet’s original principles…

Solidifying Spain’s European State Narrative

April 14, 2022 Europe 6 Comments
By Miranda Ewald, MA Global Communications ‘22 Spain and Morocco’s Shifting Relationship             Until recently, tensions between Spain and Morocco had been building for decades, particularly over Spain’s lack of recognition for Morocco’s autonomy in the Western Sahara. Spain and Morocco, along with Mauritania, signed a tripartite agreement in 1975…

Why ISIS is Winning

April 19, 2017 Middle East public diplomacy 11 Comments
  With an estimated 27,000 foreign fighters joining the Islamic State and its cause, one can’t help but wonder: what is the driving force behind the support? This article aims to provide an answer, as well as a solution to the underlying problem. What is ISIS? For those who are…