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| Chair: | Peter G. Peterson, Senior Chairman and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group |
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| Director: | Jennifer Sieg |
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
Release Date: September 2003
90 pages
ISBN 0876093217
$15.00
Task Force Report No. 48
The world’s opinion of the United States and of U.S. policy has plummeted in the wake of the war in Iraq. The resulting widespread anger, fear, and mistrust, warns this timely report of the independent Task Force on Public Diplomacy, are creating immediate and long-term problems for the United States that must be addressed.
The Task Force, which first issued a report after September 11, 2001, points to evidence that, despite administration efforts, anti-Americanism is more widespread and dangerous than ever before. The consequences are substantial, ranging from the difficulty faced by the Bush administration in forming a coalition for U.S. efforts in Iraq, to the increase in new terrorist attacks on American interests, to strained relations with America’s transatlantic partners.
Among the recommendations of the Task Force are making U.S. foreign policy more sensitive to concerns of public diplomacy, improving communications strategies overseas, enhancing training for U.S. ambassadors, and building congressional support for public diplomacy. Failure to take these steps will make it more difficult for the United States to maintain the war against terror and other policy undertakings, the Task Force concludes.
Peter G. Peterson, The Blackstone Group
Peter Ackerman, Rockport Capital, Inc.
Roger Ames, Warner Music International
Donald A. Baer, Discovery Communications, Inc.; former assistant to the White House director of strategic planning and communications
Ali Banuazizi, Boston College
Kathy F. Bloomgarden, Ruder Finn
Joan Ganz Cooney, Sesame Workshop
Geoffrey Cowan, University of Southern California; former director, International Broadcasting Bureau
Raghida Dergham, Al-Hayat
Joseph Duffey, Sylvan International Universities
Lynn Forester de Rothschild, ELR Holdings, LLC
Barry Fulton, Public Diplomacy Institute, George Washington University
Peter Georgescu, Young and Rubicam, Inc.
Marc Charles Ginsberg, NorthStar Equity Group, Inc., former U.S. ambassador to Morocco
Martin Gross, Sandalwood Securities
Bruce Gregory, Public Diplomacy Council
Henry A. Grunwald, former editor in chief, Time Inc. Publications; former U.S. ambassador to Austria
Bernard Haykel, New York University
John W. Leslie, Jr., Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Bette Bao Lord, Freedom House
Lewis Manilow, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
Randolph Martin, International Rescue Committee
Scott Miller, Core Strategy Group
David E. Morey, DMG, Inc.
M. Ishaq Nadiri, New York University; adviser to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Nancy Nielsen, Pfizer, Inc.
Harold C. Pachios, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
Norman J. Pattiz, Westwood One; Broadcasting Board of Governors
Richard Plepler, Home Box Office
Moeen Qureshi, Emerging Markets Partnership; interim prime minister of Pakistan, 1993
Walter R. Roberts, Public Diplomacy Institute, George Washington University
William A. Rugh, AMIDEAST; former Foreign Service officer, U.S. Information Agency
Jill A. Schuker, The Kamber Group; former senior director for public affairs,
National Security Council
Ron Silver, Primiparous Productions, Inc.
Elliot Stein, Caribbean International News Corporation
Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland
James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute
Barry Zorthian, Public Diplomacy Foundation
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