Year in Review

2020 Publications

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Journalism, commentary, blog posts

U.S. and international publications:

The Disinformation Shift: From Foreign to Domestic - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

The New Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: More of the same? | The SAIS Review of…

Analysis | How foreign influence efforts are targeting journalists

Unilateralism Won’t Help Global Britain

The Mistake Trump Risks Repeating in the Middle East

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy:

Analysis | 9 ways to sensitize the public to disinformation, according to the experts

Disinformation Week | A reading list for instructors

Analysis | Bluffs, buccaneers, and Brexit: What does the theory say?

Case Studies | 6 steps to use case studies successfully online

Teaching | 4 steps to run a Google Docs discussion in your class

“A victory for diplomacy,” five years on

Case Studies | Negotiations in the virtual classroom

Teaching | 5 tips for teaching international affairs online

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Other outlets/self-published:

The Pierce formula and the search for peace in Libya

A new formula for the UN Security Council | Global Security Review

A transatlantic exit strategy from coronavirus lockdowns

Our Institutions Need A Reboot, Not the Boot

Head to Head | Should the European Left Take On the Populists at Their Own Game?

U.S. launch of World Migration Report held in Washington — United Nations

Boris Johnson and the Weaponization of History

USG Rosemary DiCarlo highlights efforts to prevent conflict, get results — United Nations

Profiles and interviews

Profile | Ambassador Elizabeth Richard, Senior State Department Fellow

Profile | Lieutenant Colonel Christy Orser, Army War College Fellow

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Welcomes Inaugural Cohort of McHenry Fellows - ISD

Profile | Caroline Savage

Profile | Hammad B. Hammad, Foreign Service Officer and ISD Rusk Fellow

The Europe Desk Interview: Audrey Kurth Cronin on Counterterrorism and Emerging Technologies

Minister Helen McEntee on Brexit, the Good Friday Agreement, and Transatlantic Relations …

Academic writing and case studies

Somerville, A. (2020, May). “Steering HMS Global Britain: The Future of British Soft Power and Public Diplomacy.” Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. https://isd.georgetown.edu/profile/alistair-somerville/

Somerville, A. et al. (2020, May). “Strategic Re-Engagement: Advancing U.S. Leadership in Multilateral Diplomacy.” Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. https://isd.georgetown.edu/2020/05/14/capstone-reports/

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. (2020, May). Case 348: Curbing Iran’s Nuclear and Regional Ambitions: An ISD International Negotiation Simulation. ISD Case Studies Library. https://casestudies.isd.georgetown.edu/products/case-348-curbing-irans-nuclear-and-regional-ambitions-an-isd-international-negotiation-simulation?_pos=7&_sid=c00af67b5&_ss=r

Somerville, A. (2020, May). “The Underdog Imperialists: Brexiteers’ Use of History During and Since the Referendum.” Gnovis — Georgetown Journal of Communication, Culture and Technology. http://www.gnovisjournal.org/2020/05/04/the-underdog-imperialists-the-brexiteers-uses-of-history-before-and-since-the-2016-referendum/

Somerville, A. (2020, January). “The role of historians in public engagement and the media: a review of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy’s 2019 workshop.” Passport — The Review of the Society of Historians for American Foreign Relations. https://shafr.org/sites/default/files/passport-01-2020-isd.pdf.