Diplomatic Immunity: Frank and candid conversations about diplomacy and foreign affairs

Diplomatic Immunity, a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world. 

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Episode 6: Kelly McFarland and Alistair Somerville talk to Alicia Wanless, director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations (PCIO) at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, on how to understand and tackle problems in the information environment.  

Learn more about PCIO's work: https://carnegieendowment.org/specialprojects/counteringinfluenceoperations

Watch our December 1 event with PCIO: https://isd.georgetown.edu/2020/12/01/disinformation-in-the-digital-age-are-citizens-prepared/

Read our report, "The New Weapon of Choice: Technology and Information Operations Today," and listen to our discussion of the report with Nina Jankowicz: https://isd.georgetown.edu/2020/10/21/isd-launches-new-report-on-information-operations/

Alistair Somerville and Jonas Heering also have a new article on disinformation in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2020/11/28/the-disinformation-shift-from-foreign-to-domestic/

Episode recorded: November 24th and December 1st, 2020.