April 16-18, 2013

MILTON WOLF SEMINAR VIENNA, AUSTRIA APRIL 16-18, 2013

DIPLOMATIC MANEUVERS AND JOURNALISTIC COVERAGE IN A TIME OF RESET, PIVOT AND REBALANCE

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AS OF APRIL 10, 2013

Table of Contents

Seminar Overview ...... 1 Thematic Overview ...... 1 Suggested Further Reading ...... 2 Thank you ...... 3 Contact Details ...... 4 Agenda ...... 5 Seminar Logistics ...... 9 Travel Logistics ...... 10 About the Milton Wolf Seminar Series ...... 12 About the Organizers ...... 13 About the Emerging Scholars Program ...... 14 Panelist Bios ...... 15 About the Organizers ...... 23 Emerging Scholar Bios ...... 25 Participants from the Diplomatic Academy ...... 27

SEMINAR OVERVIEW

Launched in 2001, the Milton Wolf Seminar Series aims to deal with developing issues in diplomacy and journalism – both broadly defined. The 2013 seminar is jointly organized by the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, The American Austrian Foundation (AAF), and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (DA). Guests include those working for state and multilateral organizations, journalists, media development practitioners, academics, and a select group of highly engaged graduate students interested in the seminar themes.

The organizers envision the Milton Wolf Seminar as a meeting place for media practitioners, diplomats, academics, and students to share their perspectives, formulate new ideas, and identify areas where further research is needed. While the seminar will incorporate various speakers and panels, it is designed as a two-day continuing conversation in which all participants are encouraged to openly engage in dialogue and explore potential synergies and future collaborations. In order to encourage an open exchange of ideas, seminar attendance is limited only to invited participants and students.

THEMATIC OVERVIEW

The 2013 seminar, Diplomatic Maneuvers and Journalistic Coverage in a Time of Reset, Pivot and Rebalance addresses the critical role of diplomats and journalists in shaping the outcomes of what we call global geopolitical pivots. Pivots in this case refer to emergent geopolitical shifts around which multiple stakeholders--from major powers, to multilateral organizations, to bloggers working in isolation--seek to provide input on the most appropriate outcomes. As Zbigniew Brzezinski (1998) defined them, "Geopolitical pivots are the states whose importance is derived not from their power and motivation but rather from their sensitive location and from the consequences of their potentially vulnerable condition for the behavior of geo-strategic players. Most often, geopolitical pivots are determined by their geography, which in some cases gives them a special role in either defining access to important areas or in denying resources to a significant player.”

Examples of contemporary global pivots that will be considered in this year’s Seminar include: the shifts in geopolitical approaches to Syria, the external role of Iran and the fixing on Syrian conflict, calls for regime change in Iran, and the intense Western attention to reform movements and government change in Burma (Myanmar).

In the case of Syria, since protestors first took to the streets in 2011, a range of actors have participated in a complex and shifting web of global diplomatic discussions surrounding the legitimacy of the al-Assad regime, the utility of international intervention in the civil war, and the viability of the disparate Syrian opposition movements. Burma, also known as Myanmar, a closed regime ruled by the military since 1962, underwent its first election in 2010. Although boycotted by the opposition, this election marked the first sign of emergent changes within the country and has ignited the diplomatic community. Burma’s return to geopolitical prominence was punctuated by visits by US Secretary of State Hillary

Clinton in December 2011 and President Barak Obama in November 2012. They were the first senior US officials to visit the country in over fifty years. The third geopolitical pivot under analysis is the case of Iran. In 2009-2010 the world watched as election protesters took to the streets of Iran. While the Green Revolution failed to achieve regime change, those events, coupled with heightened security concerns over Israel, Syria, and the Iranian nuclear program, have placed Iran at the heart of global diplomatic conversations.

In each of these cases, different state and non-state actors have put forward competing narratives advocating particular outcomes. These narratives are circulated, among other mechanisms, through political speeches, in the press, and via the internet. This year’s seminar will explore the critical role of this narrative construction in shaping diplomatic outcomes. How do diplomats, journalists, and other stakeholders seek to advocate for particular outcomes, and to what effect? Conversely, how do these geopolitical pivots or shifts affect on-going narratives of democratization, shifts from authoritarian regimes, and the role of media and communications in diplomacy?

SUGGESTED FURTHER READING

We have included a list of potential further reading materials that evaluate these issues. We hope you might review some of these materials in advance of the Seminar.

Strategic Narratives, Communicative Action, & International Relations  Antoniades, Andreas, Alister Miskimmon, and Ben O’Loughlin (Panelist Session 1). 2010. “Great Power Politics and Strategic Narratives”. Working Paper.  Cooper, Robert F. (Panelist Session 2) (2002) “The Post Modern State.” In Mark Leonard (ed.) Re-Ordering the World: The Long-term Implications of September 11 (Foreign Policy Centre: London, 2002). See also: Cooper, Robert. 2004. The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century. Reprint. Grove Press.  Haselock, Simon (Panelist Session 6) “Make it Theirs: The Imperative of Local Ownership in Communications and Media Initiatives.” Special Report, United States Institute of Peace.  Sarikakis, Katharine. (2012) ‘Crisis’ – ‘Democracy’ – ‘Europe’: terms of contract? Framing public debates of the crisis. Workshop of the Austrian Research Association on the Financial Crisis of the 21st Century (Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft).

Burma  Clinton, Hillary (2011) “America’s Pacific Century.” Foreign Policy. November.  Democratic Voice of Burma – Khin Maung Win, Deputy Executive Director, will be speaking during Session 2.  International Media Support (2012) Myanmar: Change in in the Air: An Assessment of Media Development Challenges and Opportunities in Myanmar.  Zaw, Aung (2011) “Burma in the US-China Great Game.” Parts I & II. Yale Global Online. Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.

Iran  Price, Monroe (Panelist Sessions 2, 3, & 6) (2012) “Iran and the Soft War.” International Journal of Communication. 6: 2397-2415.  Safshekan, Roozbeh, and Farzan Sabet (Panelist Session 3). 2010. “The Ayatollah’s Praetorians: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the 2009 Election Crisis.” The Middle East Journal 64 (4): 543–558.  Esfandiari, Golnaz (Panelist Session 3) Persian Letters Blog, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty.  Wojcieszak, Magdalena, Briar Smith (Panelist Session 3), & Mahmood Enayat (2013) Finding a Way: How Iranians Reach for News and Information. Iran Media Project. Center for Global Communication Studies.

Syria and the Arab Spring  CyberDissidents.org – Contributor Ahed Al Hendi will be speaking in Session 5.  Faris, David M. (2013) “Digital Media and Identity in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities.” Orient i: 30-37.  International Press Institute World Press Freedom Review.  Lambert, Olly “Syria Behind the Lines.” PBS Frontline Documentary, April 9, 2013.  Makiya, Kanan. 2013. “The Arab Spring Started in Iraq.” The New York Times, April 6, sec. Opinion / Sunday Review.  NOW. News – Hanin Ghaddar, Managing Editor, will be speaking in Session 5.  Rafizadeh, Majid (Panelist Sessions 3 & 4) (2013) “The Character of Revolution.” Huffington Post.  Snider, Erin A. & David M. Faris (Panelist Session 4 & 6) The Arab Spring: US Democracy Promotion in Egypt. Journal Essay. Middle East Policy Council.

THANK YOU

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by The Wolf Family Foundation, The Austrian Foreign Ministry, and The U.S. Embassy in Vienna. We appreciate the support given by the academic partner institutions and thank the panelists for donating their time. We would also like to thank Laura Schwartz-Henderson at the Annenberg School for Communication; Nadja Wozonig at the Diplomatic Academy; and Sioban Healy at The American Austrian Foundation for their hard work in helping to organize the 2013 seminar.

CONTACT DETAILS

If you require any assistance during the Seminar please contact: Kerstin Wahlmüller The American Austrian Foundation Office: + 43 1 533 86 58 Cell: + 43 650 270 4040 Email: [email protected]

Nadja Wozonig Diplomatic Academy +43 / 680 – 1431138. Office: +43/1/5057272-188. Email: [email protected]

AGENDA

DAY ONE – APRIL 16, 2013

6:00 – 8:00 PM Welcome Reception and Registration (Diplomatic Academy)

DAY TWO: APRIL 17, 2013

9:00 – 10:00 Welcome & Introduction  Katharine Eltz-Aulitzky, Executive Director, The American Austrian Foundation  Monroe Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania  Ambassador Hans Winkler, Director, Diplomatic Academy Vienna

10:00 – 12:00 Session 1: Global Pivots: Controlling the Narrative Geopolitical shifts such as the Arab Spring, the fall of communism, or the opening up of closed regimes often bring flurries of speculation and negotiation about intermediate and long-term outcomes. With rapid changes in the communications environment, state actors are competing with an ever-increasing range of actors to interpret and proscribe these outcomes, often through the media. This introductory panel will address the changing role of media diplomacy, media actors, and non-state actors in shaping the outcomes of these global geopolitical shifts. Panelists:  Monroe Price (chair)  Ben O’Loughlin. Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London  Katharine Sarakakis, Professor of Communication, University of Vienna  Yaroslav Skvortsov, Dean of the International Journalism Faculty at MGIMO-University

12:00 – 1:30 Welcoming Lunch

1:30 – 3:15 Session 2: Burma Burma, also known as Myanmar, a closed regime ruled by the military since 1962, underwent its first election in 2010. Although boycotted by the opposition, this election marked the first sign of emergent changes within the country and has ignited the diplomatic community. This panel will focus on processes by which the international community, especially NGOs reframe the role of journalism and media law and policy in reform. It will also investigate the efforts of diplomats, journalists, and other non-state actors to frame transformations within Burma.

Panelists:  Monroe Price (chair)  Sir Robert Francis Cooper, Counsellor, European External Action Service. Author of The Breaking of Nations.  Khin Maung Win; Deputy Executive Director, Democratic Voice of Burma  Esben Q. Harboe, Programme Manager, Myanmar, International Media Support

3:15 – 3:30 Tea Break

3:30 – 5:30 Session 3: Iran In 2009, protestors took to the streets and to the social media sites in the largest challenge to Iran’s theocracy since 1979. Four years later, the “Green Revolution” has stalled, but Iran remains a geopolitical pivot, particularly in light of its participation in Syria. This session will focus on the role of the journalists and diplomats in shaping the ongoing narrative about Iran and its relationship to external events in the Middle East. Topics for discussion include the methods and ethics of efforts to expand networks of discourse within Iran and between Iran and the world on significant issues: the upcoming presidential election, the role of journalists, culture, public space and the arts. Panelists:  Briar Smith; Research Project Manager, Center for Global Communication Studies (chair)  Farzan Sabet; Editor and Co-Founder, Iranpolitik.com  Majid Rafizadeh; President and Director, International American Council on Middle East  Golnaz Esfandiari; Senior Correspondent, Radio Free Europe

7:30 Heurigen Weingut Wolff

DAY THREE: APRIL 18, 2013

9:00 – 10:30 Session 4: The Absence of a Viable Narrative: Its Consequences for Diplomacy and Journalism As the Arab Spring began in December 2010, a narrative of change swept the Middle East and North Africa as protestors took to the streets and long-sitting autocratic rulers in Tunisia, then Egypt and then Libya toppled. This year’s Milton Wolf Seminar will take place over two years after the protests in Syria began. Assad remains in power; and the death toll continues to mount as does discussion and debate on the best way forward for resolving the crisis. This session will explore diplomatic and other international efforts to fashion a convincing narrative about the future of the Assad regime and the government of Syria. It will pay particular attention to the points of discord between major Western powers and those of Russia, China, Egypt, and Iran and the role of the media in undermining or supporting these positions. Panelists:  Ambassador Hans Winkler (chair)  Majid Rafizadeh, President and Director, International American Council on Middle East  David Faris, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Director, International Studies Program, Roosevelt University  Anthony Mills, Deputy Director, International Press Institute  Ambassador Gabriele Matzner-Holzer, Former Austrian Ambassador to Tunisia

10:30 – 10:45 Tea Break

10:45 – 12:15 Session 5: Alternate Voices: The Struggle for a Syrian Strategic Narrative This session will examine the successes and failures of external efforts to shape information flows in and out of Syria and international opinion about the ongoing conflict by journalists, bloggers, and other alternative voices. Subjects of discussion include liberation technology, partnerships with social media and traditional media organizations, and non-conventional information transfers. Panelists  Ambassador Karl Schramek; Austrian Ambassador to Belgium, former Ambassador to Syria (chair)  Hanin Ghaddar; Managing Editor, NOW News  Ahed Al Hendi; Arabic Program Coordinator, cyberdissidents.org  Ambassador Maria Kunz; Former Austrian Ambassador to Syria

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 Session 6: Are there “Pivots” and how will they affect Diplomacy and Journalism? British geographer, Sir Halford Mackinder first set out his theory that Eastern Europe was the "The Geographical Pivot of History" in 1904. His concept of a geographical pivot is often credited with invigorating the study of geopolitics. Over a century later, the world system has changed considerably. As multilateral organizations, non-state actors, global communications systems, and transnational activist networks move to the fore, the conduct of international relations surrounding these pivots has evolved and become exponentially more complicated. This session will examine emerging sites for renegotiation in the world system. It will explore a number of case studies, such as: Al Jazeera’s expanding operations in the United States and the Western pivot to Asia, and France’s recent activities in Mali. Panelists  Monroe Price (Chair)  Simon Haselock; Chief Operating Officer & Director, Albany Associates  David Faris, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Director, International Studies Program, Roosevelt University  Barbara Trionfi, Press Freedom Manager Asia and the Middle East, International Press Institute

3:00 – 3:30 Wrap Up Discussion We invite all interested panelists and participants to join us in the Musikzimmer for a final round of discussion.

3:30 – 5:00 Emerging Scholar Discussion Session During this afternoon meeting in the Musikzimmer, we will continue the discussion focused on how this relates to the work of the Emerging Scholars. Emerging scholars will be invited to describe how the issues discussed relate to their own projects and activities.

6:30 Reception Deputy Chief of the US Mission Lee Brudwig (please bring your invitation)

SEMINAR LOGISTICS

Presentation Times Each presenter should plan to speak for approximately 10-15 minutes. Following panelist presentations, the chair will then open up the floor for discussion.

Technology A projector is available should you want to use PowerPoint or other visual materials for your presentations. Wireless is also freely available in the room. Wireless Network Name: dafs (case sensitive): Please note that the network is invisible. Select “join other network” and input dafs. No password is required. Twitter: If you are twittering about the conference, please use the hashtag: #MWS2013. Please also make sure to adhere to the seminar attribution rules outlined below.

Discussion Rules While the workshop will include individual presentations, we have built in significant time for question and answer sessions, breakout groups, and roundtable dialogues. We hope that this week will be a truly collaborative effort in which all participants feel free to contribute their thoughts and ideas. To facilitate the process, if you would like to speak, please let the moderator know by turning your name card to a vertical position.

Attribution A rapporteur will be in the room during the seminar discussions. We will adhere to Aspen rules. A summary document highlighting the major outcomes of the workshop will be published in May of 2013. In this and any related publications evolving out of the workshop, no comments will be attributed to you without your prior authorization.

Physical Setup The entirety of the workshop will take place in a large seminar room in the Diplomatic Academy. The seminar room is comprised of a rectangular table with seats for approximately 30 people. Presenters will rotate to the seats at the head of the table. Students will sit in an additional row of seats surrounding the main seminar table.

Dress Code The dress code for the seminar is business casual.

Meals Breakfast is served between 7:00 and 8:45AM in the hotel. Lunch will be served in the Diplomatic Academy. There will be a reserved table in the dining area for seminar participants. Registration Please register Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 6:00PM in the foyer of the DA.

TRAVEL LOGISTICS

Seminar Location The Diplomatic Academy, Vienna Favoritenstraße 15 A 1040 Vienna, Austria Tel. +43 1 505 76 24 Fax: +43/1/ 504 22 65

Public Transportation to the DA: The DA is on the U1 (red) line at the stop “Taubstummengasse”. Take the elevator located at the center of the platform. It will take you directly to the front entrance of the Diplomatic Academy.

Seminar Hotel Seminar participants will be accommodated at the:

Hotel Johann Strauss Favoritenstraße 12 1040 Vienna, Tel.: +43 1 505 76

The hotel has free Wi-Fi and is located across the street from the Diplomatic Academy.

Public Transportation from the Airport to Hotel Johann Strauss and the DA:

This website lists all the various options to and from Vienna airport: http://www.toandfromtheairport.com/vienna.html

You may wish to purchase the “Vienna card” online for Euro 19.90. It is valid for 72 hours and includes unlimited free U-Bahn travel and discounted fares on the City Airport Train (CAT) and buses as well as discount offers for museums, etc.

Additionally the Vienna Transport System offers a 72 hour ticket for Euro 14.50.

Option 1: Bus to Morzinplatz/Schwedenplatz The bus picks up outside the arrivals building and drops you at “Morzinplatz”, very close to Schwedenplatz. The trip takes approx. 20 min. From “Schwedenplatz” take the U1 to “Taubstummengasse”. It is a two-minute walk to Hotel Johann Strauss.

Buses depart from 6:20 AM to 0:20 every 30 minutes. Fare: one way 8 Euros, R/T 13 Euros. The bus is not part of the Viennese Public Transportation system, thus when changing to the U-Bahn you will need a ticket which is approximately 2 Euros.

Option 2: City Airport Train (CAT): The CAT takes you to “Landstrasse - Wien Mitte.” The CAT (fare: 11 Euros one way/17 Euros return) is not part of the Viennese Public Transportation system; thus, when changing to the U-Bahn you will need a ticket (approximately 2 Euros). You can purchase a ticket for Vienna Public Transport online, along with your CAT ticket.

From Wien Mitte, take the underground line 4 (U4 – green), direction “Hütteldorf,” and get out at the 2nd stop “Karlsplatz.” Change to the U1 (red), direction “Reumanplatz,” and get off at the 1st stop “Taubstummengasse.” From there it is 2 minute walk to Hotel Johann Strauss.

Option 3: Taxi Taxis are located outside the arrivals building. Price approximately 30 – 40 Euros

ABOUT THE MILTON WOLF SEMINAR SERIES

Initiated in 2001, the Milton Wolf Seminar represents an effort to explore cutting edge issues facing diplomacy and international relations. Between 2001 and 2011, 280 students have participated in the Milton Wolf Seminar.

About Milton A. Wolf

Milton A. Wolf was an economist, investor and real estate developer who served as President Jimmy Carter's ambassador to Austria in the late 1970s, where he played a key role in arranging details of the meeting between President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev for the signing of the Salt II Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.

Austria’s dedication to humanitarian efforts – taking in over 200,000 freedom fighters from the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, and Czech refugees from the Prague Spring in 1968 – convinced Ambassador Wolf that the Austrian people supported individuals of any race, religion or culture. This understanding ignited Ambassador Wolf’s determination to reward Austria with his loyalty by strengthening Austro-American relations. In 1984, The American Austrian Foundation, Inc. (AAF) was founded, and Ambassador Wolf served as its Chairman from 1990 until his death in 2005.

He initiated and funded the Milton Wolf Fellowships for Young Journalists, (40 Austrian journalists were awarded fellowships to attend Duke University’s Visiting Media Fellowship Program) and the Milton Wolf Seminar for Journalists and Diplomats with the late Ambassador Ernst Sucharipa, then-director of the Diplomatic Academy.

Ambassador Wolf received the Austrian Great Gold Medal of Honor with Sash (Austria’s highest decoration) and the Austrian Cross of Merit for Science/Arts First Class.

Previous Milton Wolf Seminar Topics

2012: “Transitions Transformed: Ideas of Information and Democracy post-2011” 2011: “Picking up the Pieces: Fragmented Sovereignties and Emerging Information Flows” 2010: “New Media, New Newsmakers, New Public Diplomacy: The Changing Role of Journalists, NGOs, and Diplomats in a Multi-Modal Media World” 2004: “Challenges for Journalists & Diplomats in the 21st Century” 2003: “The Role of Media & Diplomacy in Ethnic Conflicts” 2002: “Analyzing the Global Security Crisis: Challenges for Media & Diplomacy” 2001: “Technology, Policy & Media”

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

The American Austrian Foundation (AAF) The American Austrian Foundation (AAF) was established in 1984, by a group of Americans and Austrians with an interest in promoting a positive relationship between the two countries. The AAF partners with NGOs, governments and individuals to bridge the gap between professionals in developed countries and countries in transition, by providing fellowships to attend post-graduate educational programs in medicine, media and the arts. The American Austrian Foundation is a public non-profit organization incorporated under the laws of Delaware and has 501(c) (3) status with the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania The Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) is a leader in international education and training in comparative media law and policy. It affords students, academics, lawyers, regulators, civil society representatives and others the opportunity to evaluate and discuss comparative, global and international communications issues. Working with the Annenberg School, the University of Pennsylvania, and research centers, scholars and practitioners from around the world, CGCS provides research opportunities for graduate students; organizes conferences and trainings; and provides consulting and advisory assistance to academic centers, governments, and NGOs. CGCS draws on various disciplines, including law, political science, and international relations, among others. The Center's research and policy work addresses issues of media regulation, media and democracy, measuring and evaluation of media development programs, public service broadcasting, and the media's role in conflict and post-conflict environments.

The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (DA) The Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (DA) offers post-graduate training for the varied challenges of an international career. The DA equips its students with the academic qualifications, language training, intercultural competences and management skills, which are essential and often decisive prerequisites for many international professions and a subsequent interesting career. Furthermore, the DA offers a Summer Course for German as a foreign language and Austrian Studies. In addition to its study programmes, the DA organizes conferences and a great number of public lectures with well-known political, diplomatic, business and cultural figures. Publications of the DA (“Favorita Papers”) offer substantive contributions from academicians taken from selected conferences in the field of international relations.

MILTON WOLF EMERGING SCHOLARS PROGRAMME

The Milton Wolf Seminar represents a unique opportunity for distinguished diplomats, academics, and media practitioners to interact with graduate students and other emerging scholars in an intimate and intellectually engaging setting. In order to maximize opportunities for students and emerging scholars and to enrich the discussions, this year, the seminar organizers selected seven outstanding PhD students, advanced MA Candidates, emerging scholars or equivalents that are working in areas related to the seminar themes. These delegates were chosen from an elite pool of applicants nominated by their home institutions. Selected student and emerging scholar delegates received full funding to attend the Seminar.

These distinguished delegates will not only participate in the seminar discussions but will serve as the seminar blog team. Each delegate will author a reaction piece to the seminar. These posts will follow Aspen rules of attribution (individual thoughts or statements will only be attributed with prior permission from the speaker) and will be published on the CGCS website blog shortly following the seminar.

The Emerging Scholars Programme was made possible by the support of The American Austrian Foundation.

About the Delegates The seven distinguished delegates include:

1. Kat Borlognan, Consultant, Head of International Affairs, Voxe.org 2. Katherine Brown, PhD Candidate, Columbia University 3. Omar Elghazzi, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania 4. Nour Issam Halabi, PhD Candidate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania 5. Meredith Hall, PhD Candidate, New School for Social Research 6. César Jiménez-Martínez, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics 7. Efe Sevin, PhD Candidate, American University

Full bios are included on pages 25 – 27

THE PANELISTS

Al Hendi, Ahed Ahed Al Hendi is a Syrian dissident who fled Syria on 2007. As a student of the business department of Damascus University, he was imprisoned and tortured by Syrian authorities for establishing a secular anti-regime student organization. He is now the Arabic Program Coordinator at CyberDissidents.org, a division of Advancing Human Rights, a New York-based human rights organization that amplifies the voices of pro-democracy bloggers in the Middle East.

Al Hendi has briefed many members of Congress and politicians in the U.S.A, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as John Baird, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, in order to highlight the abuses of human rights in Syria. Al Hendi is in touch with a wide network of activists in Syria.

Al Hendi's articles have been published in many publications such as Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, Reuters, and CNN. He has also appeared on many international and Arabic TV stations like CNN, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, and Russia Today.

Arsenault, Amelia Amelia Arsenault is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgia State University and serves as the Media and Democracy Research Fellow at the Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School. Her scholarly interests center on how different international and domestic actors have attempted to leverage the changing dynamics of communications systems, and the ramifications of those activities for international relations, political and social power relationships, and north/south inequality. In this capacity, she has conducted research on global media ownership, the impact of international donors in southern African communications development, network theory, new media, and public diplomacy. Her co-edited book The Connective Mindshift (with Rhonda Zaharna and Ali Fischer) on the subject of collaborative and networked public diplomacy will be released in May 2013. Her scholarly work has appeared in the International Journal of Communication, International Sociology, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and Information, Communication, and Society. She holds a B.A. in Film and History from Dartmouth College and an MSc in Global Media and Communication from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD from the University of Southern California Annenberg School. Prior to her academic career, she spent several years as the film coordinator for the Zimbabwe International Film Festival Trust, a non-profit visual literacy organization in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Cooper, Sir Robert Francis Bio will be included shortly.

Esfandiari, Golnaz Golnaz Esfandiari is a Senior Correspondent in RFE/RL's Central Newsroom and editor of the award-winning Persian Letters blog. She previously worked as the Chief Editor of RFE/RL’s Persian Service Radio Farda. Golnaz is the author of the Iran chapter of the Freedom House's 2012 ‘Countries in Crossroad’ report. Golnaz has reported from a number of countries including Haiti and Afghanistan, where she covered the country’s first parliamentary elections.

Her reporting and analysis on Iran has been cited by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, and The Weekly Standard. Golnaz (@GEsfandiari) was tagged two years in a row in Foreign Policy's Top 100 Twitterati list.

Faris, David David M. Faris is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies at Roosevelt University. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. He is the author of Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt (I.B. Tauris) His research focuses on both global digital activism as well as the development of political institutions in the Middle East, and is currently in the process of completing projects on the growth of Iranian social media, the rise of digital diplomacy and digital inequality in the Middle East. His academic work has appeared in Arab Media & Society, Middle East Policy and Politique etrangere, as well as The Routledge Participatory Cultures Handbook. He has published op-eds and features for the Chicago Sun-Times, Christian Science Monitor, NPR.org, The Daily News Egypt, The Philadelphia Citypaper, Sightings and Insights on Law and Society.

Ghaddar, Hanin Hanin Ghaddar is the Managing Editor of NOW – English, where she has written on Lebanese and regional politics. She contributes regularly to a number of magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times and Foreign Policy. She was been a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Fall 2012; the fellowship involves a research project on Arab women after the Arab Awakening and the rise of the Islamists. She comments on Hezbollah, the Shia community, Syria and Iran. Prior to joining NOW Lebanon in 2007, Ghaddar wrote for Assafir, Annahar and Al-Hayat and also worked as a researcher for the UNDP Regional Office between 2002 and 2004. Ghaddar holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies, both from the American University in Beirut.

Harboe, Esben Q. As Programme Manager for International Media Support (IMS) Esben Q. Harboe is responsible for one of the largest media development programmes in Burma/Myanmar. The programme, funded by the three Scandinavian countries, focuses on five key areas: coordination and partnerships, media policy and legislation, professionalization of media, outreach and access to information, and the peace process. More information can be found on http://www.i-m-s.dk/areas/asia/myanmar. From 2009 to 2012 he was the Special Assistant to the UN Resident Coordinator in Burma/Myanmar responsible for media relations, inter-agency coordination and policy development. Prior to joining the UN, Esben held positions with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the INGO Medicines Sans Frontieres, and the private sector. He holds a BA in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Development Studies.

Haselock, Simon Simon Haselock is co-founder and Director of Albany Associates and a pioneer in media intervention in countries emerging from violent conflict.

Following the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in late 1995 and throughout 1996 he was the NATO Spokesman in Sarajevo. He stayed on in Bosnia from 1997 until early 2000 as Deputy High Representative for Media Affairs in the Office of The High Representative responsible for the public presentation of policy and media reform.

As Temporary Media Commissioner in Kosovo in 2000 he began the process of building the professional, legal and ethical structures necessary for the independent media to flourish there. He then served as the Director of Public Information for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) from 2001 to spring 2003 when he went on to head the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Media Development and Regulatory Advisory Team in Iraq.

Since co-founding Albany he has directed projects in Kosovo, Darfur, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Somalia. He is an Associate of the Program for Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCLMP) at Oxford University and served for 23 years in the Royal Marines attending the Royal Navy Staff College in 1986.

Kunz, Ambassador Maria Bio will be included shortly.

Matzner-Holzer, Ambassador Gabriele Austrian Gabriele Matzner-Holzer obtained a law degree at the Vienna University and graduated from the Vienna Diplomatic Academy before entering the Austrian diplomatic service in 1971. Her first assignments abroad included Moscow, New York City and Washington, DC. In the early eighties she worked as foreign policy expert on the staff of the then Austrian Prime Minister Bruno Kreisky. Later, she represented Austria as Consul General in Berlin and worked as deputy director of the Vienna Diplomatic Academy. Her ambassadorial posts, from 1997-2010, were in Bratislava, Tunis and finally London. Since her retirement in 2010, Ambassador Matzner- Holzer works on the board of several institutions and as a lecturer related to foreign affairs. She authored a number of books and articles and frequently participates in public debates, most recently those relating to the “Arab Spring”.

Mills, Anthony Anthony Mills spent almost 10 years in Beirut, Lebanon, as a freelance correspondent for CNN, Deutsche Welle, and other news outlets before joining IPI (International Press Institute). Among the events he has covered as a journalist were the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, the 2006 Israel- Hezbollah war, and the brief takeover by Hezbollah-led gunmen of most of West Beirut in 2008. A political and media specialist on Lebanon, Syria and the broader Middle East, he was appointed as Deputy Director after overseeing IPI’s press freedom activities and communications for almost three years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations, with a focus on the Middle East, from Brown University in the United States, and a master’s degree in International Journalism, from City University, London.

O’Loughlin, Ben Ben O’Loughlin is Professor of International Relations and Co- Director of the New Political Communication Unit at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is co-editor of the Sage journal Media, War & Conflict. His last book was Radicalisation and Media: Terrorism and Connectivity in the New Media Ecology (Routledge, 2011). He has recently completed a study with the BBC on international audience responses to the 2012 London Olympics. Ben tweets as @Ben_OLoughlin.

Price was founding director of the Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was deputy director of California Indian Legal Services, one of the founders of the Native American Rights Fund, and author of Law and the American Indian. Among his many books are Media and Sovereignty; Television, The Public Sphere and National Identity; and a treatise on cable television.

Rafizadeh, Majid Majid Rafizadeh, an Iranian-Syria scholar, is president of the International American Council on the Middle East. Previously, he served as ambassador to the National Iranian-American Council based in Washington DC. He serves on the advisory board of Harvard International Review, an official publication of Harvard University and Harvard International Relations Council.

Majid has previously conducted research at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and National Council on US-Arab Relations. He has taught at several universities including University of California Santa Barbara through Fulbright FLTA scholarship, Damascus University, and Islamic Azad University of Iran.

His advice is sought by government agencies and the private sector. He has been interviewed by, and quoted in, some of the world's most major print and television outlets. As a political analyst, he regularly appears on national and international outlets including CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Fox News, France 24 International, and Russian TV. His works have appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times International Weekly, Foreign Policy, CNN, Fareed Zakaria GPS, The Nation, Yale Journal of International Affairs, The Jerusalem Post and Huffington Post, amongst others.

Sabet, Farzan Farzan Sabet is a doctoral student in International History at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. He is currently the editing manager of IranPolitik: The Iran Political Analysis Project (www.IranPolitik.com), a website focusing on Iranian domestic politics and foreign affairs. His current research includes U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations and economic sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a political actor in Iran, the Islamic Republic’s discourse and practice of soft war, and Iranian media narratives on the Syrian Civil War. His previous professional experience includes work in the Canadian government.

Sarikakis, Katharine Prof. Dr. Katharine Sarikakis’ work is informed by political philosophy and focuses on the political processes and political economic dimensions of media and communications governance, nationally and globally. She is interested in the ways in which empowerment and disempowerment of citizens become inherent elements in public policy addressing communication (either as technology or process) and expression (whether political, cultural or other). In her work, institutions are central spaces for the construction of ideas, legitimacy and exercise of control. Her current research explores these dimensions through the tensions of varying forms and degrees of state intervention upon individuals and communication and media industries.

She is currently working on a research monograph, Communication and Control, which explores issues of control over citizenship through commercial and political surveillance and communication and cultural policies of copyright, labor and ownership.

Prof. Dr. Sarikakis is the founding co-editor of the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics with Prof. Neil Blain (University of Stirling, UK). MCP is a well-known journal that aims to facilitate a forum for critical and astute analysis of contemporary world affairs as these are related to media and cultural politics. Prof. Dr Sarikakis joined the University of Vienna from the University of Leeds on February 1, 2011.

Schramek, Ambassador Karl Dr. Karl Schramek has served as the Austrian Ambassador to Belgium and the head of the Austrian Mission to NATO since June 2008. A native a Vienna, Dr. Schramek received his JD from the University of Vienna, and attended the Diplomatic Academy. He subsequently joined the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was posted to the Austrian Embassies in Dakar and Budapest, and was named Director of the Austrian Cultural Institute in Budapest. He returned to Vienna to hold posts in the Foreign Ministry. Dr. Schramek was next the Foreign Policy Adviser to the Secretary-General of the OECD, and eventually the Austrian Ambassador to the OECD. He then served as the Austrian Ambassador to Syria, 2004-2008.

Skvortsov, Yaroslav Dr. Yaroslav Skvortsov is the Dean of the International Journalism Faculty at MGIMO-University. He has a university degree in international journalism and a PhD in Sociology, and has collaborated with several universities, including TEC de Monterrey (Mexico), Duke University, Berkley University of California (USA), Frei Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), Science Po (France), Universität Wien (Austria). At present, he also holds the positions of Professor at Russian-Armenian Slavic University (Yerevan) and Professor of Russian Academy of Military Science (Moscow). Apart from his academic accomplishments, Dr. Skvortsov has a distinguished career in journalism, having served as head of the news department of the Postfactum information agency and “Commersant”, and the head of finance department of “Commersant”, “Russky Telegraph” and “Vremya Novostey”, as well as deputy editor-in- chief of “Russky Telegraph” and “Vremya Novostey” and the head of the Moscow office of the magazine OST in West (Munich, Bavaria).

Smith, Briar Briar Smith is Research Project Manager at CGCS. While a graduate student at Annenberg School for Communication, Briar worked closely on a number of CGCS’s China initiatives, including teaching at the Penn-in-Beijing summer school and authoring a chapter in the Center’s publication of Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China. Her research interests include international cultural communications with particular focus on China and the Middle East, and the cultural politics of the body in contemporary Islamic contexts. Briar has a Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Chinese Language and Literature and Psychology from Swarthmore College.

Trionfi, Barbara A native of Milan, Italy, Barbara Trionfi graduated in Chinese Studies from Ca' Foscari University in Venice with a thesis on freedom of opinion in the P.R. of China. After living and working in China for some years, Barbara received an M.A. degree in International Relations from Webster University in Vienna, with a focus on international human rights mechanisms. She also specialized in Chinese contemporary literature at Shanghai's Tongji University and at Shandong University in 1991 and 1993. Parallel to her study, she carried out research into China’s censorship system during Mao Zedong’s and Deng Xiaoping's leaderships. Barbara started working at IPI in 1999 as Press Freedom Adviser for the Asia-Pacific region. Today, as Press Freedom Manager, she also oversees IPI press freedom activities and leads the IPI press freedom team. Her field of expertise covers different areas related to press freedom and freedom of expression, including media ethics and self-regulatory media accountability systems, journalists safety, and international mechanisms to protect press freedom. Barbara has also taught undergraduate courses in media ethics and media literacy at Webster University Vienna since 2005.

Win, Khin Maung Khin Maung Win was born to a poor peasant family in southern Burma. He participated in the nationwide demonstration led by students in August-September 1988, demanding democracy and freedom. Following the bloody military coup on 18 September 1988 in which 3,000 demonstrators were killed, he left for Thai- Burma border and joined the student organization “All Burma Students’ Democratic Front”. He was mainly responsible for the information department of the organization. He is one of founding members of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which was created in 1992. He is now Deputy Executive Director and Deputy Chief Editor of the DVB, based in Oslo Norway.

Winkler, Hans Hans Winkler is Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and a former Austrian diplomat and Secretary of State.

Upon graduation from the University of Vienna (Dr. Juris) and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Hans Winkler began his career in the Austrian foreign ministry in 1970. He held various positions in Austrian missions, was the permanent representative of Austria at the Council of Europe in 1990s and in 1996 he became head of the Department for North and South America in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Between 1999 and 2005 he was head of the Office of International Law and, additionally, from 2002 Deputy Secretary General. On 4 July 2005, Winkler was appointed Secretary of State in the Ministry for European and International Affairs, a position which he also held in the Gusenbauer government until December 2008.

On 1 April 2009 Winkler was appointed Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.

THE ORGANIZERS

Eltz-Aulitzky, Katharine

Katharine Eltz-Aulitzky is the Executive Director of The American Austrian Foundation (AAF). The AAF has offices in New York, Vienna and Salzburg.

She oversees the AAF’s programs in medicine, media and the arts, and is responsible for fundraising and program content.

Price, Monroe Monroe Price serves as Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research in London. Professor Price is the Joseph and Sadie Danciger Professor of Law and Director of the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society at the Cardozo School of Law, where he served as Dean from 1982 to 1991. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale, where he was executive editor of the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for Associate Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court and was an assistant to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. Price was founding director of the Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was deputy director of California Indian Legal Services, one of the founders of the Native American Rights Fund, and author of Law and the American Indian. Among his many books are Media and Sovereignty; Television, The Public Sphere and National Identity; and a treatise on cable television.

Winkler, Hans Hans Winkler is Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and a former Austrian diplomat and Secretary of State.

Upon graduation from the University of Vienna (Dr. Juris) and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Hans Winkler began his career in the Austrian foreign ministry in 1970. He held various positions in Austrian missions, was the permanent representative of Austria at the Council of Europe in 1990s and in 1996 he became head of the Department for North and South America in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Between 1999 and 2005 he was head of the Office of International Law and, additionally, from 2002 Deputy Secretary General. On 4 July 2005, Winkler was appointed Secretary of State in the Ministry for European and International Affairs, a position that he also held in the Gusenbauer government until December 2008. On 1 April 2009 Winkler was appointed Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.

Wozonig, Nadja Nadja Wozonig is the Assistant to the Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. She is also in charge of press and publications there.

She studied Political Science and Communication Science at the University of Vienna. Prior to her current position she worked on an EU Enlargement project, for the Austrian Parliament, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) Enterprise, and some other projects. She joined the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in September 2009.

EMERGING SCHOLAR DELEGATES

Borlognan, Kat Kat Borlongan is a civic startup enthusiast with many different hats. Currently, she is the co-founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation's French group, an open data consultant to France’s national railway company, one of Startup Weekend Paris’ organizers, a blogger for the Center for Global Communication Studies and part of the founding team of the award-winning non- profit, Voxe.org. Prior to this, she worked as a public affairs consultant to the International Civil Aviation Organization and as the Country Director of Reporters Sans Frontières’ Canadian bureau.

As a merit scholar of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kat completed her undergraduate degree in Political Science at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Bordeaux. She also holds a master’s degree in Communication Studies from McGill University.

Brown, Katherine Katherine is a Ph.D. Candidate in Communications at Columbia University and an Instructor at their School of International and Public Affairs. Her research examines the interplay of news media and international relations, and public diplomacy policy. Professionally, Katherine’s served on the editorial staff for Bloomberg News; as a Professional Staff Member at the Committee on Foreign Affairs at the U.S. House of Representatives; as a Communications Adviser at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul; and as an assistant to the U.S. National Security Adviser. She has an M.A. and M.Phil. in Communications from Columbia.

Elghazzi, Omar Omar Al-Ghazzi is a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on Arab memory, collective action, and political identity formations. His work has appeared in Popular Communication, International Journal of Communication, and Media, Culture and Society. A former Fulbright fellow, Omar comes from a journalism and media analysis professional background and has previously worked for the BBC and Al-Hayat Arabic daily.

Halabi, Nour Issam Nour Halabi is a holder of a Masters in Comparative Political Science from the London School of Economics and a first year PhD student at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work focuses on political communication, political economy of the media and media policy and regulation in the Middle East.

Hall, Meredith Meredith Hall is a fourth year doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the New School for Social Research and adjunct instructor in the Department of Sociology at New York University. Her current research sets out to develop a theoretical framework for the sociological study of attribution—the social process that connects names to the production of property. Surveying both the domestic and international governance of intellectual property rights, her dissertation considers how competing narratives of loss, from freedoms to tax revenue, affect policy debates on issues ranging from online file sharing to the generic production pharmaceuticals. Key to this study are questions about the way changing geopolitical power dynamics connect to mechanisms of attribution, and what role law and technology play in mediating and distributing power within these contexts. She has recently co-authored an article on the resolution of social conflict for the Annual Review of Sociology.

Jiménez-Martínez, César César Jiménez-Martínez holds a BA in Journalism from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and graduated with Distinction from the MSc/MA in Global Media and Communications, from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Southern California. He has worked as a journalist for the newspaper El Mercurio in Chile and did research and production for several documentaries and television series broadcasted in Chile and Latin America. After this, he joined Ogilvy Public Relations Chile to work in different projects related with Nation Branding for several Chilean public and private organisations.

Currently, he is PhD student in Media and Communications at LSE, researching how media representations of nations are crafted for foreign audiences in the media space. His research interests include Public Diplomacy, Media Narratives, Media Representation and Media and Globalisation.

Sevin, Efe Efe Sevin is a Doctoral Candidate at the School of International Service at American University and is a Research Fellow at the Research on Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (COTELCO). His research interests include strategic communication, non-traditional diplomacy, global governance, and research methodologies. His interest in global governance and non-traditional diplomacy has broadened his research agenda to include climate change diplomacy, science diplomacy, and global health policies. He was recently employed as a Visiting Researcher at Stockholm University, School of Business where he studied the Swedish climate change and foreign aid policies as part of the country’s branding attempts. This summer will be his third year teaching with the NSLC.

Mr. Sevin received his B.Sc. from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He completed his graduate level studies at Emerson College, Boston, and received his M.A. a Foreign Fulbright scholar.

PARTICIPANTS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY OF VIENNA

JAKOB, Frederike Sophia

Germany / France

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – Political Science and Communication / Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München

LEHR, Amke Dorothee

Germany

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Arts – International Relations and International Organization / University of Groningen Semester abroad: History / University of Sydney

MAGLAJLIĆ, Ana

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

BA – Business Administration / University of Sarajevo; Griffith College Dublin

MAWDSLEY, Katherine Rose Fries

USA

1st year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Arts – International Studies / University of South Carolina

McDOWELL, Kirsten Marie

USA

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB) – International Business, Business Administration / Rider University

PFNEISL, Mara Katrin

Austria / USA

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Arts (BA) – International Affairs, Psychology / Lewis & Clark College

ROSE, Frances

United Kingdom

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Modern Languages (German) / University of Oxford

SEFERIAN, Nareg

Brazil

2nd year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Bachelor of Arts – Liberal Arts / St. John’s College, Santa Fe International Relations / The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Political Science / Yerevan State University

von PALUGYAY, Elisabeth Charlotte

Germany

1st year Diplomatic Academy MAIS student

Magister artium – Political Sciences / Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich