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Geoffrey Wiseman
CPD University Fellow
Dornsife College
gwiseman@usc.edu


Dr. Geoffrey Wiseman is Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. From July 2008 to July 2009, he was Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. The year before, he served in the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, working on the non-proliferation and disarmament of weapons of mass destruction. Dr. Wiseman is a former Australian diplomat, serving in three diplomatic postings (Stockholm, Hanoi, and Brussels) and as private secretary to Foreign Minister Gareth Evans. From 1992–95, he was the Ford Foundation's program officer for international peace and security, based in New York City. He received his doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University. His publications include Concepts of Non-Provocative Defence: Ideas and Practices in International Security. He has also written on Asia-Pacific regional security and diplomatic culture. His latest publication, co-edited with Paul Sharp, is titled The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society (recently released by Palgrave Macmillan).

Spring 2009 Courses

*PUBD 515: Special Topics - Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security


Recent Publications by Geoffrey Wiseman
Wiseman, G & Sharp, P . (Eds.) (2007) The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.



Geoffrey Wiseman in the News
April 29, 2009 -- CPD Director, Geoffrey Wiseman quoted extensively in a Daily Trojan article about the effect of the Obama administration on America's image, in particular the reversing of previous torture policies.

January 18, 2009 -- CPD Director, Geoffrey Wiseman quoted in San Francisco Chronicle article on the public diplomacy value of Barack Obama's election.

January 17 -- CPD Director, Geoffrey Wiseman quoted in The Independent article: From A-lister to Aid Worker: Does Celebrity Diplomacy Really Work?


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