TCU's Schieffer School of Journalism and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. are holding a dialogue titled “Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Technology Age” on Tuesday, April 13 at 5:30 p.m. EST. The dialogue, hosted by Bob Schieffer, CBS News Face the Nation and TCU alumnus, will be broadcast live on the Schieffer School Web site at 4:30 p.m. local time. Go to http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu.

Featured speakers are Jared Cohen, member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff; portfolio includes Counter-Radicalization, Public Diplomacy and New Technology; James K. Glassman, former Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and founding executive director of the George W. Bush Institute; Shervin Pishevar, founder and executive chairman of the Social Gaming Network; and Juan Carlos Zarate, senior adviser, of the CSIS Transnational Threats Project and former deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism.

The series of monthly dialogues feature top public policy experts, government officials, leading think-tank scholars, and prominent journalists discussing issues related to national security, foreign policy and global challenges.

CSIS is a bipartisan, independent, nonprofit organization that provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector and civil society. It has earned the reputation of being one of the world's preeminent public policy institutions.

The Schieffer School is emerging as one of the world’s top journalism schools dedicated to preparing professionals in both journalism and strategic communications for the new media world, while maintaining the traditional standards of basic, straightforward reporting and ethics.

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