EVENTS
Ukraine’s Strategic Communications: Can Words Overcome Weapons?
Details
| Type | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Enrolled students / Applying students / International students / Alumni / Companies / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | November 24, 2022 17:30 — 18:30 |
| Location | Online |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
Please register from the link below. |
| Registration Period | November 8, 2022 — November 23, 2022 |
| Contact | graspp_eventinfo@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
The Strategic Communications Education and Research Unit (SCERU), the Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo, and the Delegation of the European Union to Japan are pleased to invite you to an online seminar on:
“Ukraine’s Strategic Communications: Can Words Overcome Weapons?”
Date:
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Time:
17:30~18:30 (JST) ; 9:30~10:30 AM (CET)
Language:
English
Venue:
Online seminar (Zoom)
Registration site:
Registration Deadline:
21:00 (JST); 13:00 (CET), Wednesday, 23 November 2022
A zoom link will be sent out via email to those who registered by the day before this event.
Synopsis:
Since Russia’s brutal invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukraine was faced with the need to organize Strategic Communications to mount defenses against the savagery of the aggression effectively. On what principles and modalities were such Strategic Communications organized? What were the lessons learned from this experience? Further, what has been the EU's role in assisting Ukraine in terms of Strategic Communications in countering Russian aggression? What were the specific challenges and lessons learned in this partnership?
Ms. Alina Frolova, a prominent practitioner of Strategic Communications in Ukraine, will share her candid assessment of the Strategic Communications employed by the Ukrainian government as a defensive and offensive tool against Russian aggression. Her presentation will be followed by the analysis of Mr. Lutz Guellner, the EU official in charge of EU-wide Strategic Communications policy. He will critically assess the EU's role in assisting Ukraine in its effort to defend against Russian aggression and how the EU and Ukraine's efforts were effectively joined in Strategic Communications to counter Russian aggression.
This session will be moderated and commented upon by Dr. Philip Shetler-Jones, a crisis management expert from the EU project “Enhancing Security Cooperation in and With Asia” (ESIWA) project.
Introductory remarks:
Chiyuki Aoi, PhD Professor, GraSPP/SCERU
Panelists:
Ms. Alina Frolova is the Deputy Chairperson of the Centre for Defence Strategies (CDS), a Ukrainian security think tank involved in security studies, defence policy research and advocacy. Previous to her current position, she served as the Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine(2019-2020) directly in charge of Strategic Communications. Prior to that, she served as Adviser to the Ministry of Information Policy (2016-2018) and similarly, Adviser to the Ministry of Defence (2015-2016) where she facilitated the implementation of strategic and government communications amid the ongoing conflict. She is also the founder of the Invictus Games Team Ukraine Project, Stratcom.UA and the Ukraine Crisis Media Center.
Mr. Lutz Guellner is Head of Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis in the European External Action Service. He leads a team of about 40 persons dealing with issues related to disinformation and foreign manipulative interference. In his work, he focuses on addressing disinformation threats for the EU and surrounding regions.
Prior to his current position, he served as Head of the EEAS’s foreign and security policy communication team (2017– 2019) and as Head of the European Commission Directorate General for Trade communication team (2013– 17). He was also Deputy Head of the Trade Strategy Unit and responsible for the coordination of EU-US trade and economic relations.
In 2009 and 2010, Guellner was spokesperson for the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton. He was also the Commission’s spokesperson for trade policy. In previous positions, he oversaw economic relations between the EU and Russia.
Guellner studied political science and international relations at the Free University of Berlin and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris. He is teaching trade policy and EU foreign affairs at the post-graduate studies programme for European studies in Berlin.
Moderator:
Dr. Philip Shetler-Jones is the Thematic Coordinator for Crisis Management at the EU project Enhancing Security Cooperation in and with Asia (ESIWA). Holding a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University under a Fulbright Scholarship and a PhD from the University of Sheffield on Japan’s post cold war defense and security policy, Philip’s career blends operational, academic, and policy experience. After serving in the UK military, Philip served on PKO with the United Nations, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Africa, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe. Prior to ESIWA, he led the International Security and Geopolitics program at the World Economic Forum and worked as a Consulting Fellow on the Indo-Pacific at Chatham House. His research and publications focus on peacekeeping, planning, intelligence, and geopolitical relations between Europe and Asia. He has served as a consultant at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, European Union External Action Service, NATO SHAPE, and the ASEAN Regional Forum.
About the unit
The Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) at the University of Tokyo, with European Union (EU) support, has established a Strategic Communications Education and Research Unit for conducting a collaborative programme on research and education on Strategic Communication. The Unit will organize teaching, public research, and professional seminars on Strategic Communications, with a particular focus on bringing together perspectives and professional experiences from Europe and Japan. Through the work of the programme, Japanese and European perspectives on Strategic Communication can be shared, reinforcing the EU-Japan strategic partnership, and supporting efforts to overcome common problems including the rise of disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).
“Ukraine’s Strategic Communications: Can Words Overcome Weapons?”
Date:
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Time:
17:30~18:30 (JST) ; 9:30~10:30 AM (CET)
Language:
English
Venue:
Online seminar (Zoom)
Registration site:
Registration Deadline:
21:00 (JST); 13:00 (CET), Wednesday, 23 November 2022
A zoom link will be sent out via email to those who registered by the day before this event.
Synopsis:
Since Russia’s brutal invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukraine was faced with the need to organize Strategic Communications to mount defenses against the savagery of the aggression effectively. On what principles and modalities were such Strategic Communications organized? What were the lessons learned from this experience? Further, what has been the EU's role in assisting Ukraine in terms of Strategic Communications in countering Russian aggression? What were the specific challenges and lessons learned in this partnership?
Ms. Alina Frolova, a prominent practitioner of Strategic Communications in Ukraine, will share her candid assessment of the Strategic Communications employed by the Ukrainian government as a defensive and offensive tool against Russian aggression. Her presentation will be followed by the analysis of Mr. Lutz Guellner, the EU official in charge of EU-wide Strategic Communications policy. He will critically assess the EU's role in assisting Ukraine in its effort to defend against Russian aggression and how the EU and Ukraine's efforts were effectively joined in Strategic Communications to counter Russian aggression.
This session will be moderated and commented upon by Dr. Philip Shetler-Jones, a crisis management expert from the EU project “Enhancing Security Cooperation in and With Asia” (ESIWA) project.
Introductory remarks:
Chiyuki Aoi, PhD Professor, GraSPP/SCERU
Panelists:
Ms. Alina Frolova is the Deputy Chairperson of the Centre for Defence Strategies (CDS), a Ukrainian security think tank involved in security studies, defence policy research and advocacy. Previous to her current position, she served as the Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine(2019-2020) directly in charge of Strategic Communications. Prior to that, she served as Adviser to the Ministry of Information Policy (2016-2018) and similarly, Adviser to the Ministry of Defence (2015-2016) where she facilitated the implementation of strategic and government communications amid the ongoing conflict. She is also the founder of the Invictus Games Team Ukraine Project, Stratcom.UA and the Ukraine Crisis Media Center.
Mr. Lutz Guellner is Head of Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis in the European External Action Service. He leads a team of about 40 persons dealing with issues related to disinformation and foreign manipulative interference. In his work, he focuses on addressing disinformation threats for the EU and surrounding regions.
Prior to his current position, he served as Head of the EEAS’s foreign and security policy communication team (2017– 2019) and as Head of the European Commission Directorate General for Trade communication team (2013– 17). He was also Deputy Head of the Trade Strategy Unit and responsible for the coordination of EU-US trade and economic relations.
In 2009 and 2010, Guellner was spokesperson for the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton. He was also the Commission’s spokesperson for trade policy. In previous positions, he oversaw economic relations between the EU and Russia.
Guellner studied political science and international relations at the Free University of Berlin and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris. He is teaching trade policy and EU foreign affairs at the post-graduate studies programme for European studies in Berlin.
Moderator:
Dr. Philip Shetler-Jones is the Thematic Coordinator for Crisis Management at the EU project Enhancing Security Cooperation in and with Asia (ESIWA). Holding a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University under a Fulbright Scholarship and a PhD from the University of Sheffield on Japan’s post cold war defense and security policy, Philip’s career blends operational, academic, and policy experience. After serving in the UK military, Philip served on PKO with the United Nations, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Africa, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe. Prior to ESIWA, he led the International Security and Geopolitics program at the World Economic Forum and worked as a Consulting Fellow on the Indo-Pacific at Chatham House. His research and publications focus on peacekeeping, planning, intelligence, and geopolitical relations between Europe and Asia. He has served as a consultant at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, European Union External Action Service, NATO SHAPE, and the ASEAN Regional Forum.
About the unit
The Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) at the University of Tokyo, with European Union (EU) support, has established a Strategic Communications Education and Research Unit for conducting a collaborative programme on research and education on Strategic Communication. The Unit will organize teaching, public research, and professional seminars on Strategic Communications, with a particular focus on bringing together perspectives and professional experiences from Europe and Japan. Through the work of the programme, Japanese and European perspectives on Strategic Communication can be shared, reinforcing the EU-Japan strategic partnership, and supporting efforts to overcome common problems including the rise of disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).
