Geoffrey Wiseman
Director
 
Dr. Geoffrey Wiseman is Director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School and Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. From February 2006 to May 2007, 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 2008 Courses

*PUBD 599: Special Topics - Transnational Diplomacy and Global Security