Jamie Shea

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(propagandist)
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Born11 September 1953
London
NationalityUK
Alma materUniversity of Sussex, Lincoln College (Oxford)
Member ofChatham House, Friends of Europe, Henry Jackson Society
InterestsKosovo War
Chatham House, spooky conference attender. As NATO spokesman during the Kosovo War he popularized the propaganda term "collateral damage".

Jamie Patrick Shea was Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium until his retirement in late September 2018. He was NATO spokesman during the 1999 Kosovo War, where he popularized the euphemism "collateral damage".

“The fact that 70% of the country's territory is left without electricity shows that we are keeping our finger on the switch. We can turn the electricity on and off where we need it and where we want it.”
Jamie Shea (May 4, 1999)  [1]
NATO spokesman

Background

Shea received his B.A. (Hons.) in Modern History and French from the University of Sussex (1977) and his D.Phil. in Modern History from Lincoln College, Oxford (1981).

Career

Shea received worldwide attention during the 1999 Kosovo War, when he was the spokesperson for NATO.[2] popularizing the propaganda term collateral damage.[3]

In addition to his work for NATO, he works as a lecturer at several educational institutions, such as the College of Europe, the University of Kent and the American University, where he has been Associate Professor of International Relations since 1985. He has published books and articles on political issues in various specialist publications.

Shea was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to diplomacy and public service.[4]

Shea is married and has two children, Chiara and Alexander.

Positions within NATO

  • October 2010 – September 2018
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges
  • August 2005 – October 2010
Director of Policy Planning
  • April 2003 – August 2005
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, Public Diplomacy Division
  • October 2000 – March 2003
Director of Information and Press
  • 1993–2000
Spokesman of NATO and Deputy Director of Information and Press.
  • 1991–1993
Deputy Head and Senior Planning Officer, Policy Planning Unit and Multilateral Affairs Section of the Political Directorate, NATO.
Speechwriter to the Secretary General of NATO.
  • 1988–1991
Assistant to the Secretary General of NATO for Special Projects.
  • 1985–1988
Head of External Relations Conferences and Seminars.
  • 1982–1985
Head of Youth Programmes.
  • 1980–1982
Administrator in Council Operations Section of Executive Secretariat.

Academic positions

  • As of 2006 (start dates unknown)
Professor, Collège d'Europe, Bruges
Lecturer, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent.
  • 1993 onward
Lecturer in the European Studies Program of the University of Antwerp.
  • 1991 onward
Course instructor, Boston University, Massachusetts.
  • 1988 onward
Member of the Advisory Council, International Relations Studies and Programme of Université Libre de Bruxelles.
  • 1987–1990
Lecturer in Defence Studies, University of Lille.
  • 1987 onward
Adjunct Associate Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University.
Director of the Michigan State University Summer School in Brussels.
  • 1985 onward
Associate Professor of International Relations, American University, Washington, D.C.
  • 2014 onward
Honorary Fellow of the Security and Strategy Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
  • 2020 onward
President of the Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark.


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Brussels Forum/2006Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2007Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2008Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2009Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/201125 March 201127 March 2011Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2012Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2013Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/201421 March 201424 March 2014Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The theme in 2014 was A World in Transition
Brussels Forum/201723 March 201725 March 2017Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The overarching theme was "‘End of Complacency – Era of Action?"
Democracy & Security International Conference5 June 20076 June 2007Czech Republic
Prague
The "Neoconservative International" that reports it was intested in "building a world of free and democratic states"
Munich Security Conference/200920092009The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20105 February 20107 February 2010Germany
Munich
Bavaria
An anti-war demonstration outside described it as "Nothing more than a media-effectively staged war propaganda event, which this year had the purpose of justifying the NATO troop increase in Afghanistan and glorifying the continuation of the war as a contribution to peace and stability."
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 49th Munich Security Conference
Russia’s Strategy on NATO'S Eastern and Southern Flanks27 January 2017 09:30:0027 January 2017 16:30:00Barcelona Centre for International AffairsA CIDOB/The Institute for Statecraft/NATO meeting
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