Jamie Shea

Jamie Shea    (propagandist)
Born	11 September 1953 London
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	University of Sussex, Lincoln College (Oxford)
Member of	Chatham House, Friends of Europe, Henry Jackson Society
Interests	Kosovo 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) 
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. popularizing the propaganda term collateral damage.

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.

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

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Brussels Forum/2006	2006	2006	Belgium 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/2007			Belgium 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/2008			Belgium 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/2009	20 March 2009	22 March 2009	Belgium 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/2011	25 March 2011	27 March 2011	Belgium 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/2012	23 March 2012	24 March 2012	Belgium 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/2013			Belgium 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/2014	21 March 2014	24 March 2014	Belgium 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/2017	23 March 2017	25 March 2017	Belgium 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 Conference	5 June 2007	6 June 2007	Czech Republic Prague	The "Neoconservative International" that reports it was intested in "building a world of free and democratic states"
Munich Security Conference/2009	2009	2009	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2010	5 February 2010	7 February 2010	Germany 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/2011	4 February 2011	6 February 2011	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2013	1 February 2013	3 February 2013	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 49th Munich Security Conference
Russia’s Strategy on NATO'S Eastern and Southern Flanks	27 January 2017 09:30:00	27 January 2017 16:30:00	Barcelona Centre for International Affairs	A CIDOB/The Institute for Statecraft/NATO meeting

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