Jamie Shea

Jamie Shea  link C-SPAN (Propagandist)
Born	11 September 1953 London
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	University of Sussex,Lincoln College (Oxford)
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".

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“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.”
 (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.

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