Bureau of International Information Programs
Duncan MacInnes is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He was appointed Principal Deputy Coordinator of the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs in July, 2007. The IIP Bureau carries out a broad range programs for foreign audiences including websites in Arabic, Farsi and other key languages, electronic publications on policy issues and US speaker programs.
Prior to taking his current position, Mr. MacInnes established IIP’s new interagency Counterterrorism Communication Center to develop and coordinate communication strategies to combat extremist ideology. In 2005, he set up the State Department’s new 24/7 Rapid Response Unit (RRU), which monitors global news stories, analyzes important media trends and distributes a daily alert with key messages to cabinet secretaries and key policy makers in Washington and overseas.
Mr. MacInnes joined the Foreign Service in 1984, and served as Public Affairs Officer in Qatar, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Jerusalem and Australia. In Washington, he has been the Director of State Department’s Foreign Press Centers, Senior Advisor on Iraq Public Diplomacy and Director of Press and Public Diplomacy for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. In 2004, he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy. His areas of expertise include conflict resolution, media and Middle East policy. He has a BA from Clark University, and earned a MA degree in Middle East Studies at the University of Arizona. Prior to joining the State Department, he worked as a professional photographer at Yale University and the Museum of New Mexico, and has exhibited his work in one-man shows in Colombo, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Canberra.
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