Professor David Welch was recently invited to speak to 500 politicians, diplomats, and senior military figures at a conference organized by NATO in Riga, Latvia.

On the 5-6 July, Professor David Welch addressed a conference organized by NATO’s StratCom (a division of NATO Central Command) on ‘Perception Matters: The Politics of Strategic Communications’.  The conference attended by 500 politicians (including two European Presidents and four foreign ministers), diplomats, and senior military figures was held in Riga, Latvia. Professor Welch gave a paper on the role of propaganda in the dis-information age.