Steve Tatham
Steve Tatham is a Naval Officer and expert in military public relations and strategic communication. He was a public spokesman for the British Military in Sierra Leone (2000), Afghanistan (2001-2002) and Iraq (2003)[1]. He is the current Director of Communication Research at the UK Defence Academy's Advanced Research and Assessment Group and is a leading proponent of the doctrine of strategic communication[2]. In 2009 he was seconded to the Joint Intelligence Organisation in the Cabinet Office on "advanced Horizon Scanning Research on the UK National Security Strategy (2) project" [3].
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Strategic Communication
Tatham is the author of "Strategic Communication: A Primer" [4], the British Military's first articulation of Strategic Communication doctrine. As well as being written to aid the authors of the Ministry of Defence Doctrine and Concepts Centre's formulation of counter-insurgency doctrine (JDP3-40) [5], Small Wars Journal has stated that
- Tatham's primer has been followed by the roll out of a Strategic Communication education program across all UK Staff Courses. Trialed initially on the UK's Tri-Service Warrant Officer's course - where the concept was warmly welcomed - it has subsequently been rolled out to the initial (8 week) staff courses (for Lieutenants and Captains), the Advanced (1 year) staff course (for Majors and Lieutenant Colonels) and the Higher Staff Course for very senior officers. [6]
Showing that his work is highly influential within the British Military.
Publications and Projects
- Steve Tatham, Losing Arab Hearts & Minds: The Coalition, Al-Jazeera & Muslim Public Opinion, Hurst & Co, 2006
- Tatham, S.(2008)Strategic Communication: A Primer Advanced Research and Assessment Group Special Series(08/28), accessed 05/10/09
- Tatham, S.(2009)Tactical Strategic Communication! Placing Information Effect at the Centre of Command Small Wars Journal, accessed 05/02/10
- List of other publications by Steve Tatham on his website, Steve Tatham: Publications and Projects
Arab media propaganda project
Tatham lists the following videos as part of a 6 month project with 3 Arab TV channels in Afghanistan on "defeating the AQ [Al Qaeda] image of "The Crusader" [7]
- A Day in the life of to British soldiers, broadcast on Al-Aribiya, "designed to show the humanity and shared adversity of British and Afghan troops" [8]
- Al-Aribiya feature, tagged on youtube as "ARAG War on Taliban" - ARAG is the acronym of the Advanced Research and Assessment Group
- Al-Aribiya feature, tagged on youtube as "ARAG War on Drugs"
Affiliations
- Associate Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Kings College, London [9]
- Non-Executive Director of Dryad Maritime Intelligence [10]
- Director of Communication Research at the Advanced Research and Assessment Group [11]
Notes
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- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Tatham, S.(2008)Strategic Communication: A Primer Advanced Research and Assessment Group Special Series(08/28), accessed 05/10/09
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Papers Academia.edu: UK Defence Academy, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Dillege, D. (2009)Small Wars Journal: Strategic Communication Primer, Small Wars Journal website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Publications and Projects, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Publications and Projects, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation: Associate Fellows, ICSR Website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
- ↑ Steve Tatham: Strategic Communication, Steve Tatham website, accessed 05/02/10
