Nik Gowing was a main presenter for the BBC’s international 24-hour news channel BBC World News 1996-2014. He presented ‘The Hub with Nik Gowing’, BBC World Debates, Dateline London, plus location coverage of major global stories. He is now Founder and Co-Director of Thinking the Unthinkable – an independent project helping leaders understand the threats and opportunities in the new era of radical uncertainty and disruption.
Real-Time Television Coverage of Armed Conflicts and Diplomatic Crises: Does It Pressure or Distort Foreign Policy Decisions?
January 1, 1994
A paper by Nik Gowing, spring 1994 fellow, challenges the idea that real-time television coverage of armed conflicts impact foreign policy decisions. Conventional wisdom is that real-time television coverage creates a demand that “something must be done” and drives the making of foreign policy. This paper argues that frequently the relationship is not as profound
