The Global Engagement Center

 

Mission & Vision

Mission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations.

Vision: To be a data-driven body leading U.S. interagency efforts in proactively addressing foreign adversaries’ attempts to undermine U.S. interests using disinformation and propaganda. 

The Global Engagement Center is part of the US State Department. The Special Envoy and Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center is James P. Rubin, ex-husband of CNN television personality Christiane Amanpour, brother of New York Times Magazine writer Elizabeth Rubin and veteran policy adviser to various Democratic politicians such as Wesley Clark and Hillary Clinton.He was appointed to his present position by Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2022.