P.J. Crowley is a professor of practice at George Washington University and a distinguished fellow at its Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication. He is the author of Red Line: American Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States. From 2009-2011, Crowley served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs.
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