It was formed in 2005 to apply communication research to combating terrorism, promoting national security, and engaging in public diplomacy worldwide.
It is composed of interdisciplinary scholars at ASU and partner institutions who are interested in applying knowledge of human communication to issues of countering ideological support for terrorism (CIST), diplomacy and public diplomacy.
Recently, the Consortium of Strategic Communication received a two-year, renewable grant of $2.5 million from the Office of Naval Research for their project, "Identifying Terrorist Narratives and Counter-Narratives: Embedding Story Analysts in Expeditionary Units.
"[3] In 2008, the Consortium of Strategic Communication received a grant from the U. S. Department of Defense to study the relatively new phenomena of self-organizing systems and armies of the future.
[4] On September 14, 2009, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, answered the Consortium's question[11] they posted on YouTube about how scientists can better assist the military.