Nostalgia’s Role in Digital Diplomacy
Nostalgia is a basic human emotion. Strangely, it is a combination of two contradictory emotions- a sweet longing for the past and a pain...
Will digital diplomacy cement the Belt and Road Initiative’s “common destiny”?
Infrastructure, while at the heart of China’s expansive and ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), remains only a part of this evolving effort.
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Infografika i digitalna diplomatija
Danas na pragu treće decenije 21. veka svima je jasno da su društvene mreže izuzetno moćno oruđe u komuniciranju ne samo građana međusobno već...
Crossing the Rubicon: virtual diplomacy in a changing world
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown countries into confusion, devastated economies and caused major disruption to almost every aspect of our lives. The world of...
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Diplomacy (Part 1 of 3)
Artificial intelligence is also a hot topic in international relations and security studies. Diplomacy has all of sudden become “digital diplomacy.” But what do...
Global Game On: How video games promote world peace and diplomacy
A growing group of researchers, diplomats and video game developers, as well as the United Nations, say video games if done right may just...
More rot at America’s public diplomacy mouthpiece
Since his Senate confirmation this summer, new United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack has come under fire for calling out...
Israel’s secret weapon: 800 channels on social media
Relations with Arab world, country’s global standing improve thanks to social media department deep within Foreign Ministry.
The announcement of the Abraham Accords on IsraelArabic...
The rise of digital economic diplomacy
After weeks of hard work and preparations, we were a week away from the Global Forum for Agricultural Innovation (GFIA), an agricultural trade fair...
Digital Diplomacy & Existential Threats
The Covid virus is not likely to kill mankind. The majority of Covid patients survive, youngsters seem more immune to its potency, and scientific and medical collaborations will ultimately yield a vaccine. However, Covid’s side effects, namely anxiety and disorientation, are evident everywhere. In Israel, TV viewers are told that the rate of contamination has slowed. The following day a new lockdown is initiated. On Wednesday one reads that France has beaten the virus, while the following week Paris’s streets are empty.
Under Covid, there is no normal, no routine and no solidarity. There is only the ‘now’.
The Covid virus is existential in that it has affected all realms of daily life including doctor’s appointment, public transportation, schools, universities, travelling, socializing, dating, enjoying culture, going outdoors, meeting with colleagues, managing long distance relationships and more. In many countries, political systems have come to a standstill given public resentment ..