“BIDD Theme this week” 4/8 ***Israel Does About-Face Over Hamas-ISIS Tweet**
Social Media Storm Over James Foley Photo Prompts Change of Images
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Wednesday Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
TEL AVIV—The...
Weekend topic 3/8 ***The ISIS five-point plan to getting round suspension of social media...
ISIS accounts suspended after sharing video of James Foley's beheading
YouTube and Twitter vowed to close accounts if video was circulated further
ISIS is targetting other...
Weekend topic 2/8 ***Islamic State Pushes Social-Media Battle With West***
Sophisticated Campaign Includes Gruesome Video, Nutella Meme
An image posted on a militant website shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. Associated Press
The gruesome...
Weekend topic 1/8 ***Twitter Faces Free-Speech Dilemma***
Social-Media Site Began Removing Foley Images After Family Request, but Isn't Actively Searching for Them
Twitter appeared to be taking its most aggressive steps...
21st Century Diplomacy: A brave, new digital relationship builder
In the 21st century, people will be better connected than ever before. Diplomacy has to adapt to these technological developments. Germany could play a...
Diplomacy Web 2.0: Facebook et al are Changing World Politics
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Facebook turned 10 in early February 2014. In what way have social media changed how people live and how states operate? What has happened...
5 social media lessons from the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan
The Kazakh public sector is a firm believer in the power of digital, including using Whatsapp as an internal comms tool and leveraging Twitter’s...
( Miss ) use od digital diplomacy ? ‘Ashamed for the govt, I resign’:...
Screenshot from Dmitry Medvedev's hacked Twitter account.
The Twitter account of the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has been hacked. The hacker used the access...
Transitioning from traditional diplomacy to digital diplomacy
In this age of rapid-fire peer-to-peer connectivity, the Pakistan embassy is still boxed in in the world of achingly slow government-to-government negotiations. Antiquated forms...
Diplomacy in the Digital Age
(Originally published in The Literary Review of Canada January-February 2012: article
“Diplomacy in the Digital Age” is a pleasant sojourn through the fine minds of...