Digital Diplomacy

All’s Quiet on the Digital Front

Over the past month, foreign ministries have been actively involved in national efforts to stem the coronavirus outbreak. Thus far, foreign ministries have been...

Simulating Twitter in International Diplomacy: A New Tool for Teaching

Dr Aaron McKeil, Course Tutor, LSE Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy, shares his insights into the use and practice of Twitter in international...

Twitter deletes 20,000 fake accounts linked to Saudi, Serbian and Egyptian governments

Accounts also linked to Honduras and Indonesia violated policy and were ‘targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation’ Twitter has deleted 20,000 fake accounts linked...

Corona and the European Commission

Last week I analyzed Corona-related tweets published by the European External Action Service (EEAS). This week I turned my attention to the European Commission. The Commission is, in essence, the governing body of the EU. It helps manage the EU’s external and internal affairs. The prolonged Brexit debate emphasized that while the UK viewed the EU as a financial alliance, other member states view it as much more. EU nations share certain values and wish to promote a shared vision of the world. The European Commission is one of the bodies tasked with realizing that vision. Yet is also a shared governing body, one meant to aid EU citizens and ensure their prosperity. As part of my analysis, I examined all Corona-related tweets published by the Commission between March 1st and March 25th, 2020. My aim was to examine whether the Commission sprang into action early, or whether it too took a long time of understand the magnitude of the Corona outbreak. I also hoped to understand what topics ..

Israeli Corona Greeting Goes Viral in Arab World

“May Allah keep you, our cousins.” Warm messages such as that have been flooding into the Arabic-language social media accounts of the Israel Ministry...

Pakistan to create “Digital Media Wing” for digital diplomacy

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to form a 23-member committee for the digital diplomacy strategy. According to Dr. Arsalan Khalid, Prime Minister Imran...

Vučićeva molba Siju privukla pažnju Kineza

Ta vest u ponedeljak bila druga po čitanosti na aplikaciji Veibo, sa 330 miliona čitalaca Na poruku predsednika Aleksandra Vučića, koju je objavio na Instagramu...

Za 24h Weibo profil Ambasade Srbije u Kini skupio 300.000 pratilaca

COVID-19 definitivno otvara nova poglavlja digitalne diplomatije. Samo 24 časa od otvaranja profila 'SerbianEmbassy' na popularnoj kineskoj društvenoj mreži Weibo, stranicu naše ambasade zapratilo...

re:publica 2012 – Digital Diplomacy – Reinventing foreign policy?

Ever since the protests of the "Green Movement" in Iran (2009) and the "Arab Uprising" (2011), Western foreign policy makers realized that a new...

Sergey Lavrov chaired a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Gorchakov Fund

On March 11, a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund took place in Moscow. It was opened...