Digital Diplomacy

UN Social Media Day: schedule and more

The first “UN Social Media Day” will take place at UN Headquarters in Conference Room 3 on Friday 30 January 2015. All are invited to...

Uncle Sam Needs More Geeks

Editor’s Note: Nick Sinai is a Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, a...

Digital Diplomacy- What Is It Good For?

During my travels through cyberspace, I recently came across an article published by Jimmy Leach in August of 2013 on the Huffington Post. In...

Canada $9 million for ‘direct diplomacy’

Munk School of Global Affairs, federal government partner on Digital Public Square project The Munk School of Global Affairs. JENNIFER SU/THE VARSITY http://var.st/94 The University of Toronto’s...

Exclusive interview with the director of Israel’s Digital Diplomacy Unit

Israel has one of the most active Digital Diplomacy units in the world. In a recent survey I conducted of 86 countries spanning the...

Who to follow in the world of twiplomacy?

When exploring the world of digital diplomacy, one is often confronted by a puzzling plurality of official twitter channels. For instance, the US digital...

Searching for a definition of Digital Diplomacy

It might seem somewhat ludicrous to dedicate a blog to the subject of Digital Diplomacy without first offering a definition of the term Digital...

Why Mahmoud Abbas should join Twitter

PA President should join Twitter to create the climate necessary for the continuation of peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

WHAT DIPLOMATS DO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DIPLOMATS

Brian Barder Rowman & Littlefield, 2014 232 + xii pages; price not indicated Sir Brian Barder portrays the working life of British diplomats through the experiences of...

China’s Cyber Diplomacy: a Taste of Law to Come?

China is showing its readiness to make and not just take international rules. In 2014, China stepped up its campaign to shape international norms governing...