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...
Canadian diplomats should use social media more, foreign minister says
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is encouraging Canadian diplomats to experiment with social media to promote democratic freedom and trade across the globe.
The plan...
Twitter Says Over 13 Million Accounts May Be Bots and Fakes
And that estimate may be conservative, according to its SEC filing By Roni Robbins
Updated: The initial version of this story reported that 23 million...
Conservatives urged to adopt ‘Twiplomacy’ in foreign affairs
Screen capture of the Twitter account for DFATD (Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada) shows Canada's early efforts at "Twiplomacy".
Twitter screen grab /...
Digital Diplomacy: Adapting Our Diplomatic Engagement
Secretary Kerry Speaks at Press Conference in Berlin
I grew up the son of a Foreign Service Officer during the Cold War. The issues were fairly...
Twiplomacy: 15 interesting facts about world leaders and digital diplomacy on Twitter
For many diplomats, Twitter has becomes a powerful channel for digital diplomacy and 21st century statecraft. As of June 23, 2014, more than 80%...
Buffalo Diplomacy? The Imperial Summer Capital of Belgrade?
"All the food I ate in America was bland and boring...except for the spicy chicken wings. I LOVED the Buffalo wings."
-SnezanaPerhaps we should be...