Digital Diplomacy

Digital Politicking Comes to Europe

Dec 26, 2013 Written by  Matt Bostrom, Guest Contributor Many of us have heard that the United States is “ahead of Europe” when...

Diplomacy in the cloud Matthew Barzun

Last week I took part in a lively debate at Wilton Park, a forum for exchange and dialogue on global issues established at the...

PDcast #12: The Role of the Ambassador in Public Diplomacy

The ambassador has many roles to play, but should the main public diplomacy role be of advocacy or practicalities. The PDcast is a weekly podcast...

[Today in PD] Dennis Rodman And Sports Diplomacy Gone Awry

HE can still dunk like a butterfly, but in the personally tragic case of former basketball pro Dennis Rodman in North Korea, the embrace...

From a Diplomat’s F-Word to Sochi’s Hotel Horrors, It’s Been Twitter’s Big Week

By Carol Matlack February 07, 2014 Photograph by Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian...

CHINA’S CHARM OFFENSIVE: BEYOND APPEARANCES

Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has been a rising star in the arena of public diplomacy. Its PD campaign, coordinated by...

Baird seeks Google help on unleashing Canadian diplomats on social media

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is encouraging Canadian diplomats to experiment with social media to promote democratic freedom and trade across the...

In the Scripted World of Diplomacy, a Burst of Tweets

By MARK LANDLERFEB. 4, 2014  WASHINGTON — On his first anniversary as secretary of state on Tuesday, John Kerry celebrated by reactivating his Twitter handle....

PDcast #13: The Sochi Olympic Games as Public Diplomacy

The Olympics are supposed to be the pinnacle of sports diplomacy, but Sochi is presenting a very different reality. The PDcast is a weekly podcast...

Webinar digest: (Un)knowns in digital politics in 2014

          By Stephanie on 22 Jan 2014 | From the channel/s: Internet Governance, Webinars inShare Internet governance (IG) developments in 2013 confirmed vividly...