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Au Kosovo, les Serbes font de la résistance GRAND REPORTAGE

Vingt ans après la guerre du Kosovo, 100.000 Serbes orthodoxes vivent toujours dans l’ex-province yougoslave, autoproclamée indépendante en 2008.

Diplomats versus politicians

Amidst the Trump-Kim Summit and a vomit of commentary on ‘presidential diplomacy’, ‘face-to-face diplomacy’, ‘summit diplomacy’ and even ‘Trumpian diplomacy’, we’ve somehow come to...

Say Happy Easter again to your Orthodox Friends

By now you may have realised that people of Christian Orthodox faith celebrate Easter on a different day to the official Easter holiday in...

NATO at 70: a journey of our history and public diplomacy

On April 4, the North Atlantic Alliance will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Foreign ministers of all 29 member states, with a 30th member to...

20 år efter NATO:s bombningar

den 24 mars 2019, kl. 12.00, ABF Stockholm, Sveavägen 41, Sandlersalen Välkomna till föredrag som ger oss en närmare bild av händelserna på Balkan 1999, samt...

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis

Inside Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. It was September 2017, more...

Why “Countering” Violent Extremism Doesn’t Work

Wa'el Nimat, uscpublicdiplomacy.org uncaptioned image from article Today, the threat and danger of violent extremism—whether foreign or domestic—is far more challenging than it has ever been. The unpredictable nature of violent extremism enables it not to be restricted to a single race, gender, religion, culture, country or even an ideology. In the 21st century, the notion of violent extremism has expressed how volatile its adherents are in the age of information and constant worldwide integration. New interactive developments that range from the globalization of the media, to transnational developments, have allowed violent extremist ideology to become digitized and more readily available for those who seek it. To the dismay of contrary belief, differing methods for countering violent extremism (CVE) have created division within the U.S. With so much of the U.S. government’s efforts to eliminate violent extremism directed abroad, containing homegrown violent extremism (HVE) has ..

John Casson: Digital Diplomacy

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Diplomacy dies in darkness: Europe and information manipulation

“Information manipulation” or just plain “fake news”? How France is grappling with a very modern threat Whether it is the refugee crisis, Catalonia, or last...

File Notes on Information, Communication, and Public Diplomacy (#97)

Arabs need to read in their own language so they can understand and discuss the various aspects and complications of democracy in the United...