Ukraine’s Unique Approach to Celebrity Diplomacy

Celebrity diplomacy is not a new phenomenon. For many decades, multilateral institutions such as UNICEF (United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund) have relied on celebrities to increase awareness to important causes and raise funds. Other times celebrities join NGOs to promote specific causes ranging from alleviating poverty in Africa to helping child soldiers rejoin society.... Continue Reading →

Monday’s Must Read List

Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The Autocrat in Your iPhone (Foreign Affairs) Generative AI is changing everything. But what’s left when the hype is gone? (MIT Technology Review) US-China chip war: How the technology dispute is... Continue Reading →

What Role Does OSINT Play in Ukraine Crisis?

One of the defining characteristics of the Russia-Ukraine War has been the emergence of OSINT, or open-source intelligence. The term itself is not new. Several years ago, the British Foreign Office created an ‘open-source intelligence unit’ tasked with gathering information from online sources. This information would then be used by British diplomats to obtain foreign... Continue Reading →

Monday’s Must Read List

Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite (The Atlantic) Preparing for a Russian cyber offensive against Ukraine this winter (Microsoft Blog) The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (GCHQ) Why is Elon... Continue Reading →

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