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Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections (The Guradian) Why you shouldn’t trust AI search engines (MIT Technology Review) ChatGPT is confronting, but humans have always adapted to new... Continue Reading →
In his last recorded interview from 1986, astronomer Carl Sagan stated “We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustive mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces”. The ignorance, and power, which Sagan was... Continue Reading →
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 relationship between AI and humans (The Economist) Saudi Arabia says tech giants to invest more than $9 billion in kingdom (Reuters) The People Onscreen Are Fake. The Disinformation Is Real... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- As Deepfakes Flourish, Countries Struggle With Response (The New York Times) Throwback tech continues to fascinate us. Do we want an analog future? (CNN) Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's... Continue Reading →
On Monday, the British Ministry of Defence tweeted that the United Kingdom (UK) had decided to send a squadron of Challenger 2 Tanks to Ukraine thus accelerating “Ukrainian successes”. This new ‘arms package’ comes in the wake of heated debates on social media. In recent days, Twitter has been abuzz with rumors that European nations... Continue Reading →
The term digital diplomacy is somewhat lacking. Though scholars and diplomats often employ this term in relation to digital innovation, the term suggests that digital diplomacy is a type of diplomatic practice. Just as diplomats practice bi-lateral diplomacy and cultural diplomacy, so they may practice digital diplomacy. Yet the term is much broader and relates... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Apple’s mixed reality headset could be released this year (CyberNews) WhatsApp gets green light to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group (CyberNews) TikTok CEO to meet EU antitrust chief Vestager... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Researchers warn of rise in extremism online after Covid (BBC News) The Illusion of Controls (Foreign Affairs) UK spy agency had to ‘pre-bunk’ Russian propaganda over Ukraine war, GCHQ boss says... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Exploring Digital Diplomacy 