Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week – China: MI5 and FBI heads warn of ‘immense’ threat (BBC News)North Korean hackers are targeting American healthcare organizations (TechCrunch)How Ukraine Is Winning the Propaganda War (Wired)Japanese court ruling poised to... Continue Reading →
Recording-Panel: Digital Diplomacy and the War in Ukraine
On Tuesday, March 15, the Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group, and the Department of Communications at Ben Gurion University of the Negev held a special panel discussion on how digital diplomacy is shaping the Russia-Ukraine War. The horrid War in Ukraine has been accompanied by intense use of digital technologies. Ukraine's besieged President has used... 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- People want trusted news, Reuters Institute says (Reuters)Inside a Chinese Propaganda Campaign (The New York Times) Read the Pentagon’s UFO Report to Congress (The Verge)Egypt Firm raises $3.6M to connect celebrities... Continue Reading →
Can digital diplomacy skills serve as public diplomacy resources? The case of Brexit
When evaluating the digitalization of public diplomacy, one can segment this process into two stages. The first stage lasted from circa 2007 to 2014. It was during this stage that diplomats and diplomatic institutions began to experiment with digital technologies. In 2007 the Swedish Institute launched one of the world’s first virtual embassies. In 2011... Continue Reading →