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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- Floppy disks in Japan: Minister declares war on old-fashioned technology (BBC News) How Queen Elizabeth embraced new technologies during her reign (National Geographic) Russians will be able to buy the iPhone... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday, August 31st, it was announced that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died aged 91. As is the case with any major event, different news outlets narrated Gorbachev’s differently. Newspapers, websites and bloggers all adopted different narratives, or frames when depicting Gorbachev . For instance, the BBC headline read “Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader... Continue Reading →
This week I have published a new working paper examining Russia's practice of 'Selfie Diplomacy' during 2020-2021. The Working paper begins by discussing why nostalgia is such a common sentiment in todays' world, arguing that nostalgia is an attempt to force logic onto an incoherent world. Next, the working paper examines the Selfie and asserts... Continue Reading →
In 2014, Russia launched a stealth invasion of Ukraine. Resulting in the annexation of Crimea, the 2014 invasion saw the mass utilization of social media by Russian state authorities, the Russian foreign ministry and Russian diplomats. Russia’s digital communications rested on four arguments. First, that the democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted from... 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 – Senate Bill to Boost Chip Production, Advanced Technology Set to Move Ahead (Wall Street Journal)Google fires engineer who said AI tech has feelings (BBC News)Kmart halt use of facial recognition... Continue Reading →
On Monday, the Council of the European Union published a policy report outlining the EU’s new approach to digital diplomacy. As I argue in this blog post, the EU’s policy report is important for three reasons. First, it was published in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine War in which digital technologies have played a crucial... 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 – Crypto is crashing but the tech behind it could save luxury brands billions (CNN Business)China and Taiwan clash over Wikipedia edits (BBC News)Health Sites Let Ads Track Visitors Without Telling... Continue Reading →
It is often said that practice makes perfect. While Ukraine’s digital diplomacy is not perfect, the Ukrainian government has gained valuable expertise in using digital technologies. Indeed, since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukraine has employed a host of innovative digital tactics. These include the creation of a hacker army; crowdfunding aid for its... 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 IT Army of Ukraine- Structure, Tasking and Ecosystem (ETH-Zurich)Meta Agrees to Alter Ad Technology in Settlement With U.S. (The New York Times)Google Is Sharing Our Data at a Startling... 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 – How Russia changed its hacking tactics in 2014 (CyberNews)We warned Google that people might believe AI was sentient. Now it’s happening. (Washington Post)SpaceX fires workers who criticized Elon Musk in... Continue Reading →
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