Digital Diplomacy

Stiže istina o ruskoj vojsci: Šojgu pravi svoj Holivud 0
- Digital Diplomacy, Public diplomacy, Tekstovi na srpskom
- 4th July 2019
Ministarstvo odbrane Rusije namerava da napravi sopstveni filmski studio na parku „Patriot“, u kojem je upravo završen Međunarodni vojno-tehnički forum „Armija 2019“. Kako se očekuje, posebna pažnja će biti posvećena snimanju blokbastera. Ministar odbrane Rusije Sergej Šojgu izrazio je u intervjuu televiziji „Zvezda“ razočarenje u domaću kinematografiju. Po njegovom mišljenju, jako slabo se prate savremeni
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Jovan Kurbalija (55) is the Ambassador of the Internet 0
- Digital Diplomacy, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
- 3rd July 2019
“ambassadors of the Internet”, says Jovan Kurbalija (55) in Geneva is called. In 1992, the native Serb invented the “digital diplomacy”. What is the be, Mr Kurbalija is? “What do you do in the Morning after Waking up first?” back he asks and answers the question himself: “you grab your phone and check the news
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Empowering Israel’s Foreign Service with innovative diplomacy 0
- Digital Diplomacy, E Government, Who is who in Digital and Public Diplomacy
- 2nd July 2019
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is crying out for change more than ever before. The decade-long tenure of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister has plunged this key government agency, tasked with managing and carrying out Israel’s foreign affairs, to unprecedented lows. In many respects, the MFA i
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Selfie Diplomacy in a post-Brexit World 0
- Digital Diplomacy
- 27th June 2019
In 2015 Dr. Elad Segev and I examined the Selfie Diplomacy of the US State Department. We defined selfie diplomacy as the use of social media sites to proactively manage a nation’s image. In this sense, selfie diplomacy is akin to nation branding campaigns in which a nation’s image can be created, monitored and evaluated so as to enhance a nation’s attractiveness among a foreign audience. Yet selfie diplomacy also differs from nation branding as it overcomes the limitations of traditional branding campaigns.
The first limitation of nation branding campaigns is their inability to react to changes in the media’s depiction of a given nation. This is because nation branding campaigns consist of pre-authored messages and narratives. Yet political crises, wars, contentious foreign policies and the actions of national leaders can all influence the media’s depiction of a nation rendering its branding activities meaningless. The greater the gap between a nation’s identity claims, and the media..
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Can digital diplomacy skills serve as public diplomacy resources? The case of Brexit 0
- Digital Diplomacy
- 24th June 2019
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 the UK Foreign Secretary held one of the world’s first live Twitter Q&A sessions while in 2012 the White House live tweeted a state visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron. It was during this stage that diplomats sought to leverage digital technologies toward engaging with digital publics and fostering relationships with foreign populations.
The first stage of public diplomacy’s digitalization came to an abrupt end in 2014 as Russian special forces crossed the border into Eastern Ukraine. The Crimean Crisis was not just a diplomatic crisis that ruptured relations between Western nations and Russia. It was also a digital crisis wh..
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State Department establishing new IT governance body 0
- Cyber, Digital Diplomacy, E Government, World
- 21st June 2019
At the secretary of State’s direction, McGuigan convened a Digital Diplomacy Council that includes all IT leaders and projects throughout the department. It will first address cybersecurity reliability and then enterprise architecture.
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