Digital Diplomacy

Using Public Diplomacy As A Foreign Policy Tool

Earlier this January, President Obama gave his first-ever one-on-one interview on German television. The background of this rare interview was news reports originating last...

New Site, New Voices, Same Purpose

As you can see, E-International Relations has recently had a facelift.  Don’t be fooled, however.  The update was purely cosmetic but E-IR has committed...

Twitter diplomacy: prominent innovation in foreign policies *text from Voice of Russia 15...

The so-called ‘Twitter diplomacy’ has become one of the most prominent innovations in foreign policies of the world’s leading countries, political analysts say. Officials...

Digital at heart

Over 4,500 twitter followers, a blogging Ambassador, a gallery online telling UK-Holy See relations in pictures. These are part of the digital of the...

[Today in PD] Public Diplomacy And The State Of The Union

President Obama delivering the State of the Union address, Feb. 12, 2013. Credit: WhiteHouse.gov A State of the Union address is always a major public...

The White House full force on Twitter

After the firing of Jofi Joseph, the National Security Council staffer who was fired for criticizing senior Administration officials under the nom de plume...

Use of social technologies has plateaued, says McKinsey

"While the percentage of companies adopting social technologies remains high, it has plateaued," says McKinsey in its "Organizing for change through social technologies" Global...

Bitcoin to finance election campaigns?

The Federal Election Commission is debating a proposal to let political candidates and campaign committees accept bitcoins as contributions, in the same way computer...

Twitter guide for government and foreign policy

Twitter Media has published an interesting guide with best practices, resources, and success stories on how to use Twitter in government, diplomacy, and foreign...

Great victory for @MFAKOSOVO and @Petrit as Kosovo attains status on #Facebook

The result is a success for all @DigitalKosovo partners, including @NorwayMFA @foreignoffice and @ksBritish. here is the article by the New york Times on Kosovo’s...