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“Thousands of Cameras” – a citizen response to mass biometric surveillance

SHARE, an organisation based in Belgrade, are investigating Huawei's dealings with the Serbian government. In this case study, they explain what obstacles they faced...

Go digital on diplomacy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs should set up the dedicated office of e-diplomacy to solve the foreign policy problems by using the internet. The outbreak of...

Coronavirus should not stop us defining and championing Global Britain – Telegraph

Director of the British Foreign Policy Group, Sophia Gaston, wrote for the Telegraph, arguing that Coronavirus should not stop us defining and championing Global Britain. In the piece, Sophia argues: “There have been many policy casualties of the coronavirus pandemic, but one of the most significant shifts in the UK Government’s focus has been the postponement of the Integrated Review of our Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. The Review had finally swung into motion and was hurtling ahead at break-neck speed, the government mindful that international goodwill towards the Global Britain project could not be sustained indefinitely on a handful of aspirational speeches. In the four years since the referendum on our membership of the European Union, Britain’s foreign policy has existed largely in..

Coronavirus chatbot answers Estonians’ pandemic questions

A state-backed chatbot is providing coronavirus information across Estonian government websites to help keep the public informed during the crisis. The coronavirus chatbot, dubbed Suve,...

Coronavirus: A Digital Governance Emergency of International Concern

Strident digital, surveillance and diplomatic policies are being written in the heat of a disaster — not through deliberation or agreement, but through escalating...

A chatbot will help you find answers to your questions about the crisis

 The websites of several government agencies now have Suve, an automated chatbot which provides answers to frequently asked questions about the emergency situation and...

“Fighting Like a Lion for Serbia”: An Analysis of Government-Linked Influence Operations in Serbia

On March 26, 2020 Twitter announced a takedown of accounts targeting Ser- bian Twitter users. Twitter reported that this network—consisting of approxi- mately 8,500...

Empowering Israel’s Foreign Service with innovative diplomacy

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

State Department establishing new IT governance body

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.

How Germany is preparing to digitize government and labor

Germany's independent Digital Council is looking for answers to the digital future. One of the group's members tells DW why Germany is already on...