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Engaging North Korea with Science Diplomacy

Engaging North Korea with Science Diplomacy By Linda Staheli When one thinks of diplomatic engagement with North Korea – officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...

Event Review: Ambassador Don Beyer on American Public Diplomacy

On Tuesday, ASP Board Member Ambassador Don Beyer spoke on his experiences as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Outlining the three roles of an...

Ranking of Governments Engaged in Digital Diplomacy Through Social Media

The concept of Digital Diplomacy (sometimes called Virtual Diplomacy) is fairly new, arguably coming to the forefront of international affairs as a result of...

Becoming A Champion in a Time of Change

Evan Kraus is executive director at APCO Worldwide The rapid transformation of the communications discipline need not be a barrier to seizing global opportunities. In my...

Ten Takeaways from the Country Promotion Strategy Conference

Dr. Joshua Walker, director of global programs, is based in APCO’s Washington, D.C. office. Today I had the privilege of attending the Country Promotion Strategy Conference,...

Digital Politicking Comes to Europe

Dec 26, 2013 Written by  Matt Bostrom, Guest Contributor Many of us have heard that the United States is “ahead of Europe” when...

Diplomacy in the cloud Matthew Barzun

Last week I took part in a lively debate at Wilton Park, a forum for exchange and dialogue on global issues established at the...

From a Diplomat’s F-Word to Sochi’s Hotel Horrors, It’s Been Twitter’s Big Week

By Carol Matlack February 07, 2014 Photograph by Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian...

Baird seeks Google help on unleashing Canadian diplomats on social media

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is encouraging Canadian diplomats to experiment with social media to promote democratic freedom and trade across the...

In the Scripted World of Diplomacy, a Burst of Tweets

By MARK LANDLERFEB. 4, 2014  WASHINGTON — On his first anniversary as secretary of state on Tuesday, John Kerry celebrated by reactivating his Twitter handle....