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Digital diplomacy and public awareness

Digital diplomacy can be an important tool in boosting foreign-policy goals, widening international relations and broadening cultural and social interactions Digital diplomacy can be defined...

Can America remain model of democracy around the world?

The Constitution and civic participation in a democracy played an critical role in my career abroad as a public diplomacy foreign service officer for...

“Cultural Diplomacy – The Contribution of Diaspora” web conference organized by AHEPA PATRAS HJ...

The contribution of the Hellenic Diaspora in the forging of bilateral cultural relations between Greece and third countries is the key issue of the...

“Turkey’s Public Diplomacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina” Book was Published

The book named as “Turkey’s Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sandzak (2002-2017)” was published by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB). Emerging...

The Circuitous Route to Becoming an Ambassador

BOOK EXCERPT The Circuitous Route to Becoming an Ambassador Adventure, service and international cooperation drew me to the Foreign Service. Don’t lose your own ideals on your way to the top. By AMBASSADOR TOM ARMBRUSTER | JANUARY 3, 2021 Ambassador Tom Armbruster's interest in the environment and climate change led him underwater during his tour in the Marsall Islands. Photo by Raycrew Marshall Islands. There are two ways to become an American ambassador. For the first one, you have to be handsomely rich, very well connected politically or capable of raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a successful presidential candidate. The second route is more circuitous and demanding, but also more fun. It winds through the trails and passageways of the U.S. Foreign Service. To join the Foreign Service, you must be a U.S. citizen, 21 or older, and willing to serve at any of the more than 270 American diplomatic missions around the w..

Why are U.S. Presidents not following other world leaders on social media?

President-elect Joe Biden is “expected to engage, engage, engage” wrote CBS News Foreign Affairs analyst Pamela Falk, adding “Mr. Biden has made it clear...

Uncle Sam Wants You – to Be a Citizen Diplomat: An Historical View of...

There is certainly no shortage of foreign policy advice directed at President-elect Biden. The need to restructure the State Department and rebuild America’s diplomatic...

The Happiest Warrior Bruce Herschensohn, 1932–2020

Bruce Herschensohn would hate what I’m about to do. He always lamented that Years of Lightning, Day of Drums—the acclaimed documentary he produced about...

Die EU braucht eine digitale Außenpolitik

Joe Bidens Wahlsieg in den USA ist ein Zeichen dafür, dass das Land zum Multilateralismus, zum gemeinschaftlichen Handeln und zur Verteidigung der demokratischen Werte...

Algorithms control your online life. Here’s how to reduce their influence.

The world in 2020 has been given plenty of reasons to be wary of algorithms. Depending on the result of the U.S. presidential election,...