The Guardian reports that during the London G20 summit in 2009, British intelligence services read delegates’ e-mail exchanges, hacked delegates’ smart phones and even set up an internet café for G20 participants with the purpose of extracting password details and related information.
By Katharina Höne on 18 Jun 2013 | From the Home channel
By Editor on 30 May 2013 | From the Home channel
Diplo was born in the small island state of Malta; since then, diplomats from small island states have always had a special place in Diplo’s courses.
By Editor on 23 May 2013 | From the Home channel
Humanitarian diplomacy is persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act, at all times, in the interests of vulnerable people, and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles.
By Biljana Scott on 22 May 2013 | From the Home channel
A diplomatic fall-out from Saturday’s Eurovision contest has embroiled heads of State and Foreign Ministers: apparently some points assigned to the Russian entry by Azeri televoters have gone missing.
By Mary on 3 May 2013 | From the Home channel
'Azerbaijanis better start watching their online language. Any unkind word thrown into cyber space may soon result in a legal action if plans to censor publicly accessible virtual conversations go through.' So reports Giorgi Lomsadze on eurasianet.org.
By Tereza Horejsova on 29 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
Could we get another Talleyrand or Metternich through an online course? Diplomatic protocol, negotiations and other practical topics in diplomatic training – is it a “learning by doing” exercise or can you teach these efficiently in an online learning environment?
By Hannah on 24 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been around in various forms since 2008. However, The New York Times dubbed 2012 as ‘The Year of...
By Jovan Kurbalija on 20 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
Last Wednesday (17 April 2013) we discussed the key dilemmas of online learning. This lively event involved more than 70 people and 3 panels with 2 panellists debating the following questions:
By Ginger on 17 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
I enjoyed Pete's post: Social Media and online learning - is it such an obvious marriage? as much as I enjoyed the original debate, Social media can enrich online learning as part of...
By petecranston on 17 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
It seems a no-brainer: learning is social, online media are social, ergo social media and learning are made for each other. It's not quite so easy, I believe.