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A stronger voice: How Namibian diplomatic practice is updating to the era of digitalisation
17 January 2022
Capacity development, Diplomacy courses and workshops, Diplomatic functions and tools, E-tools, Foreign ministries, Internet governance and digital policy, Pedagogy
Read also: Media release by the Namibian Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation: Namibian diplomats receive digital diplomacy virtual training from the Government of Malta and DiploFoundation Media...
Quo vadis, United Nations?: Is the UN system too complex for its own good and how relevant is it today?
14 January 2022
Human history, as in fact the story of life itself, is a series of false starts, missteps, and incremental improvements, punctuated with very occasional quantum leaps. In diplomacy and politics, just as in evolution, ...
Launch: Anticipatory Science and Diplomacy for a renewed multilateralism
12 January 2022
The world is experiencing breakthrough science and technological advances at an unprecedented speed. These discoveries will reshape how we view ourselves as humans, how we relate to each other in society and how we ca...
Summit meetings: Their importance in diplomacy
11 January 2022
Summits between state leaders that have no tangible outcomes are frequently considered a failure and a loss of resources and time. This post will provide a brief account of the arguments for and against the importanc...
Strategies of modern-day small states
06 January 2022
A general, yet to a certain extent incorrect, feeling in international relations is that smaller states are weaker than large or medium-sized states. Many factors shed light on this school of thought, including the...
In memory of Ian Peter, internet pioneer and visionary thinker…
03 January 2022
On 26 December 2021, Ian Peter passed away at home. We will miss him dearly. For us at Diplo, Ian was a great friend, colleague, lecturer, and inspiring thinker. He was, as Jovan once said, ‘the wisdom of last res...
Year in review: The digital policy developments that defined 2021
27 December 2021
AI and diplomacy, Cybernorms, Cybersecurity, Data and diplomacy, Development, Economic, Human rights, Infrastructure, Internet governance and digital policy, Internet of things, Legal and regulatory, Metaverse Diplomacy, Sociocultural, Surveillance
For most countries, 2021 was a continuation of pandemic woes. As people swapped contact tracing apps for vaccine passports, the wave of misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines spread even faster. Beyond COVID-19, the b...
Digital accessibility in Kenya after COVID-19
16 December 2021
When the COVID-19 outbreak was first announced in Kenya in March 2020, panic began as people saw the effects of curfews and the closing of offices, businesses, and schools. Three days after the initial information reg...