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Post-COVID-19 economic diplomacy for small states
28 March 2022
Small states, which make up more than half of the world\'s population, employ various tactics and strategies to best position themselves for economic development and political influence in today\'s globalised, multi-p...
Cybercrime: Recognising and preventing malicious activities online
16 March 2022
With the advent of digital banking and digital technologies, new pathways to criminal and illicit activities have opened up. This post discusses cybercrime, and analyses its impact and potential prevention measures th...
Science diplomacy lessons from the movie Don’t Look Up
13 March 2022
The star-studded Netflix movie Don’t Look Up provoked a lot of debate. As the first cohort of Diplo’s Science Diplomacy online course, we got together to explore the movie from the perspective of science diplomacy...
A new era of Chinese foreign policy
03 March 2022
As China is getting close to meeting all the measures of what defines a global great power (political, economic, and military might with a global reach), Beijing’s new foreign policy has raised questions about the e...
AI promises, ethics, and human rights: Time to open Pandora’s box
11 February 2022
AI and diplomacy, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Human rights
In 2021, I participated in the Artificial Intelligence online course offered by Diplo. In one of our online sessions, a passionate debate flared on the topic of the day: AI’s ethical and human rights implications. T...
Improving diplomatic institutions through technology
03 February 2022
Digital diplomacy, Diplomatic functions and tools, Diplomatic service, E-tools, Social media
Despite an increasingly globalised society, the institutions of diplomacy continue using traditional methods that can be improved by the simple use of new technologies. For example, embassies and ministries of foreign...
The US approach to offline and online threats and attacks on critical infrastructure by non-state actors
28 January 2022
Critical infrastructure, Cyberconflict and warfare, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity
The US government has increasingly identified critical infrastructure as a particularly attractive target for criminal and terrorist groups that seek to injure the state’s interests and capabilities. But what is c...
