Diplo Blog
131 – Asia-Pacific anxieties
28 June 2012
In his op-ed “Pacific winds bring spring”[1] former Indian ambassador T P SREENIVASAN reviews the US-India strategic relationship and concludes: “The spring in India-US relation, evident after the third round...
Asia-Pacific anxieties
28 June 2012
In his op-ed “Pacific winds bring spring”[1] former Indian ambassador T P SREENIVASAN reviews the US-India strategic relationship and concludes: “The spring in India-US relation, evident after the third roun...
Mid-year review of Internet governance developments
27 June 2012
We are at the end of the first six months of a very eventful year in Internet governance. What were the main developments, and what can we expect during the next six months? On Tuesday, 26th June, our host Dr Jovan K...
Some thoughts on the Rio+20 Environmental Summit
25 June 2012
It was probably at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 that I first heard about the problem of climate change. Or at least, it was certainly the first time I realised that it was an issue of major importance. There was a lar...
What the numbers say: The success of Diplo’s EU/ACP project
The i’s have been dotted and the t’s have been crossed and Diplo’s EU/ACP project has officially closed. The Capacity Building Programme and Community Development in Internet Governance and ICT Policy for Intra-...
EuroDIG 2012 Remote Hub Belgrade
21 June 2012
Gender rights online, Intellectual property rights, Internet governance and digital policy
On 6 June, at the Republic Agency for Electronic Communication in Serbia, a Remote Participation HUB was convened for the first plenary session of EuroDIG 2012: Intellectual property rights in the digital environmen...
The states of eDiplomacy
19 June 2012
'After a long, competitive selection process we are then told we know nothing and can't use the knowledge and skills we bring with us', said an exasperated new foreign diplomat based in Rome from a diplomatic service ...
129 – Will 300 million Chinese leave China for Africa?
19 June 2012
In a two parts article Asia Times[1] argues that 300 million Chinese will soon migrate into Africa. This prediction is startling enough to warrant consideration. The argument relies on a mix of “push” and “pu...
