Diplo Blog
Apple’s new measures to protect children online on hold
04 October 2021
The spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has plagued the internet for decades. While new material appears every now and then, existing photos and videos keep re-appearing, mostly on the dark web. Scanning im...
How to break down silos across defence, diplomacy and development?
14 September 2021
Breaking down silos between 3D (defence, diplomacy and development) is in a focus of many countries. The United States has been reinvigorated by Biden\'s administration and his appointment of Samanth...
25 years of digital (and) diplomacy: Evolution or revolution?
02 September 2021
Recently, I felt nostalgic and nervous as I was about to revisit my paper from 1996 on digital and diplomacy. Nostalgic of the time when ICTs were pushing new frontiers and carrying a utopian promise of a better world...
How can flags help us understand (and govern) AI?
27 August 2021
What do flags and artificial intelligence (AI) have in common? Patterns. When you take a closer look at flags, it’s easy to notice certain colours, shapes, and symbols that create patterns. AI also detects patterns...
Digital (and) diplomacy: Pandemic videoconferencing levels off at low altitude
27 August 2021
As everyone knows, videoconferencing took off and seemed to make a major advance into diplomacy following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Close personal encounters were inhibited by the fear of in...
[New podcast] The telegraph and diplomacy: An interview with Tom Standage
19 August 2021
Foreign policy, History of diplomacy, History of diplomacy and technology
In January 2021, Diplo began a series of online discussions titled History of Diplomacy and Technology led by Dr Jovan Kurbalija. As part of the series, Kurbalija interviewed journalist and author Tom Standage to ta...
How Afghanistan changed 30 flags in 102 years
19 August 2021
Update on flags and diplomacy: Two colours blue of the French flag Afghanistan’s Independence Day (19 August) came only days after the Taliban seized control of capital Kabul. The entire world focused on the unfo...
Diplomatic immunity: The reality of the sources of the law
It is generally understood that the source of the law on diplomatic immunity (DI) is the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Immunity (VCDR), and the immunities of consular officers is the Vienna Convention on Consula...