Unpacking Global Digital Compact: Actors, Issues, and Processes
Unpacking the Global Digital Compact explores the origins and impact of the Global Digital Compact (GDC), a new UN framework adopted at the 2024 Summit of the Future to shape digital and AI governance. This book explores the GDC's complex negotiations and its role in fostering global cooperation amid diverse perspectives and diplomatic challenges. Through accessible analysis and practical insights, it serves as a vital resource for understanding how the GDC aligns digital governance with the public interest and addresses the challenges of an increasingly complex policy landscape.
Diplomacy Reimagined: Competencies 2040 | Talents, knowledge, and skills for diplomats in the AI Era
The book examines how AI is transforming diplomacy by automating routine tasks, allowing diplomats to focus on essential human skills like engagement and negotiation. The author explores the evolving importance of talents, knowledge, and skills, emphasising the need for new competencies and continuous learning in the AI-driven era. Drawing from decades of experience in diplomatic training, the book offers insights into how the profession must adapt to thrive in this rapidly changing landscape.
Decoding Disinformation: Lessons from Case Studies
The evolution of the internet over the years has played a crucial role in the access to and dissemination of information. The digitalisation of news portals, the creation of social media, and the presence of AI have not only contributed to…
Tech Diplomacy: Actors, Trends, and Controversies
In today’s world, tech diplomacy bridges governments and tech companies, focusing on governance, policy, and cooperation in digital technologies and AI. This publication examines its definition, relevance, key actors, methods, and global hubs. It builds on prior reports and highlights Denmark’s pioneering efforts in establishing a dedicated tech diplomacy policy.
Understanding AI through national flags
Understanding how AI functions is becoming necessary for everyone, from citizens to societal leaders. Citizens’ basic rights and well-being can be affected by AI. Political and business leaders have to make decisions about AI, sometimes involving delicate trade-offs. AI poses two levels of explainability challenges: one is for technical people to understand how neural networks function, and the other is for the wider population to understand AI and what it is capable of.
Beyond print: How books evolve in the age of AI acceleration
DiploPublishing, Publications Artificial Intelligence, Cultural diversityThe blog discusses the challenges faced by traditional publishing in keeping up with the rapid pace of technological advancements and societal changes. It proposes a two-speed approach to book publishing, integrating real-time updates with annual reflections, to balance timeliness and depth. Embracing multimedia elements in publishing is also recommended to cater to evolving preferences. The blog emphasizes the importance of adapting research and publishing practices to address the current speed of change, ensuring quality alongside quantity in academic output. Diplo's experiments in new publishing methods, focusing on cognitive proximity, aim to reshape knowledge sharing in the digital age.
History of Diplomacy and Technology: From Smoke Signals to Artificial Intelligence
The book 'History of Diplomacy and Technology' reminds us that every new technology throughout history has promised to change the way diplomacy is conducted. Some changes occurred, but the essence of diplomacy remained the same: the peaceful resolution of disputes through negotiation and mediation. This historical journey of diplomacy's continuity and technological changes since smoke signals is thought-provoking reading as we consider the future of diplomacy in the AI era.
Diplomacy and Globalization: Theorizing, Cases and Synergies
Diplomacy and Globalization, is the first book in the series The Badger School of Diplomacy authored by Milan Jazbec, PhD, Ambassador and Professor of diplomacy, poet and writer, member of the first generation of Slovene diplomats, employed at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
Tech diplomacy practice in the San Francisco Bay Area
A fresh look five years after the first mapping in 2018, this report examines how countries engage in tech diplomacy in the San Francisco Bay Area. The report maps a selection of diplomatic representations to illustrate the variety of approaches engaged and identifies both the benefits and challenges for countries and tech companies in pursuing the practice of tech diplomacy.
Mapping the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence for the conduct of diplomacy
The report discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on diplomacy, highlighting its growing importance and influence on international relations. AI presents both challenges and opportunities for diplomats and professionals in the field of international relations.
