Gender equality in diplomacy: Chinese and other foreign ministries
Diplo Wisdom Circle Gender rights online, Public diplomacy Blogs
The Chinese Foreign Ministry made a welcome change in its external public outreach after 3 September 2021. While Chinese easily identify male and female names, foreigners lacking full mastery over the language (i.e., knowledge of ideogram…
Humanising immigration: Taking the discussion further
Diplo Wisdom Circle Communication, Diplomatic theory and practice, Language and diplomacy, Migration Blogs
In this blog post, I want to respond to some of the questions that were raised during our recent WebDebate on humanising immigration. This is crucial for keeping the discussion going and doing justice to all the valuable questions and comments…
Governments vs ChatGPT: Investigations around the world
Child safety online, Consumer protection, Content policy, Data governance, Internet governance and digital policy, Liability of intermediaries, Privacy and data protection BlogsChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Now, governments around the world are starting to take notice of these tools, and have launched investigations into OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Here are the countries that are probing OpenAI.
Governments vs ChatGPT: Regulation around the world
Consumer protection, Content policy, Internet governance and digital policy, Privacy and data protection BlogsChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Now, governments around the world are starting to take notice of these tools, and have launched investigations into OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Here are the countries that are probing OpenAI.
News, newsworthiness and ‘truths’
Diplo Wisdom Circle Media Blogs
An Oxford Don (or Doña? – since my friend Bi is a lady) called me up the other day. She had been asked to participate in the seminar Translation and Language in the Media, and asked me for my three-penny worth of opinion. I laughed out…
Two kinds of conversation: Dialectic and dialogic
Diplo Wisdom Circle Diplomatic theory and practice, Negotiations Blogs
Ancient Greece developed a unique way of settling disagreements among cities: hoplites met in a plain, fought for a day and abided by the outcome. ‘For those men, the purpose was now to settle the entire business, if not fairly, then…
It was 20 years ago today: Two decades of the increased research, education, and digital development of diplomacy
BlogsMy experience with Diplo is twofold: personal and academic, and the two are intertwined.
In 1990, I was working at the Yugoslav Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belgrade. One morning, a representative from Human Resources introduced us…
Diplomacy as poetry
Diplo Wisdom Circle Ambiguity, Diplomatic theory and practice, Language and diplomacy Blogs
Can poetry help diplomacy? A joke, surely! Poetry and diplomacy are worlds apart and have nothing in common other than using language as a medium. Diplomacy is devoid of poetry unless, that is, we count the alliteration in President Trump’s…
National champions do not help to win the race for digital industrialisation
Updates Data and diplomacy, E-commerce and trade BlogsFrom a governmental perspective, national champions are usually private-led companies seen as vital to promoting the interests of the nation. Often, this recognition translates into governmental policies that support or favour these enterprises…
What’s new with cybersecurity negotiations: OEWG 2021-2025 second substantive session
Cybersecurity BlogsThe UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on cyber, which will be active until 2025, held its second substantive session. The discussions were overtaken by an organisational issue that should have been solved at the very start of the group’s…
Post-COVID-19 economic diplomacy for small states
Alumni COVID-19 and Diplomacy, Diplomacy of small states BlogsSmall 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-polar, and competitive environment.
The…
Cybercrime: Recognising and preventing malicious activities online
Alumni Cybercrime, Cybersecurity BlogsWith 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 that might be applied to avoid…
