In our December WebDebate, we looked at artificial intelligence (AI). AI is of geostrategic importance and countries are already investing heavily in AI and developing AI strategies. As AI potentially impacts nearly all aspects of society and the eco...
In our September WebDebate, we looked at space diplomacy. While space diplomacy is a hotly debated issue of geopolitical dimensions, it also reminds us of the need for multilateral efforts and pooling resources together in the interest of achieving a...
18 Sep 2018
Blog post
Recent developments, such as the dispute over the EU’s Galileo Satellite and British access after Brexit, as well as the USA’ announcement of creating a space force, remind us that this is not a marginal topic, but a hotly debated issue of geopolitic...
4 Sep 2018
Event
Our June WebDebate tackled the topic of Algorithmic diplomacy. Three issues in this field were discussed in the debate: algorithmic diplomacy in the context of geopolitical analysis and public diplomacy, impact of algorithms on human rights and the q...
12 Jun 2018
Blog post
There are now vast amounts of data that are potentially useful for foreign policy decision-making, yet they are not easily accessible to analysts. Algorithms are likely to play an increasing role in making sense of all this data. Hence, they are like...
5 Jun 2018
Event
Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Resource
Small and developing states with limited geographical, human, and financial resources face the challenge of doing more with less: they need to employ all available methods to increase their representation, including networks, alliances, and informati...
Course
Small and developing states with limited geographical, human, and financial resources face the challenge of doing more with less: they need to employ all available methods to increase their representation, including networks, alliances, and informati...
Course
Diplomacy in the 21st century is more proactive, multidirectional, and innovative than ever before.
Our world is increasingly interconnected, as demonstrated by the domestic impact of external issues. New subjects crowd the international agenda. A...
Course
Capacity development has been emerging as a central approach within development for more than two decades. This approach has gradually shifted the focus of development practice from simple financial aid and technical cooperation towards a complex new...
Course
Effective bilateral diplomacy is essential to advancing a country’s external interests.
Bilateral diplomacy is a key building block of international relations, i.e. the way a pair of countries deals with each other. This course offers a practition...
Course
Explore the origins of multilateral diplomacy and its evolution within a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
This course introduces participants to the diplomatic interaction among more than two actors, with particular emphasis on the multil...
Course
This question popped into my head during one of my Geneva walks. That day, on my daily attempt to pass 12,000 steps, I came across a poster that made me curios to visit an exhibition T’es où? (in English Where are you?) at the Geneva Science Mu...
12 Jun 2016
Blog post
News of the laying of a BRICS-cable triggered public attention as news of laying telegraph cables did a century ago. The ‘cable rush’ by Britain, Germany and France – then major industrial and colonial powers – heralded the start of cable geo-politic...
7 Oct 2013
Blog post
The Philippines and the United Arab Emirates are the closest friends in the Facebook world. Serbia is among Austria’s best friends. Georgia and Russia are good friends as well! A map of more (or less) expected Facebook friendship is avail...
24 Sep 2012
Blog post