You receive hundreds of pieces of information on digital politics. We receive them, too. We decode, contextualise, and analyse them. Then we summarise them for you. Every last Tuesday of the month, the Internet governance briefings provide a 'zoomed-out' update of the major global IG and digital policy developments. The Internet governance in January 2019 [...]
The AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy and Diplo are co-organising the session 'Embedding science and technology in international relations education and diplomatic training' on Saturday February in Washington DC. With the insights, practice, and products of science and technology becoming increasingly important to and in international relations and diplomacy, greater capacity to understand science diplomacy [...]
Humanitarian diplomacy is persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act at all times in the interests of vulnerable people, and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles. The rapid expansion of the number of humanitarian actors in recent years, working for or with governments at all levels and often in complex situations, makes humanitarian [...]
Diplo offers three postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 18 February 2019: Diplomatic Theory and Practice Public Diplomacy Introduction to Internet Governance For more information on each course please click on the titles above. These online courses are available as Diplo Certificate Courses (application deadline: 14 January 2019) and University of Malta Accredited Courses (application deadline: 17 December [...]
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 paradigm that encourages and demands active involvement and ownership from the people and communities involved in aid programmes. [...]
Diplo in co-operation with The Delegation of the European Union is organising a Lunch briefing on artifical intelligence (AI) and diplomacy on Tuesday 19 February in Washington DC, NW. There have been significant advances in AI over the past decade which have lead to many debates about its potential social, economic, and security impact. However, [...]
What were the main Internet governance updates in February? How will recent updates influence the developments in upcoming months? Join us for our next monthly briefing, on Tuesday, 26th February, for a round-up of the major global IG and digital policy developments. You receive hundreds of pieces of information on digital politics. We receive them, [...]