![]() invites the interested public Thursday, 19 March 2015, 11:30 Room 1989 (8, Spiru Haret st, ground floor) to the guest lecture, book launch and debate ON DIGITAL DIPLOMACY & BEYOND with Corneliu BJOLA University of Oxford around the volume Corneliu Bjola, Marcus Holmes, eds. Digital Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Routledge 2015 Public event (within the limit of available seats), moderated, in English, approx. 3h (with 2 short breaks). Complimentary tea available for all participants. About the volume ![]() Digital technology has changed the ways firms conduct business, individuals conduct social relations, and states conduct governance internally, but states are only just realizing its potential to change the ways all aspects of interstate interactions are conducted. In particular, the adoption of digital diplomacy (i.e., the use of social media for diplomatic purposes) has been implicated in changing practices of how diplomats engage in information management, public diplomacy, strategy planning, international negotiations or even crisis management. Despite these significant changes and the promise that digital diplomacy offers, little is known, from an analytical perspective, about how digital diplomacy works. This volume brings together established scholars and experienced policy-makers to bridge this analytical gap. The objective of the book is to theorize what digital diplomacy is, assess its relationship to traditional forms of diplomacy, examine the latent power dynamics inherent in digital diplomacy, and assess the conditions under which digital diplomacy informs, regulates, or constrains foreign policy. Organized around a common theme of investigating digital diplomacy as a form of change management in the international system, it combines diverse theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented chapters centered on international change. "Rapid increases in the availability and power of connection technologies are changing the modes of international relations and the conditions for statecraft in the 21st century. This volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of how. This is a smart read for foreign policy practitioners and those that study them." -- Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2009-13) ![]() The event is organized for the BA in International Relations and European Studies students within the Professionals in International Relations and European Studies (ProRISE) programme of the Centre for International Cooperation and Development Studies (IDC). |
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