The Internet poses a wide range of challenges for modern diplomacy, including how to protect national cybersecurity, how to govern the Internet on the global level, and how to keep up with the content policy dynamics. These and many other questions were discussed during a number of lectures in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia, delivered by Dr Jovan Kurbalija, DiploFoundation director and head of the Geneva Internet Platform, on 12-17 March 2015.
E-diplomacy: Between tradition and innovation
Kuala Lumpur, 12 March 2015
The lunch session on E-diplomacy: Tradition and Innovation was attended by 50 diplomats from Europe and Asia. The session was hosted by the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations of the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dr Kurbalija outlined the main areas of impact of the Internet on diplomacy, categorising them in an emerging environment for diplomatic activities (geo-politics, sovereignty), new topics on the diplomatic agenda (mainly Internet governance), and use of new tools for diplomatic activities (e-diplomacy) (...)
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