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Mark Sedwill Tom Fletcher & I gathered ex ministers, National Security Advisers, HM Ambassadors to debate an ambitious vision for our future in an unstable world UCL Policy Lab Hertford College, Oxford ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/new…

Great honour yesterday to receive the Young Scholar Award from ISA DiplomacySection at #ISA2024 . I am indebted to my mentors RS Zaharna Jan Melissen Corneliu Bjola. and Nicholas J. Cull and to all my colleagues that inspire my work.

🚨IT'S OUT🚨 New #DigitalDiplomacy paper out today in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy with Corneliu Bjola.. We explore #ArtificialIntelligence impact on #Diplomacy and introduce concept of 'Digital Diplomatic Intelligence'. Read here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.105…

📚 New publication: 'The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy,' edited by Corneliu Bjola. and Dr. Ilan Manor 
Dive into historic analysis, global insights, theoretical reflections & case studies to explore how diplomacy has evolved in the digital age.
More info ➡️ ow.ly/YLzh50QJANR

The final seminar in the Virtual Reality & #Diplomacy class at ODID. After focusing on #publicdiplomacy last week, we used Oculus headsets today 2 explore the role of VR in international negotiations. Brilliant students, lots of fun. To be continued next year! #VR #Metaverse

Breaking new ground in #statecraft : The BU Pardee Center was honored to host the US launch of the #OxfordHandbookofDigitalDiplomacy , with the presence of its lead editor, University of Oxford Professor Corneliu Bjola.. The next frontier : #AI and #VR ! Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Oxford Academic Adil Najam 

Always a pleasure to meet Amb Jorge Heine 🤝You learn new things about high-level diplomacy every single time. 💡His new ms on 'active alignment' & the #GlobalSouth is already a must read 📖

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 5th paper in our Forum on #GenerativeAI and #Diplomacy is out in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy. Luigi Di Martino discusses how #ArtificialIntelligence apps like #ChatGPT obscure uncertainty. What impact on Public Diplomacy⁉️ #DigitalDiplomacy must read.
link.springer.com/article/10.105…

TOMORROW, Feb 29 at 12pm: The US book launch of 'The Oxford Handbook of #DigitalDiplomacy ' featuring the book's co-editor Corneliu Bjola.. He'll be joined by Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University's Min Ye & Paul Hare as discussants and Jorge Heine as moderator.

Register to attend: bu.edu/pardee/2024/02…

Interested in #diplomacy ? Will you be in #Boston this Thursday ? Don't miss the U.S. launch of #TheOxfordHandbookofDigitalDiplomacy , a major publication in this burgeoning field, at the BU Pardee Center, with the presence of Oxford professor Corneliu Bjola..Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Oxford Academic

Delighted to welcome Martin Waehlisch this evening at ODID for an engaging discussion on the UN's digital innovation strategy, including #AI and the #Metaverse . #DigitalDiplomacy

How will Generative AI impact #diplomacy ?

This new article from Corneliu Bjola. and Dr. Ilan Manor explores the potential ramifications of Generative #AI on diplomatic practice.

Could AI leave diplomats as 'mere messengers'?

Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Ukraine’s secret weapon: Art #StandWithUkraine
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Ahead of the conference, delightful talk on what is like being a diplomat with students from the MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from University of Oxford.
Best of success in your future careers!

Huge thanks to Ambassador Laura Popescu for the brilliant panel discussion at Embassy of Romania in London ! It was a huge pleasure and great honour to moderate this fabulous panel on digital diplomacy with Corneliu Bjola. University of Oxford and Dr. Ilan Manor Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Insightful conference on digital diplomacy with leading experts,authors of the brand new Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy Corneliu Bjola. & Dr. Ilan Manor,a talk masterly moderated by Federico Bianchi.
Happy to host this lively debate on how digital technologies shape&reshape diplomacy.

Grateful to Laura Popescu for expertly organising a panel on 'The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy' with editors Corneliu Bjola. and Dr. Ilan Manor, moderated by Federico Bianchi. An enlightening discussion on the transformative impact of digital technologies on diplomacy.

Fascinating discussion on #DigitalDiplomacy at the publication of a new handbook on the subject. Hosted by Embassy of Romania in London with authors Corneliu Bjola. & Dr. Ilan Manor leading discussion moderated by Federico Bianchi Fears that AI generated ‘real fakes’ will damage diplomatic dialogue.

Congratulations to Corneliu Bjola. Dr. Ilan Manor for this watershed moment. We have a field! Delighted to help launch this fascinating tome. Excited to see what the next generation of digital diplomats do.

#digitaldiplomacy

I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny. I will continue to fight for our country. And I call on you to stand beside me.

Yulia Navalnaya