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Welcome to Around the World! This week we focus on diplomacy in the digital era, an examination of Iranian President-elect Rouhani's ideology, a look at Northern Ireland's politics, and more.
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Issue IV, Vol VII: The Future of Diplomacy: Diplomacy in the Digital Era The Diplomatic Courier announces its special edition on the future of diplomacy in a digital era, featuring "The Case for Mediated Diplomacy", "Evolving the Handshake", "Twitter and #Governments", and our cover story "Can We "Ctrl+Alt+Del" U.S. Foreign Policy in the Internet Age?". Don't miss another issue--subscribe here! |
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Can We "Ctrl+Alt+Del" U.S. Foreign Policy in the Internet Age? We still do not know how “Twitter diplomacy” will affect relations between two powerhouse countries already confronting a delicate friendship, as in the case between Egypt and the United States since the Arab Spring. The internet is making it more difficult to “control, alternate, and delete” U.S. foreign policy. Read more about it here! |
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Statecraft Comes to Cities Citizen diplomacy from a national perspective is strategic, not tactical. Its goals are to create new opportunities, develop mutual interests, and cultivate communities with international and cultural competence. It offers governments a chance to diversify their portfolio of international relations. Read more about it here. |
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Piercing the Veil of Iranian President-Elect Rouhani's Ideology: Going Beyond Electoral Politics Rouhani's career was not a straight-forward trajectory to the presidency, and his past was not constructed around supporting his bid. After spending years in the very heart of the Iranian revolution and government, Rouhani desires a revival of the revolutionary spirit and a renewed hope in justice and democracy. Read more about it here. |
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Mom+Social Summit: Updating the Status of Women and Children's Healthcare Globally Moms are one of the most powerful forces in our world. And digital media has given mothers everywhere new opportunities to share, learn, advocate, and create change for the health and security of their families—and for other mothers worldwide. Read more about it here. |
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Northern Ireland: On the Brink of a Dangerous 'Marching Season' The next decade there will mark a series of significant ‘centenary commemorations’ that will mark the foundation of both the ‘Irish Free State’ and the state of ‘Northern Ireland’. The lack of political unity between the DUP and Sinn Fein over the Union flag protests was a setback. All the parties involved in power-sharing in Stormont must absolutely commit to work constructively together. Read more about it here. |
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Assessing David Cameron's G8 Agenda On Tax and Transparency UK Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his agenda for the Lough Eurne G8 Summit to focus on a special blend of ‘T’: trade, tax, and transparency. But will the agenda continue after the G8 Summit? Read more about it here. |
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On Sunday, July 14th, the world's last telegram was sent in India--or so it was reported. Already considered a dead technology by most of the world, the telegram was declared dead by the Christian Science Monitor (although a correction was later posted) at the news that India was shutting down its state-run service, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. For 163 years, the Indian national telecommunications company was the bearer of news, from births to deaths to everything in between, but text messaging and the rise of smartphone adoption in the developing world removed the need for the technology. However, as Ars Technica reports, many regions still use Telex as a means of communication, bolstered by post offices; in fact, every post office in Italy still has a printer and Telex. In the continuing saga over NSA spying programs and Edward Snowden's travails, the leak of information is proving to continue to harm U.S. relations with the world. While Europe is angry over surveillance of embassies in New York and Washington, Latin Americans are angry over alleged hackings of Bolivian President Evo Morales' email. Morales stated in a speech that he had found out about the alleged US hacking at the Mercosur regional summit in Uruguay last week, and speculated that the U.S. may plan to use information gathered from his email in planning a future "invasion" of Bolivia. Bolivia has been one of the countries to offer Edward Snowden political asylum, along with Venezuela and Nicaragua. Meanwhile, other reports of NSA intelligence gathering in Latin America have prompted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to state her country will raise concerns about the U.S. program with the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.This Week in History
1950: General Douglas MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea. 2000: China announces that it would withdraw its loan application from the World Bank, and would instead use its own resources to implement the Qinghai Component of the China Western Poverty Reduction Project. The controversial $40 million Qinghai component of the wider $160 million Western Poverty Reduction project called for the relocation of 57,000 people into historically Tibetan lands in what is now China's Qinghai province, in order to help impoverished people escape barren lands and would raise living standards.The views presented in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of any other organization.
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Welcome to Around the World! This week we focus on diplomacy in the digital era, an examination of Iranian President-elect Rouhani's ideology, a look at Northern Ireland's politics, and more.
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Issue IV, Vol VII: The Future of Diplomacy: Diplomacy in the Digital Era The Diplomatic Courier announces its special edition on the future of diplomacy in a digital era, featuring "The Case for Mediated Diplomacy", "Evolving the Handshake", "Twitter and #Governments", and our cover story "Can We "Ctrl+Alt+Del" U.S. Foreign Policy in the Internet Age?". Don't miss another issue--subscribe here! |
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Can We "Ctrl+Alt+Del" U.S. Foreign Policy in the Internet Age? We still do not know how “Twitter diplomacy” will affect relations between two powerhouse countries already confronting a delicate friendship, as in the case between Egypt and the United States since the Arab Spring. The internet is making it more difficult to “control, alternate, and delete” U.S. foreign policy. Read more about it here! |
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Statecraft Comes to Cities Citizen diplomacy from a national perspective is strategic, not tactical. Its goals are to create new opportunities, develop mutual interests, and cultivate communities with international and cultural competence. It offers governments a chance to diversify their portfolio of international relations. Read more about it here. |
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Piercing the Veil of Iranian President-Elect Rouhani's Ideology: Going Beyond Electoral Politics Rouhani's career was not a straight-forward trajectory to the presidency, and his past was not constructed around supporting his bid. After spending years in the very heart of the Iranian revolution and government, Rouhani desires a revival of the revolutionary spirit and a renewed hope in justice and democracy. Read more about it here. |
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Mom+Social Summit: Updating the Status of Women and Children's Healthcare Globally Moms are one of the most powerful forces in our world. And digital media has given mothers everywhere new opportunities to share, learn, advocate, and create change for the health and security of their families—and for other mothers worldwide. Read more about it here. |
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Northern Ireland: On the Brink of a Dangerous 'Marching Season' The next decade there will mark a series of significant ‘centenary commemorations’ that will mark the foundation of both the ‘Irish Free State’ and the state of ‘Northern Ireland’. The lack of political unity between the DUP and Sinn Fein over the Union flag protests was a setback. All the parties involved in power-sharing in Stormont must absolutely commit to work constructively together. Read more about it here. |
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Assessing David Cameron's G8 Agenda On Tax and Transparency UK Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his agenda for the Lough Eurne G8 Summit to focus on a special blend of ‘T’: trade, tax, and transparency. But will the agenda continue after the G8 Summit? Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
On Sunday, July 14th, the world's last telegram was sent in India--or so it was reported. Already considered a dead technology by most of the world, the telegram was declared dead by the Christian Science Monitor (although a correction was later posted) at the news that India was shutting down its state-run service, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. For 163 years, the Indian national telecommunications company was the bearer of news, from births to deaths to everything in between, but text messaging and the rise of smartphone adoption in the developing world removed the need for the technology. However, as Ars Technica reports, many regions still use Telex as a means of communication, bolstered by post offices; in fact, every post office in Italy still has a printer and Telex. In the continuing saga over NSA spying programs and Edward Snowden's travails, the leak of information is proving to continue to harm U.S. relations with the world. While Europe is angry over surveillance of embassies in New York and Washington, Latin Americans are angry over alleged hackings of Bolivian President Evo Morales' email. Morales stated in a speech that he had found out about the alleged US hacking at the Mercosur regional summit in Uruguay last week, and speculated that the U.S. may plan to use information gathered from his email in planning a future "invasion" of Bolivia. Bolivia has been one of the countries to offer Edward Snowden political asylum, along with Venezuela and Nicaragua. Meanwhile, other reports of NSA intelligence gathering in Latin America have prompted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to state her country will raise concerns about the U.S. program with the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.This Week in History
1950: General Douglas MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea. 2000: China announces that it would withdraw its loan application from the World Bank, and would instead use its own resources to implement the Qinghai Component of the China Western Poverty Reduction Project. The controversial $40 million Qinghai component of the wider $160 million Western Poverty Reduction project called for the relocation of 57,000 people into historically Tibetan lands in what is now China's Qinghai province, in order to help impoverished people escape barren lands and would raise living standards.The views presented in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of any other organization.
