Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature the launch of our annual International Women's Day edition, an analysis of group behavior from online to real life protests, and more.
 | March/April 2014: Empowering Girls in the Digital Age The Diplomatic Courier announces "Empowering Girls in the Digital Age", our annual International Women's Day edition, featuring a cover story by Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. Don't miss great stories like an interview with HE La Celia A. Prince, Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States, "The Victim Left Behind", “Reflection on Diplomatic Women", and more. Download your copy to your Apple or Android device here! |
 | Empowering Girls and Women in the Digital Age As we celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s also focus on how we can advance the rights and well being of girls and women worldwide. Technology must be part of this discussion, writes Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the UN Foundation. Read about it here. |
 | Interview with La Celia A. Prince: Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the U.S. The Diplomatic Courier caught up with Ambassador La Celia A. Prince, the youngest foreign ambassador accredited to and serving in Washington, DC, to discuss her work, her country, and her experiences as a female ambassador. Read the interview here. |
 | “To witness their resilience and determination is to be present among women who are moving mountains. And not just the mountains in their own country, they stand shoulder to shoulder with their sisters around the world and help them change their political and economic landscape." Read more about it here. |
 | Anarchy vs. Democracy: The Politics of 'Twitch Plays Pokémon' What can the collective actions of thousands of people playing a Pokémon game together teach us about collective behavior in places like Ukraine and Venezuela? Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
Edward Snowden spoke this week at the annual South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, telling an eager audience that we have not yet reached the age of personal cybersecurity. The LA Times reports his message: "Personal information is vulnerable not only to government prying but to growing numbers of outside infiltrators because companies have failed to adequately protect the data of their customers."
"Busloads of people are coming from across the border of Russia, armed with bats and other unpleasant things, who come to beat Ukrainians who support their new government," writes Irinia Kalinina in a 'Letter from Donetsk" published by The New Republic. If what she writes is true, there appears to be a massive campaign originating from Russia designed to provoke or at least create the illusion of civil unrest in eastern Ukraine.
This Week in History
1985: Mikhail Gorbachev is chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko.
2004: Ten bombs exploded across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.
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Around the World!
March 10, 2014
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature the launch of our annual International Women's Day edition, an analysis of group behavior from online to real life protests, and more.
| March/April 2014: Empowering Girls in the Digital Age The Diplomatic Courier announces "Empowering Girls in the Digital Age", our annual International Women's Day edition, featuring a cover story by Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. Don't miss great stories like an interview with HE La Celia A. Prince, Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States, "The Victim Left Behind", “Reflection on Diplomatic Women", and more. Download your copy to your Apple or Android device here! |
| Empowering Girls and Women in the Digital Age As we celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s also focus on how we can advance the rights and well being of girls and women worldwide. Technology must be part of this discussion, writes Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the UN Foundation. Read about it here. |
| Interview with La Celia A. Prince: Ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the U.S. The Diplomatic Courier caught up with Ambassador La Celia A. Prince, the youngest foreign ambassador accredited to and serving in Washington, DC, to discuss her work, her country, and her experiences as a female ambassador. Read the interview here. |
| “To witness their resilience and determination is to be present among women who are moving mountains. And not just the mountains in their own country, they stand shoulder to shoulder with their sisters around the world and help them change their political and economic landscape." Read more about it here. |
| Anarchy vs. Democracy: The Politics of 'Twitch Plays Pokémon' What can the collective actions of thousands of people playing a Pokémon game together teach us about collective behavior in places like Ukraine and Venezuela? Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
Edward Snowden spoke this week at the annual South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, telling an eager audience that we have not yet reached the age of personal cybersecurity. The LA Times reports his message: "Personal information is vulnerable not only to government prying but to growing numbers of outside infiltrators because companies have failed to adequately protect the data of their customers."
"Busloads of people are coming from across the border of Russia, armed with bats and other unpleasant things, who come to beat Ukrainians who support their new government," writes Irinia Kalinina in a 'Letter from Donetsk" published by The New Republic. If what she writes is true, there appears to be a massive campaign originating from Russia designed to provoke or at least create the illusion of civil unrest in eastern Ukraine.
This Week in History
1985: Mikhail Gorbachev is chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko.
2004: Ten bombs exploded across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.
