The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy

by Bjola, Corneliu; Manor, Ilan

• ISBN13: 9780192859198
• ISBN10: 0192859196
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-04-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In recent years, digital technologies have substantially impacted the world of diplomacy. From social media platforms and artificial intelligence to smartphone application and virtual meetings, digital technologies have proven disruptive impacting the norms, practices and logics of diplomats, states, and diplomatic institutions. Although the term digital diplomacy is commonly used by academics and diplomats, few works to date have clearly defined this term or offered a comprehensive analysis of its evolution. This handbook investigates digital diplomacy as a practice, as a process and as a form of disruption. Written by leading experts in the field, this comprehensive volume delves into the ways in which digital technologies are being used to achieve foreign policy goals, and how diplomats are adapting to the digital age.

The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy explores the shifting power dynamics in diplomacy, exploring the establishment of embassies in technology hubs, the challenges faced by foreign affairs departments in adapting to digital technologies, and the utilization of digital tools as a means of exerting influence. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, including theories from international relations, diplomacy studies, communications, sociology, internet studies, and psychology, the handbook examines the use of digital technologies for international development in the Global South, the efforts to combat digital disinformation in the Middle East, and the digital policies of countries in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Through case studies and in-depth analysis, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the term "digital diplomacy" and the many ways in which diplomacy has evolved in the digital age.

Author Biography

Corneliu Bjola, Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies, Department of International Development, University of Oxford,Ilan Manor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Corneliu Bjola is Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Oxford and Head of the Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group, as well as a Faculty Fellow at the Center on Public Diplomacy at USC and a Professorial Lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. His research and publications focus on the impact of digital technology on diplomacy, with a current emphasis on public diplomacy, international negotiations, and countering digital propaganda.


Ilan Manor received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2020 and is Senior Lecturer at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He is Vice Chair of the Public Diplomacy Interest Group at the International Communication Association and am on the editorial board of two academic journals. His academic work has focused on the topic of digital diplomacy, and he has published more than 20 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals focusing on digital diplomacy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Understanding Digital Diplomacy - The Grammar Rules and Patterns Of Digital Disruption, Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor
2. Digital Diplomacy: Projection and Retrieval of Images and Identities, Marcus Holmes
3. From Micro to Macro Digital Disruptions: A New Prism for Investigating Digital Diplomacy, Ilan Manor and James Pamment
4. Soft Power in the Digital Space, Gary D. Rawnsley
5. Researching Influence Operations: 'Dark Arts' Mercenaries and the Digital Influence Industry, Emma L Briant
6. Diplomatic negotiations in the digital context: Key issues, emerging trends, and procedural changes, Kristin Anabel Eggeling Rebecca Adler-Nissen
7. Digital diplomacy and Cyber Defense, Lucas Kello
8. Digital Nuclear Diplomacy, Rhys Crilley
9. Digital Feminist Foreign Policy, Jennifer Cassidy
10. History and Digital Public Diplomacy: Media disruption and global public engagement online in historical perspective, Nicholas J. Cull
11. Digital Cultural Diplomacy: From Content Providers to Opinion Makers, Natalia Grincheva
12. Digital Propaganda and Diplomacy, Pawel Surowiec-Capell
13. Ethical Challenges in the Digitalization of Public Diplomacy, Zhao Alexandre Huang, Phillip Arceneaux
14. Transforming International Development: Navigating the Shift towards Digital Cooperation, Luciana Alexandra Ghica
15. New Trends in Digital Diplomacy: the Rise of TikTok and the Geopolitics of Algorithmic Governance, Alicia Fjällhed, Andreas Sandre, Matthias Lüfkens
16. The Digital Hybridisation of Ministries of Foreign Affairs: The Case of The Nordic and Baltic States, Corneliu Bjola and Didzis Kavis
17. Digital Diplomatic Cultures, Digital Diplomatic Cultures
18. The digitalisation of permanent missions to international organisations, Caroline Bouchard
19. The digital adaptation of international bureaucracies, Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt
20. Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt, Elsa Hedling
21. Digital diplomacy and non-governmental and transnational organisations, Fiona McConnell and Alex Manby
22. Digitalization of Diplomacy: Implications for Cities, Efe Sevin
23. Digital Diplomatic Representation: The Rise of Tech Ambassadors, Anne Marie Engtoft and Tom Fletcher
24. International Law, Big Tech regulation, and digital diplomatic practice, Victoria Baines
25. The European Union and Digital Diplomacy: Projecting Global Europe in the Social Media Era, Ruben Zaiotti
26. NATO's Digital Diplomacy, Katharine A. M. Wright
27. Katharine A. M. Wright, Alisher Faizullaev
28. Chinese Wolf Warrior Diplomacy: Motivations, Modalities and Sites of Practice, Andrew F Cooper Jeff Hai-chi Loo
29. Diversities and Developments in Asia Pacific Digital Diplomacy, Damien Spry
30. Digital Diplomacy in Latin America: Among Early Adopters and Latecomers, Daniel Aguirre & Alejandro Ramos
31. Digital Diplomacy in Times of Crisis in the GCC: The Blockade and the Pandemic, Banu Akdenizli
32. The North-South divide, the digital agenda and digital diplomacy, Jorge Heine and Juan Pablo Prado Lallande
33. International Geopolitics and Digital Games in the Nationalist Agenda of Great Powers, Antonio César Moreno Cantano
34. Antonio César Moreno Cantano, Moran Yarchi