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"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."

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Author:   Corneliu Bjola (Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies, Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies, Department of International Development, University of Oxford) ,  Ilan Manor (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.126kg
ISBN:  

9780192859198

ISBN 10:   0192859196
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   04 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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This volume is a tour de force, based on excellent research, and an important and well-timed contribution to the literature. Many leading authors in this volume offer a lot of food for thought to readers who want to make academic sense of diplomacy in the digital age. With state of the art and theoretically stimulating essays, and editors who have become household names in research on digital diplomacy, the Handbook will surely be welcomed by many researchers and students. As a just-in-time research effort on fast-moving technological change and the conduct of international relations , this is a superb guide, and the book deserves a second edition before the end of the decade. * Jan Melissen, Editor-in-Chief The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and University of Antwerp, Belgium *

This volume is a tour de force, based on excellent research, and an important and well-timed contribution to the literature. Many leading authors in this volume offer a lot of food for thought to readers who want to make academic sense of diplomacy in the digital age. With state of the art and theoretically stimulating essays, and editors who have become household names in research on digital diplomacy, the Handbook will surely be welcomed by many researchers and students. As a just-in-time research effort on fast-moving technological change and the conduct of international relations , this is a superb guide, and the book deserves a second edition before the end of the decade. * Jan Melissen, Editor-in-Chief The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and University of Antwerp, Belgium * A tour de force! In an era of rapid digital transformation, this Handbook is more than just a reference-it is a roadmap. Based on interdisciplinary, innovative theory and meticulous research, the leading experts in the field make invaluable thought-provoking insights about the nexus of digital technologies and diplomatic practice available to scholars and students. Dive in to explore, understand, and engage with the digital frontiers of modern diplomacy. * Emanuel Adler, Professor of Political Science Emeritus and Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies Emeritus at the University of Toronto. *

Author Information

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.

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