AFP e-diplomacy hub
Find out about twitter and foreign policy. Aims to offer a window on online diplomacy in action! Features of the site – a map of embassies on line with information about their level of activity. Also a list of key international organisations online. There is an e-diplomacy list with real time ranking of e-diplomatic action […]
Window into China
A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy. http://carnegietsinghua.org/specialprojects/?fa=list&id=1182&lang=en
Reminder: Primary Sources
USA 108 volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States are now available in epub and MOBI formats. http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/ebooks These volumes cover events from 1945-1976. and were published by the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State. They contain official documents of the US government. Key topics include Vietnam, cold war […]
Syria’s internet blackout
Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications. Go to the site for examples of messages left.
Political Union in the EU
A new project launched by LSE and Policy Network http://www.policy-network.net/news/3953/Political-Union-What-is-it-Do-we-need-it-How-could-it-work This will focus on Europe’s emerging political union. Key focuses of interest will be political issues surrounding the Eurozone crisis. The website has an introduction and events listing. This week other EU news included the award of the Nobel Prize. The LSE blog covers this and also […]
League of Nations Archives
http://libraryresources.unog.ch/leagueofnationsarchives Intended primarily to provide information to researchers about the contents of the Geneva archive of the League of Nations research in general . It has a special thematic guide on disarmament. Links to key digitised collections can be found at: http://libraryresources.unog.ch/content.php?pid=279421&sid=2361880 These include: Sean Lester Papers (1929- ). Sean Lester (1888-1959), Irish journalist, diplomat and […]
National Archives timeline of foreign offices
http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/index.php/2012/08/foreign-affairs-timeline/ The UK National Archives have created a really useful visualisation of name changes and responsibilities of UK Foreign Affairs government departs from 1945 onwards on their labs website.The links click through to the Discovery catalogue where you can trace information and lists of records held by the archives for the individual department.
How far will technology companies go in helping repressive regimes
http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Future_of_Corporate_Responsibility_070512.pdf Interesting report on corporate responsibility from pew Internet and American Life and Elon University. Based on over 1,000 response from executives to questions relating to the issue ‘how will technology firms around the world operate when they are confronted by situations in which optimal product sales and profits can be made only when they […]
Learn to Communicate with Crisis-Affected Communities
http://infoasaid.org/e-learning/course/start Infoasaid Launches E-Learning Course on Humanitarian Communication a new, free online learning course. Communication is Aid, aims to raise awareness and build basic skills for communicating effectively with crisis-affected communities, before and after an emergency breaks. Topics covered include crafting messages. Useful example of how social media can be used for crisis communication.
Peace
The Peace Accords Matrix from the Kroc Institute of International peace studies. http://peaceaccords.nd.edu/ creates visualisation graphs relating to peace agreements that have been signed since 1989. It is possible to chart on over 50 themes, to compare and contrast and also to review the full text of the peace accord, a timeline of important dates and events […]
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