Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy

Earn an accredited Master's degree while remaining on-the-job. We are accepting applications for the 2011 Master / Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy. Apply by 15 October 2010.


Autumn online courses

Apply by 12 September for Diplo certificate course.

 

Climate Change Diplomacy

High impact training combined with a low carbon footprint. Gain knowledge and skills to engage effectively in climate change policy and diplomacy in a programme designed to fit into a busy schedule. Read more about the course - updates for the 2011 programme coming soon. 

 

Watch a video about studying online with Diplo

 


Diplo tweets on climate!

Join our online community, share your knowledge, access resources and talk to others interested in climate change. You can now also follow us on Twitter where we spread the dialogue even further with focus on  the nexus between climate change, small and developing states, and diplomacy.

 

Illustration of climate change diplomacy

Diplo’s new illustration can help you navigate through the complex maze of climate change related issues! You can also use this drawing for your own awareness building and educational activities. www.diplomacy.edu/climate/

Online Course: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

With the resurgence of nuclear arms control diplomacy, unresolved nuclear proliferation issues (i.e. Iran and North Korea), and the worldwide revival of the nuclear power industry, the 40-year old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is central to disarmament, arms control, and international security. In October 2010, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, with Diplo, offers a new online course on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Past and Future. Apply via the GCSP website by 10 September 2010.

 

Capacity Development for Africa - Caribbean - Pacific (ACP)

Learn more about Diplo’s EU funded 2-year project with 7 ACP partner institutions.  Focusing on building sub-regional and regional capacity while promoting an intra- ACP learning network.


Diplo’s portal on Internet Governance initiatives

The enormous impact the Internet has had on our lives has heightened the need to manage it, promote its benefits and raise awareness of its risks. Through its Capacity Building initiatives, Diplo has opened the doors into the world of Internet Governance to hundreds of professionals who have already undergone training, participated in the diplomatic process, and helped shape the debate worldwide. Visit the portal to learn more.


E-diplomacy: Online discussion and Malta conference (3-4 June 2010)

Should diplomats blog? How does the Internet impact the way diplomacy functions? The e-diplomacy initiative will address these and other questions: edip.diplomacy.edu.

 

Why do we need diplomats?

In a Five Books interview, Diplo Senior Fellow G R Berridge answers provocative questions about diplomacy and recommends essential reading. A preview from the interview: “E-diplomacy – which sacrifices body-language and informal encounters, and keeps negotiators too close to their domestic constituents – will never replace diplomats.”