DiploNews – Issue 234 – 16 August 2013
Autumn 2013 online courses
Now is the right time to plan your professional development for the autumn. Diplo offers several stimulating online courses on important contemporary diplomacy topics:
Apply by 2 September for Diplo Certificate Courses. For further information or to apply, click on the titles of the courses above, or visit our courses website. Register now to reserve your place.
Applications open for 2014 Master in Contemporary Diplomacy
We are now accepting applications for the 2014 Master in Contemporary Diplomacy, and the Master in Contemporary Diplomacy with an Internet Governance specialisation. These unique postgraduate programmes, offered in cooperation with the University of Malta, include a 10-day residential workshop in Malta followed by 16–20 months of online learning. To learn more about what it’s like to participate in this programme, you can read an interview with current programme participant Kevon Swift, or view a video with participant Lutine de Boer. Please visit the Master in Contemporary Diplomacy webpage to read more and to apply. The programme starts at the end of January 2014 and the application deadline is 1 October 2013.
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What’s happening in Diplo’s blogosphere
As summer hits and the heat takes its toll, Pete Cranstron explores how to use Social Media effectively in a time efficient way and gives some good tips worth noting. He also interviews Italian diplomat Stefano Baldi who maintains that diplomats have to be curious. Stefano has been experimenting with web tools and social media for over 15 years, selecting those which he finds useful and integrating them into his work as a diplomat. Currently Director of the Istituto Diplomatico in Rome, Stefano continues to explore new tools and ways of working. Read more in The curious diplomat and social media – Stefano Baldi interviewed.
The world’s attention was focused on the historic General Elections in Pakistan earlier this year, in May. An air of excitement and trepidation pervaded, as the elections signified the transfer of civilian power for the first time in the 67 years of its existence. Paramjit Sahai gives an excellent account of the General Elections in Pakistan from an Indian Perspective.
Remember, you too can have your say by commenting on these or any of our blog posts. And, if you’d like to be a guest blogger, let us know.
Discussing Internet governance
In a digital world, can digital currency such as Bitcoin be used to purchase goods and services? The US Federal Court has just delivered a ruling, confirming that Bitcoin could be used as money. Valeria Vlasenko reports.
On a different note, Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku writes that organisations need an IT security policy, no matter how complex the issue is. IT security should not be tackled only when attackers strike, he argues. Read the full article here.
Follow more IG-related discussions on Diplo’s Internet governance channel, and on Diplo’s IG community blog roll.
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