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❄️ Applications closing soon! Winter 2025 online courses:
👉🏼 Application deadlines for certificates issued by Diplo: 13 January 2024
For further information and to apply, click the course titles above or visit Diplo’s course catalogue.
◆ Need financial assistance? Scholarships available!
Thanks to the support from the government of Malta, partial scholarships are available for applicants from developing countries to attend upcoming Diplo online courses. These scholarships cover 30%–60% of course fees and can be applied to most online courses in 2025. Browse our course catalogue and contact us at admissions@diplomacy.edu for further information.
◆ 2009–2024: Celebrating 15 years of Diplo and Instituto Matías Romero collaboration
🌟 We celebrated 15 years of legacy and diplomatic excellence through our collaboration with Instituto Matías Romero in training Mexican diplomats!
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IGF 2024 highlights
Since 2015, we’ve been providing comprehensive coverage of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This year, we’ve raised the bar. Our IGF 2024 reporting offers the most thorough overview yet – combining expert insights with cutting-edge AI tools to help you navigate the discussions shaping the digital future.
Explore everything through our interactive webpage, featuring an AI assistant powered by DiploAI, detailed session reports, visual summaries, and dynamic knowledge graphs. Whether you’re seeking quick insights or deep dives, our coverage has you covered.
Upcoming events
◆ 10th Geneva Engage Awards Ceremony
Join us on 4 February for the Geneva Engage Awards, where we celebrate the remarkable efforts of International Geneva actors in digital outreach and online engagement. This year’s event is particularly significant as we mark the 10th anniversary of the awards under the theme Engage2Connect. If you’ll be in Geneva, you can register for on-site participation.
Blogs and publications
◆ AI Apprenticeship: 10 lessons from building and learning alongside AI
The AI apprenticeship addresses the gap between AI advancement and its adoption, highlighting the need for practical skills amidst widespread misconceptions and fears surrounding AI. Discover how Diplo’s AI apprenticeship approach was shaped by research and hands-on experience through our 2024 programmes and the 10 lessons learned! Read the blog post by Jovan Kurbalija!
◆ How can you check if AI will endanger your job?
If you answer ‘yes’ to the three questions in the blog, you may want to start developing new skills and preparing for the AI transformation. And what about the future of diplomacy in the AI era? Read the blog post by Jovan Kurbalija!
◆ From algorithms to Armageddon: The rise of AI in nuclear decision-making
The integration of artificial intelligence and nuclear systems presents profound ethical, strategic, and operational challenges. While AI offers opportunities to enhance decision-making and crisis management, its reliance on machine logic raises concerns about human values, accountability, and the potential for catastrophic consequences in high-stakes scenarios. Read the blog post by Bogdan Stojanovic!
◆ OEWG’s ninth substantive session: Limited progress in discussions
The OEWG held its ninth substantive session in December 2024, during which states continued to discuss threats, norms, international law, CBMs, capacity building, and the mechanism that will follow the OEWG 2021–2025. Read the DW analysis by Anastasiya Kazakova, Ilona Stadnik, Pavlina Ittelson, Andrijana Gavrilović, and Salomé Petit Siemens!
◆ Quantum leap: The future of computing
Quantum computing is increasingly integrated into sectors like finance, pharmaceuticals, and communication networks. What milestones has it achieved so far and where is it heading? Read the DW analysis by Andrija Bulatović!
◆ Overview of AI policy in 10 jurisdictions
Countries worldwide are navigating the complexities of AI regulation with distinct approaches, reflecting a shared global intent to leverage AI’s potential while ensuring societal values are protected. Read the DW analysis by Anda Bologa!
◆ The US clock is ticking (for) TikTok
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, will divest its US operations by 19 January 2025 or face a ban in the country. As TikTok’s legal saga in the USA has entered its most delicate phase yet, what can we expect? Read the DW analysis by Marko Marković!
◆ DW Weekly #192 (27 December 2024)
In the latest issue of the DW Weekly newsletter:
- The dark side of TikTok
- USA export controls on China face key challenges
- German parties outline technology policies ahead of elections
◆ Unofficial diplomacy: Jean-Yves Ollivier
What is parallel diplomacy, and how can it resolve conflicts where traditional methods fail? Discover Jean-Yves Ollivier’s role in Africa’s peaceful conflict solutions. Read the blog post by Aldo Matteucci!
◆ From citizen-soldiers to imperialism: The evolution of democratic warfare
What drives democracies to replace citizen-soldiers with professional armies? Learn how wars of choice contribute to imperial ambitions. Read the blog post by Aldo Matteucci!
Don’t miss…
◆ More evolution than revolution’: As Trump’s return looms, how will USA–EU tech relations change?
For the last four years, experts have said that the USA and EU began talking to each other again regarding technology policy. But what’s in store under Donald Trump? Diplo’s Dr Jovan Kurbalija discusses this with Euronews’s Anna Desmarais. Read the article on Euronews!
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