Jovan Kurbalija

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Jovan Kurbalija is the Founding Director of the DiploFoundation and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform. He previously served as Executive Director of the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation (2018-2019). Kurbalija has been lecturing at many universities worldwide, including the College of Europe, where he is a visiting professor. Kurbalija has been a leading expert on the impact of AI and digitalisation on diplomacy and modern society. His book ‘Introduction to Internet Governance’, translated into 11 languages, is a textbook at many universities worldwide. Kurbalija has led digital capacity development for Africa over the last 3 decades involving thousands of tech experts, diplomats, and business people. In 2022, he co-authored the landmark study on Africa’s digital diplomacy: ‘Stronger digital voices from Africa: Building African digital foreign policy and diplomacy’.

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Serbia 1835 and 2025: Will history repeat—or rewrite itself?

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Kragujevac, Serbia—15 February 1835 marked a fleeting moment of audacity. In this unassuming city, then Serbia’s capital, enlightenment-inspired reformers presented the Sretenje Constitution—a radical...

From Hammurabi to ChatGPT: Why ancient legal principles apply to AI as well

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In 1754 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon etched a radical idea into stone: accountability. His code declared that if a builder’s negligence caused a...

Africa – In the AI era

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Africa today is at yet another pivotal moment in its history (in series of many in its pre-modern and modern times). If the continent...

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