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Soft power as an important structural component of a foreign policy strategy of a state
The
architect of the ‘soft power’ concept Joseph Nye focuses on ‘the ability to
achieve the desired through voluntary cooperation, not by coercion or tricks’.
The name...
Content in New Media as an instrument of interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign States
Over the recent years we have observed a significant increase in the use of ICT-instruments to disseminate specially prepared content to achieve malicious political...
The Marriage of Social Media and Social Justice
The aggressive use of different online platforms during electoral campaigns has made it evident that many political leaders are widely using platforms such as...
Human rights on film: International festival celebrates mobile phone films for a cause
In honor of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, marked 10 December, the United Nations has allied with the Mobile...
EU steps up action against disinformation
To protect its democratic systems and public debates and in view of the 2019 European elections as well as a number of national and...
Twitter CEO Trolled: Hate Speech or Anti Oppression?
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, recently received a lot of hate on the same platform after his visit to India. On his visit, he...
Why China will win the Artificial Intelligence Race
Two Artificial Intelligence-driven Internet paradigms may emerge in the near future. One will be based on logic, smart enterprises and human merit while the...
How national diplomatic missions are adapting to a fast-changing environment
Diplomacy at a crossroads
The impact of technology in diplomacy cannot be overstated. If “twenty years ago, telegrams from embassies would arrive in paper form”,...
“Russian Propaganda”: On Social Networks, in Eastern Europe, and Soon Everywhere
“Russia is engaged in an active, worldwide propaganda campaign,” reads the fairly straightforward beginning of RAND Corporation’s report on Russia’s influence on East European...
Of Fake news, lynchings and mobocracy in India
India is the country of people belonging to varied regions, religions, sects, communities, castes; etc. From the past times till date, the multiculturalism and...