Category: Options for Influence

66 Important Jihadist Twitter Accounts (part 2)

Posted on By Wandren PD
Data mapping, Dispersed Networks, Network analysis, networks, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy

In our earlier post, together with Ali Fisher we detailed and assessed 66 accounts listed by Shumukh al-Islam jihadi Forum member Ahmad ‘Abdallah as ‘important jihadist’ members on twitter. We looked primarily at the users individually, using the data of these 66 accounts to create this infographic to give our readers an overview of these users. In this … Read More “66 Important Jihadist Twitter Accounts (part 2)” »

Collaborative Public Diplomacy – Published

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'Listening', Collaborative Public Diplomacy, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy

Collaborative Public Diplomacy: How Transnational Networks Influenced American Studies in Europe During the early Cold War, the complex relationship between communities in Europe and the United States was of concern to those on both sides of the Atlantic. Using archival research and recorded interviews, this book charts the development of American Studies in Europe during … Read More “Collaborative Public Diplomacy – Published” »

Was Monday the first “duvet day” of autumn?

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Data mapping, Dispersed Networks, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

Social intelligence signals for identifying impact in public diplomacy and philanthropy. “Defo feeling a duvet day with lots of movies” – one of many popular sentiments expressed on Twitter last Monday as the UK’s disappointing summer entered autumn. Unlike many ideas about large social movements and information sharing networks, there are events which numerous individuals … Read More “Was Monday the first “duvet day” of autumn?” »

Article: Innovation in the big data era

Posted on By Wandren PD
Cultural Relations, Data mapping, International Communcation, Network analysis, Open source, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy

Everybody’s getting hooked up; Building innovative strategies in the era of big data The potential in the era of big data comes not from drowning in a sea of data but navigating the most useful ways to derive insight and develop innovative strategies from that data. Faced with complex problems, limited resources, and an increasingly … Read More “Article: Innovation in the big data era” »

Inaugural School of International Futures

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Foresight, Habits of engagement, Network analysis, networks, Options for Influence

The inaugural School of International Futures started yesterday at Wilton Park, Britain’s foremost global policy centre, on the theme of Strategic Foresight. Interest in foresight among the international policy community has grown in this period of financial and geopolitical turbulence. Foresight provides a way of apprehending and addressing uncertainties associated with demographic, environmental, economic and resource challenges, and … Read More “Inaugural School of International Futures” »

Public Diplomacy and Power: To What End

Posted on By Wandren PD
Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy

The ISA panel: “Public Diplomacy and Power: To What End?” chaired by Philip Seib delivered a forward looking discussion of the term power within Public Diplomacy. Quick description of the panel: “Soft power” as a conceptual foundation for public diplomacy has contributed significantly to public diplomacy’s rise in global affairs. Yet, links between power and … Read More “Public Diplomacy and Power: To What End” »

Facebook research highlights need for collaborative approach to Public Diplomacy

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Data mapping, Dispersed Networks, Network analysis, networks, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

We’ve all heard of the idea that there are six degrees of separation between any two individuals. Now, through relationships on FaceBook researchers have produced the biggest ever study to analyse the concept. The results show a “world smaller than we thought”. The publication of this research provides important insight for strategy and measurement within … Read More “Facebook research highlights need for collaborative approach to Public Diplomacy” »

To tweet or not to tweet, what is the question?

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Open source, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy, Virtual Communities

New tech is changing the face of engaging with foreign populations, whether you’d like to call it PD 2.0 or not. Craig Hayden‘s post on CPD blog raises some important questions in this area and one of the key questions for different organisations will be through which of the spaces, platforms or technologies should they … Read More “To tweet or not to tweet, what is the question?” »

THE SPECTRUM OF SPECTRUMS: A REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POSITIONING SPECTRUM

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Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy

John Worne‘s International Relations Positioning Spectrum (IRPS), and Nick Cull‘s response provide interesting perspectives on the Cultural Relations / Public Diplomacy ‘divide’ and how work in the field is to be articulated. The IRPS appears a useful tool at the national level to help mediate in interdepartmental turf wars. However, the IRPS contains national peculiarities, … Read More “THE SPECTRUM OF SPECTRUMS: A REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POSITIONING SPECTRUM” »

Powering PD

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'Listening', Habits of engagement, International Communcation, Options for Influence, Public Diplomacy

Picking up on the last discussion of power and the articulation of power in relation to ‘allies’, it is also worth considering the power relationship with the potential target community when planning PD activities. In Options for Influence, we discussed the options which exist between telling and listening. At the ‘telling’ or message orientated end … Read More “Powering PD” »