Corneliu Bjola
@cbjola.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Diplomacy, University of Oxford; #DigitalDiplomacy #Metaverse
Political science
55%
Communication & Media Studies
21%
Findings from 145 high-engagement Ukraine posts: effective PD is adaptive (phase-sensitive) and disciplined (credibility over spectacle). Policy cue: balance relational and adversarial narratives without sliding into propaganda. 3/3
Two modes:
🌍 Projecting Self—resilience, democratic values, solidarity.
⚔️ Distancing Self—exposing and delegitimising aggression. 2/3
🌍 Projecting Self—resilience, democratic values, solidarity.
⚔️ Distancing Self—exposing and delegitimising aggression. 2/3
My new article in International Affairs (with Alicia Fjällhed): the Strategic Self explains how wartime digital diplomacy works—where communication becomes strategy. 1/3
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Corneliu Bjola
@cbjola.bsky.social
· Jul 7
Started the day at the AI for Good Summit with a sharp session hosted by UNITAR and ITU for senior Geneva diplomats.
We unpacked key challenges in global #AIGovernance:
– Who’s setting the rules—and who’s not at the table?
– Can diplomacy keep up with the tech?
#DigitalDiplomacy #AIForGood
We unpacked key challenges in global #AIGovernance:
– Who’s setting the rules—and who’s not at the table?
– Can diplomacy keep up with the tech?
#DigitalDiplomacy #AIForGood
Corneliu Bjola
@cbjola.bsky.social
· Jul 4
Studying Tech Diplomacy—Introduction to the Special Issue on Tech Diplomacy
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on tech diplomacy, exploring its emergence and evolution as a distinct approach to global affairs in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revol....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
🚀 Just out: Our intro article to the #TechDiplomacy special issue! Unlike digital diplomacy ( comm tools) or science diplomacy (knowledge exchange), techdiplo is driven by the geopolitics of innovation power.
#TechDiplomacy #SciDip #DigitalDiplomacy
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#TechDiplomacy #SciDip #DigitalDiplomacy
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Corneliu Bjola
@cbjola.bsky.social
· Apr 16
EU foreign ministers share updates in secret Signal group, officials admit
Crucial decisions have been made on the basis of text messages between EU politicians, but officials have always controversially claimed that such "short-lived" communications cannot be stored or rele...
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EU foreign ministers share updates in secret Signal group, officials admit www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...