Publications
As part of its mission to explore the role of information and communications technologies in the conduct of diplomacy, the Virtual Diplomacy Initiative has published numerous reports, papers, and proceedings since its founding in 1995. Essays and reports from leading scholars and foreign policy practitioners who have been featured in the Institute's Virtual Diplomacy Series and other publications on virtual diplomacy include: Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Tiffany Danitz and Warren P. Strobel, Martin Libicki, James Rosenau, George P. Shultz, and Walter B. Wriston.
Virtual Diplomacy Report Series
Arab Media: Tools of the Governments; Tools for the People?
June 2005 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 18)
Creating a Common Communications Culture: Interoperability in Crisis Management
January 2004 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 17)
Net Diplomacy III: 2015 and Beyond
October 2002 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 16)
Net Diplomacy II: Beyond Old Borders
October 2002 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 15)
Net Diplomacy I: Beyond Foreign Ministries
October 2002 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 14)
Information Technology And Peace Support Operations: A Relationship For The New Millennium
July 2002 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 13)
Space Aid: Current and Potential Uses of Satellite Imagery In UN Humanitarian Organizations
April 2002 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 12)
Good Practices: Information Sharing in Complex Emergencies
January 2002 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 11)
Taking it to the Next Level: Civilian-Military Cooperation in Complex Emergencies
September 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 10)
Kosovo Brief: Information Management Offers A New Opportunity for Cooperation Between Civilian and Military Entities
August 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 9)
Authors - Col. Michael J Dziedzic and Dr. William B. Wood
Negotiating the Dayton Peace Accords Through Digital Maps
June 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 8)
Author - Richard G. Johnson
WWW.U.S.DoD.Com
February 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 7)
Author - Martin Libicki
Reinventing Diplomacy: A Virtual Necessity
February 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 6)
Author - Gordon S. Smith
States, Sovereignty, and Diplomacy in the Information Age
February 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 5)
Author - James N. Rosenau
What If There Is a Revolution in Diplomatic Affairs?
February 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 4)
Authors - John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
Networking Dissent: Cyber-Activists Use the Internet to Promote Democracy in Burma
February 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 3)
Authors - Tiffany Danitz and Warren P. Strobel
Managing Communications: Lessons from Interventions in Africa
January 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 2)
NOTE - First released as a Special Report, March 1997
The Topology of Sovereignty
January 2000 | Virtual Diplomacy Report (VDS 1)
Author - Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Virtual Diplomacy Conference Papers
Keynote Addresses from the Virtual Diplomacy Conference:
- The Information Revolution and International Conflict Management, Richard H. Solomon;
- Bits, Bytes, and Diplomacy, Walter B. Wriston; and
- Diplomacy in the Information Age, George P. Shultz.
PeaceWorks - September 1997
Is the Internet Islam's "Third Wave" or the "End of Civilization"? Globalizing Politics and Religion in the Muslim World
Jon W. Anderson
IT& IS : Identifying the Needs of International Organizations
Anthony Antoine and Gustaaf Geeraerts
The World-Wide-Web: A Tool for Building Citizen Diplomacy Skills
Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess
Sri Lanka and the Third Communication Revolution
Shelton Gunaratne
The Enterprise of Diplomacy in the Information Age
Dennis M. Jauch
The Internet, Transnational Networking and Regional Security in South Asia: Some Possibilities for the Near Future
Chetan Kumar
The Media's Role in Preventing and Moderating Conflict
Robert Karl Manoff
Personal Impressions on A USIA Mission to Macedonia and Bulgaria to Deliver Internet Training
Clarisse Behar Molad
Changing the Way We Do Business in International Relations
Charles A. Schmitz
The New York Times Forum on Bosnia: An Attempt in Online Mediation
Igor Shnurenko
Virtual Intelligence: Conflict Avoidance and Resolution Through Information Peacekeeping
Robert David Steele
SHALOM/SALAAM: Interactive Conflict Resolution in a Community of Practice
Barb Stuart, Gedaliahu Harel and Corrina Perrone
Virtual Tools for Real Diplomacy
Mark Weiser
Other Publications on Virtual Diplomacy
Managing Information Chaos (PDF)
June 1999 | Peace Watch
Using the Internet to Train Diplomats
February 1999 | Virtual Diplomacy Presentation
Rwanda after the Genocide
February 1998 | Peace Watch
Information Technologies Can Help Prevent, Manage, and Resolve Conflicts Internationally
June 1997 | Peace Watch
The Mass Media's Impact on Managing International Affairs
June 1997 | Peace Watch
Shultz, Wriston, and Solomon Address the Conference
June 1997 | Peace Watch
Managing Communications
August 1996 | Peace Watch
Staff Publications and Media Mentions
- The June 2005 Virutal Diplomacy Report Arab Media: Tools of the Governments; Tools for the People?, published in both English and Arabic, was featured as a "must read" by the Council on Foreign Relations, August, 2005.
- Sheryl J. Brown and Margarita S. Studemeister. "The Diffusion of Diplomacy." IMP, The Magazine on Information Impacts, July 2001.
- Sheryl J. Brown and Margarita S. Studemeister. "Virtual Diplomacy: Rethinking Foreign Policy Practice in the Information Age." The Internet and the Changing Face of International Relations and Security edited by Andreas Wenger, Information& Security, vol. 7, 2001.
- Einar Bjorgo and Margarita Studemeister. "Very High Resolution Satellites: A New Source of Information in Humanitarian Relief Operations." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, October-November 1999.
- Bob Schmitt. "An Internet Answer to Repression." Washington Post, March 31, 1997.
- Margarita Studemeister. "The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on International Conflict Management." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, February-March 1998.
