DIPLOMACY IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Keywords:
State, Digital Diplomacy, Digital TechnologiesAbstract
Diplomacy is one of the main tools for the implementation of the foreign policy of states. In international politics, it has a great mission as a way to resolve the goals and strategies set by the states in a peaceful way. Accordingly, the study of the mentioned issue has always been of great importance. At the stage of rapid development of modern digital technologies, when all fields are undergoing digital transformation, naturally, the diplomatic service is not an exception, and this increases the relevance of the issue to be studied even more. The mentioned topic (due to its practical importance) is of a public nature. Because the modern reality, overcoming the existing challenges is possible only through unified universal cooperation, which serves and is directly its prerogative of digital diplomacy.
The aim of the paper is to analyze the issues of the origin and introduction of digital diplomacy (the case of the USA) and evaluate its practical importance; In particular, what role does digital diplomacy play in the world at the current stage and what place does it have in international relations together with traditional diplomacy, to present the advantages and disadvantages of digital diplomacy.
The paper is presented with a qualitative analysis of primary and secondary sources.
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