Category Archives: Technology
Is One Global Internet Possible?
Back in January 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech outlining the digital foreign policy initiatives her department would enact in the coming years. In what became known to the international community as “21st Century Statecraft“, Secretary Clinton emphasized the use of technology to improve diplomatic, democratic, and political efforts in solving some […]
Putin: A Chance To E-Deem Yourself
New legislation passed by the Russian Duma has sparked controversy between Government officials and human rights groups. The bill, Russia State Duma Bill 89417-6, would essentially create a blacklist of Internet sites containing alleged child pornography, drug related material, extremist material, and other content illegal in Russia. While ostensibly this bill intends to challenge the […]
Crowdfunding International Development
First off, I want to say thank you to everyone that read and commented on my “Making Charity Transparent” blog post. Also, I’d like to send a quick thanks to the good people at WordPress, for putting my post on the “Freshly Pressed” section. Without your help, the great work that Charity Water is doing […]
Transforming the Way We Learn
Education reform has been a central issue in American politics for decades. The constant battle between understanding the “right way” to educate students has been debated through and through. While politicians and bureaucrats continue to quarrel over which national program is best suited to fix our country, Silicon Valley startup “Khan Academy” has begun to […]
Changing Paradigms in International Relations Education
The recent announcement of Middle East expert and public intellectual extraordinaire Vali Nasr being appointed as dean of The John’s Hopkin’s University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) signals the evolution of modern international relations education. “The nature and focus of education in international affairs are changing as global challenges require innovative […]
Society to Society Diplomacy
Princeton Professor Anne Marie Slaughter recently wrote a blog post discussing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks during a recent United Nations Security Council meeting calling for a resolution to end the violence in Syria. While diplomatic relations are typically addressed from government to government, Secretary Clinton decided to speak directly to the people currently oppressed […]
Making Charity Transparent
If you haven’t taken the opportunity to read up on the non-profit Charity Water, I highly recommend you give it a shot. Charity Water is an organization that builds clean water projects in developing nations, giving people access to water pumps and helping prevent tragic diseases such as E. coli and Hepatitis A. Not only […]
Hillary Clinton on a Free Internet
“We are convinced that an open Internet fosters long-term peace, progress and prosperity. The reverse is also true. An Internet that is closed and fractured, where different governments can block activity or change the rules on a whim—where speech is censored or punished, and privacy does not exist—that is an Internet that can cut off […]
How Creating a Digital Society will Change our World
Internet Cafe will develop into Internet society) Sha Zukang, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, recently spoke at a conference at Stanford University about the importance of connection technologies (i.e Internet, mobile phones, and text messages) in promoting development in today’s modern world. While it seems universally agreed upon that giving people access to […]
