Diplomacy in the Digital Age
Lessons from Denmark’s TechPlomacy Initiative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12953635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Casper Klynge (corresponding author), Mikael Ekman, Nikolaj Juncher Waedegaard |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 185-195 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hague Journal of Diplomacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-1901 • E-ISSN: 1871-191X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1871191x-15101094 |
| OpenAlex | W3007961219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
As a small, open, advanced economy, Denmark has a lot at stake in the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution. However, the speed of emerging technologies and massive influence of multinational tech companies challenge traditional governance structures and diplomatic services around the world, creating a ‘diplomatic deficit’. That is why Denmark became the first country to appoint a Tech Ambassador and elevate technological trends to a foreign and security policy priority in mid-2017. This practitioner’s piece lays out the underlying reasoning behind engaging with the tech industry, the first-hand experiences from the initiative and some hard-won lessons before turning to the future perspectives. TechPlomacy is a political initiative with a global mandate to represent the Danish government vis-à-vis the tech industry with offices in Copenhagen, Silicon Valley and Beijing. The authors argue for new forms of coalition building engaging industry, governments and institutions in addressing the opportunities and risks of technology
Beijing · China · Corporate governance · Diplomacy · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Management · Mandate · Multinational corporation · Political science · Politics · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · International Science and Diplomacy · Law · Public Administration · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
Digital Diplomacy and Social Media Networks
Sharing the Same Playground? An Analysis of the Private Sector's Role in Tech Diplomacy
Studying Tech Diplomacy—Introduction to the Special Issue on Tech Diplomacy
Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy
Revisiting Indonesia’s Economic Diplomacy in the Age of Disruption
What Is a Science Diplomat
Introduction
Adapting Economic Diplomacy to the E-commerce Era
Mapping Innovation Diplomacy in Denmark and Sweden
Tech diplomacy and Critical Technologies
The Digital Silk Road
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |