Tradition Meets Technology: Protocol and 21st Century Statecraft

Posted by Capricia Penavic Marshall / January 22, 2012

Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to the U.S. Secretary of State, responds to questions on his account during a Twitter Q&A session on January 19, 2012. The U.S. Department of State has designated January 2012 as 21st Century Statecraft month. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The traditions of protocol are some of the oldest in diplomatic history, and its practice has created the framework for international relations. On Friday, January 13, 2012, however, the Office of the Chief of Protocol hosted its first State of the Administration briefing of this year to talk about the use of new technology in diplomacy. The briefing featured the Secretary of State's Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, and representatives from Facebook and Twitter along with His Excellency Dino Djalal, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia.

As an initiative of Protocol's Diplomatic Partnerships Division, the State of the Administration speaker series provides foreign ambassadors posted in Washington with opportunities to interact directly with senior members of our government who can provide first-hand knowledge of the administration's work and discuss some… more »

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