Are We There Yet: Have MFAs Realized the Potential of Digital Diplomacy?

Ilan Manor is a PhD candidate at the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. His research areas include digital diplomacy, public diplomacy, network analysis, and framing theory. His analysis of America’s online nation branding activities was recently published in Digital Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2015). His latest article, published in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, included a comparison of the digital diplomacy activities of eleven foreign ministries.

• IntroductionLiterature ReviewThe Need for Digital DiplomacyThe Benefits of Digital DiplomacyThe Challenges of Digital DiplomacyDigital Diplomacy: From Theory to Practice Research Questions and MethodologyResultsPoland’s MFAFinland’s MFANorway’s MFAIsrael’s MFADiscussionConclusionsBibliography