Ilan Manor

The author is a PhD student in diplomacy at the University of Oxford.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speak across a long table at a meeting in Moscow on Monday.

Why isn't the media reporting enough on the situation in Ukraine? - opinion

 IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Hossein Amirabdollahian (left) meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi in Tehran in November. The foreign minister seems to adopt a dual rhetoric when discussing the Vienna talks.

Iran's 'charming' online rhetoric has come to an end - opinion

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG delivers an address by video in October to the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.

Digital diplomacy: managing Israel's image on social media


Diplomats worldwide go digital to honor Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed by many states and diplomatic institutions.

AUSCHWITZ

Amid election fraud concerns: Could robots decide a US election?

A Trump bot strategy could build a false perception of hundreds of thousands of Americans alleging electoral fraud.

A supporter of President Donald Trump holds a sign stating "STOP THE STEAL" and a pin stating "Poll Watcher" after Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the Pennsylvania general election vote count across the street from where ballots are being counted, three d

The specter of bots and trolls

Digital disinformation is thus not the opium of the masses.

An attendee uses a new iPhone X during a presentation for the media in Beijing, China October 31, 2017.

Undermining Israel’s digital resilience

Digital propaganda does not always rely on proactive means to manipulate social media platforms and capture the attention of online audiences.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him

Reaping the benefits of digital public diplomacy

Yet reaping the full benefit of digital public diplomacy requires that diplomats invest time and resources in cultivating online relationships which rest on dialogue.

 ‘WHILE THE Israeli Foreign Ministry has long since been regarded as a digital leader, it is now also at the forefront of the battle against online hate having developed new digital capabilities.’

The all-American president

Under US Presdient Donald Trump, Lady Liberty no longer welcomes the tired and the poor but asks them for a photo ID.

A screencapture of the campaign video to re-elect President Donald Trump

Online Palestine is advocating peace

Palestine is extending a digital arm to Israel. The Israeli government should follow suite.

Demonstrators including Israeli and Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho last year

Re-crafting the Israeli digital narrative

To paraphrase Churchill, digital diplomacy is not a game. It is an important business.

C4i Branch's Cyber Control Center

Time to safeguard democracies

Like the captain of the Titanic, Netanyahu is directing our ship toward an iceberg. And like the captain of the Titanic, Netanyahu is willing to go down with his ship.

Benjamin Netanyahu

When Obama became Peres

"With his approval ratings reaching a seven-year high, and world leaders praising his achievements, America’s first black president is paving the way for a white nationalist."

US President Barack Obama toasts with former president Shimon Peres after Obama was presented with the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Israel's highest civilian honor, in Jerusalem, March 21, 2013