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| | Virtual Diplomacy Initiative: U.S. Institute of Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | The Virtual Diplomacy Initiative, directed by Sheryl Brown, explores the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in the conduct of foreign affairs, particularly their effect upon international conflict management and resolution. |
 | | Co-authored by Sheryl Brown, director of the Virtual Diplomacy Initiative, this report was originally presented as a speech at a conference, "Towards Interoperability in Crisis Management," cosponsored by the United States Institute of Peace's Virtual Diplomacy Initiative and the Crisis Management Initiative's Information Technology and Crisis Management project in Helsinki, Finland, September 11-14, 2003. |
 | | Edited by Barry Fulton, a research professor at George Washington University and director of the Public Diplomacy Institute, "Net Diplomacy" is a three part series of reports that examine the state of diplomacy in 2015. |
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