21st Century Statecraft

Date: 01/21/2010 Description: Images of 21st Century Statecraft: Display of live tracking of chips at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas. American competitor at the texting World Championship in NY. A woman at an internet cafe in Iran. A ranger uses text messages to track elephants at Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya. © AP Images

"To meet these 21st century challenges, we need to use the tools, the new 21st century statecraft. ...we find ourselves living at a moment in human history when we have the potential to engage in these new and innovative forms of diplomacy and to also use them to help individuals be empowered for their own development."
      –Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

 

We are adapting our statecraft by reshaping our development and diplomatic agendas to meet old challenges in new ways and by deploying one of America’s great assets – innovation. This is 21st Century Statecraft: complementing traditional foreign policy tools with newly innovated and adapted instruments of statecraft that fully leverage the networks, technologies, and demographics of our interconnected world. Overview»
Date: 06/09/2010 Description: Image of m.state.gov on mobile device and state.gov webpages. - State Dept Image  

21st Century Statecraft Month
The Department of State has designated January 2012 as 21st Century Statecraft month. Twenty-first Century Statecraft complements traditional foreign policy by harnessing and adapting the digital networks and technologies of today’s interconnected world. More»
Leveraging the Tools of 21st Century Statecraft»
 

LiveAtState
Senior Advisor for Innovation and Technology, Alec Ross, answers questions on 21st Century Statecraft. Full Text»
 

Twitter Briefings
During the month, Department Spokesperson Nuland will answer questions selected from the Department’s 10 official Twitter feeds. More»
Jan. 6 Briefing»
Date: 12/08/2011 Description: Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Conference on Internet Freedom, in The Hague, Netherlands. © State Dept Image by Jos van Leeuwen  

Conference on Internet Freedom
Secretary Clinton: "The United States wants the internet to remain a space where economic, political, and social exchanges flourish." Full Text»

Launch of Internet Freedom Coalition
At the Freedom Online conference, 14 countries endorsed a declaration pledging concrete actions in support of Internet freedom. More»
Date: 12/06/2011 Description: Screenshot of the Virtual Embassy of the United States, Tehran, Iran. - State Dept Image   Virtual Embassy Tehran
Spokesperson Nuland: "I am delighted to announce the online opening of the Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran as a new and exciting engagement opportunity between the peoples of Iran and the United States." Full Text» Briefing» Fact Sheet»
Date: 11/16/2011 Location: Manila, Philippines Description: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for souvenir shots from Filipino scholars following her townhall meeting and interview in Manila, Philippines Wednesday Nov. 16, 2011. © AP Photo/Bullit Marquez   Social Media Townterview
Secretary Clinton: "We’ve had over 235 years in our democracy of trying to struggle with the issues about free expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly. And the internet is a vehicle." Full Text»
Date: 10/15/2010 Description: Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Commonwealth Club, in San Francisco, California. © AP Image   Secretary Clinton: "[W]e're working to leverage the power and potential in what I call 21st century statecraft. Part of our approach is to embrace new tools, like using cell phones for mobile banking or to monitor elections. But we're also reaching to the people behind these tools, the innovators and entrepreneurs themselves." Full Text»


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