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Below is the table of content and a short section describing the contents of the report available from: http://216.181.117.89/index.asp?bid=1290 Or http://aspeninstitute.org THE RISE OF NETPOLITIK How the Internet Is Changing International Politics and Diplomacy A Report of the Eleventh Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology by David Bollier Contents FOREWORD, Charles M Firestone v THE RISE OF NETPOLITIK How the Internet Is Changing International Diplomacy, David Bollier Introduction - 1 I Electronic Networks Are Changing the Architecture of Power and Culture - 3 Sidebar: The Effects of The Internet on Military Strategy - 12 II The Internet and the Rise of Soft Power - 16 III International Politics As An Arena of Competing Stories - 27 Conclusion - 38 Notes - 40 APPENDIX The Impact of Information Flow, Boris Trajkovski - 45 List of Conference Participants - 49 About the Author - 53 The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program - 55 Previous Publications from the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology - 57 ... The Plan of This Report This report asks: How are the Internet and other digital technologies changing the conduct of world affairs? What do these changes mean for our understanding of power in international relations and how political interests are pursued? Part I explores how the faster velocity of information and the diversification of information sources are complicating international diplomacy (sections A and B). The geopolitical and military implications of these changes are signi.cant but poorly understood. Part II explores how the Internet is affecting cross-cultural and political relationships and elevating the importance of “soft power” in international affairs. The new global communications infrastructure of the Internet, .lms, television, and music represents a robust new arena for international dialogue and con.ict. Coercive military and .nancial powers are tempered by considerations of soft power, such as the desire to assert national pride, persuade others of a cause’s moral legitimacy, and sustain one’s cultural values. How do people express their values, identity, and culture? Part III examines one of the most universal human tools for doing so: storytelling. Conference participants generally agreed that the successful exercise of soft power requires an understanding of the “grand narratives” of different cultures. International diplomacy therefore may require new attention to the grammar of story construction and the perplexing ways that context, trust, and meaning are generated in an electronically networked world. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
