Almost one year ago, US diplomats started to present their views on current foreign affairs activities on the blogs hosted by US State Department. It is not about revealing secrets, but presenting and discussing for and with the readers daily issues facing the diplomacy in the making. Recently, the 2.0. activities received on-line dimensions, after Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Colleen Graffy get in touch with his followers on Twitter, about recent meeting in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
One of the most active diplomatic presences on 2.0. space is the UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, who’s frequently posting on youtube personal accounts of the places he’s visiting as well as of the public statements and conferences, available in this way to quite a wider audience.These kind of openings of diplomacy aren't diminishing at all overall substance of the diplomatic exercise and, for sure, is not available for all the domains covered- as the treaty negotiations, for example. It is not necessarily about democratization of foreign affairs, but about a focus on a more explanatory dimension. Plus, it could offer a source of instant information for journalists, as well as an alternative source of information, as a possible countering to what it was called in the latest years "CNN diplomacy".
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