Digital Diplomacy Index

The online influence of world powers, measured by Twitter data. #DigitalDiplomacy #Datascience #geopolitics #foreignaffairs #diplomacy

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At a time of diplomatic tension between the big two, the #US and #Russia are respectively ranked 1st and 2nd in terms of average number of published tweets, reflecting their willingness to communicate about each other's decisions to remove diplomats.

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#Brazil 🇧🇷 gains visibility among the world community, moving up to the 2nd place. The country is at the heart of discussions, likely reflecting the repercussions of ongoing tensions between President @jairbolsonaro and Brazil’s Supreme Court.

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The #Olympics allow #Japan 🇯🇵 to upgrade its position, becoming the 2nd country with the highest diplomatic weight, based on mentions by other #G20 countries' official diplomatic accounts. Japan is also the country with the biggest global visibility.

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As conversations about #India 🇮🇳 surge and the #US 🇺🇸 struggles to maintain its #Trump era levels of visibility under Mr. #Biden, India has temporarily overtaken the US as n°1 in the #DigitalDiplomacy Index - a position that clearly shows the ambivalence of online visibility.

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#India 🇮🇳 is the country with the most total followers of its diplomatic accounts on Twitter… while also being the country which accumulates new followers most rapidly.

Explore the #DigitalDiplomacy Index’s Momentum rankings here ➡️
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Ever since the creation of the #DigitalDiplomacy Index, #France 🇫🇷 has maintained its n°1 spot in Diplomatic Centrality, which measures the propensity of people with a high interest in diplomacy to follow a specific country’s diplomatic accounts.

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A British paradox: the #UK is one of the most potent nations in terms of #DigitalDiplomacy (4th position in our general ranking), but also one of those that people talk about the least. It ranks 16th among #G20 countries in Global Country Visibility.

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The #US 🇺🇸, #India 🇮🇳 and #Japan 🇯🇵 are the three countries that are mentioned the most by other G20 countries’ diplomats online, as shown in the Diplomatic Weight gauge of the #DigitalDiplomacy Index.

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#India 🇮🇳, #France 🇫🇷 and #Russia 🇷🇺 are the three countries that use the greatest number of different languages (among the 13 languages used by #G20 countries) in their diplomatic publications on #Twitter.

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#India 🇮🇳 has come at the center of online diplomatic conversations in the wake of a recent #Covid19 spike. It currently ranks 3rd in our Diplomatic Weight measure, which is based on mentions of a country by other #G20 countries’ diplomats on Twitter over the past month.

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The (re)emergence of #space diplomacy? The top hashtag used by #France’s 🇫🇷 official diplomatic accounts on Twitter over the past 30 days is #MissionAlpha, in reference to astronaut @Thom_astro’s return to the @Space_Station.

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In total, #India’s 🇮🇳 diplomatic representatives have more followers than those of the #US 🇺🇸. However, the US’s online diplomacy is much more institutionalized, with its leader’s followers accounting for 53% of the country’s total vs. 95% for India.

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As the #US 🇺🇸 abandons the conflictual tone used under Mr. #Trump, its overall visibility on Twitter has plummeted: Brazil 🇧🇷, France 🇫🇷 and Mexico 🇲🇽 are all mentioned more frequently than the US now.

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As tensions rise over #Ukraine, #Russia’s 🇷🇺 online diplomatic network is the most active on Twitter, with the highest number of tweets published out of any G20 country.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳Today's meeting between the #US and #China in #Alaska is seen by the #Biden administration as an opportunity to address Beijing from “a position of strength" said @jakejsullivan.

As far as it concerns #DigitalDiplomacy, #USA stands far ahead of China➡️https://t.co/sZBYP81SCE

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On the international front, Mr. #Biden’s smaller online reach may result in the #US 🇺🇸 president’s words having less direct impact on foreign populations, giving a larger role to the country’s well-developed network of embassy accounts on social media. (3/3)

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Thread - More than 3 months after President #Biden’s election, the #US’s 🇺🇸 Diplomatic Network Reach remains well below the levels achieved under Mr. #Trump, in large part because of Mr. Biden’s much smaller follower base. (1/3)

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On the domestic front, the slow rate of growth of Mr. #Biden’s follower base may be explained in part by high polarization and its limiting effect on the president’s potential audience. (2/3)

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The gap between each party’s approval ratings for Mr Biden is the largest ever recorded for an incoming president https://t.co/ftTnAXNgSy

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Beyond #Westlessness?🌎
Many eminent leaders from the western world gather today at the #MSC2021. Whereas the #Covid19 crisis has further accelerated #China's prominent role, discussions will primarily focus on the renewal of the #transatlantic alliance. https://t.co/nZPNDHy69l

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🇮🇹 #Italy’s choice of former @ecb president Mario #Draghi as its Prime Minister has made headlines all over the world.

However, the nomination’s impact on the country’s online #diplomatic weight may be limited, with Mr. Draghi having no existing follower base on Twitter so far.