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.  And we’ve begun to do that.  We have seen the possibilities of what can happen when ordinary citizens are empowered by Twitter and Facebook to organize political movements, or simply exchange ideas and information. So 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

Date: 01/21/2010 Description: Secretary Clinton gives remarks on Internet freedom and 21st century statecraft at the Newseum in Washington, DC. - State Dept Image
   View Video		 Secretary Clinton (Jan. 21): "We want to put these tools in the hands of people who will use them to advance democracy and human rights, to fight climate change and epidemics, to build global support for President Obama’s goal of a world without nuclear weapons, to encourage sustainable economic development that lifts the people at the bottom up."  Full Text»
Date: 01/21/2010 Description: Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner briefs reporters in the State Department Briefing Room on internet freedom and 21st century statecraft. - State Dept Image
   View Video		 Assistant Secretary Posner (Jan. 22): "These tools, these connective tools of the internet, cell phones, are a prime way now that people are communicating within their own societies and communicating with the rest of the world. So this is really a vital piece of what we’re trying to do when we talk about linking human rights, democracy, and development." Full Text»
Date: 01/21/2010 Description: Senior Advisor for Innovation Alec Ross briefs reporters in the State Department Briefing Room on internet freedom and 21st century statecraft. - State Dept Image
   View Video		 Jan. 20: Background briefing by Senior Advisor for Innovation Alec Ross on 21st century statecraft. View Video»

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