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History of Diplomacy and Technology traces the co-evolution of diplomacy and communication technologies, from prehistoric exchanges and the invention of writing to electricity, the telegraph, and today's AI-driven digital diplomacy. Drawing on examples from Mesopotamia, China, India, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, the book reveals how societies developed tools to negotiate, cooperate, and coexist across distances and cultures. In this second edition, Jovan Kurbalija goes beyond Eurocentric history to highlight diverse traditions of diplomacy and offers a clear framework, the ""3×3×3 lens"", for understanding continuity and change across centuries. Blending historical storytelling with insights for today's digital and AI-driven age, the book reveals how diplomacy has endured every technological revolution by adapting, not resisting. Engaging, wide-ranging, and timely, it is an essential read for anyone interested in history, international relations, or the future of global cooperation.

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Dr Jovan Kurbalija is the Executive Director of DiploFoundation and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP). A former diplomat and pioneer in cyber diplomacy since the early 1990s, he has advised the United Nations on digital cooperation and Internet governance, founded DiploFoundation to train thousands of diplomats worldwide, and lectures at leading institutions across Europe and the US. Author of numerous works on diplomacy and technology, including the widely translated An Introduction to Internet Governance, his latest book, History of Diplomacy and Technology (2nd ed., 2025), explores the co-evolution of communication tools and diplomatic practice.

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