The Tech Diplomacy
Global Institute
The World’s Premier Institute Bridging Technology and Global Policy
Our Vision & Mission
Vision: A world where technology and diplomacy converge to solve global challenges and foster international cooperation.
Mission: To pioneer the field of tech diplomacy by connecting leaders, driving innovative policy, and shaping the future of international relations in the digital age.
Technology is reshaping global power dynamics and transforming international relations at unprecedented speed. The Tech Diplomacy Global Institute stands at this critical intersection as the world’s premier institution bridging technology and global policy.
We are the first global platform to invite nation states to appoint Tech Ambassadors and unite them under one neutral, multilateral forum. We advise governments on digital transformation, convene global leaders to shape international standards, build institutional capacity, and produce research that defines the future of technology governance.
The Tech Diplomacy Global Institute is the trusted neutral ground where the world’s digital future is negotiated, shaped, and secured.
Executive Education – The Only Program That Makes You a Tech Diplomacy Leader
Technology now shapes power, security, and sovereignty. TDGEP is a six-month executive program for senior government and corporate leaders — two immersive weeks in Paris, four online modules, and a real Capstone project designed for immediate institutional use. Limited to 30 leaders. 2026 cohort now open.
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What We Do
The Tech Diplomacy Global Institute is at the forefront of bridging technology and diplomacy through four key activities:
Tech Ambassador Initiative
We work with governments to establish Tech Ambassador positions – senior diplomatic representatives dedicated to technology and innovation diplomacy at the highest levels of foreign policy.
Global Convenings
We host the annual Tech Diplomacy Global Forum and regional convenings bringing together ministers, ambassadors, tech leaders, and policy experts.
Capacity Building
We train diplomats in technology and technologists in diplomacy—building the expertise both governments and industry need to navigate AI governance, cybersecurity, data flows, and digital trade.
Research & Advisory
We produce cutting-edge research on tech diplomacy trends and provide strategic advisory services to governments navigating digital transformation.
Tech Diplomacy Global Institute
Bridging Technology and Diplomacy for a Connected World
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The Tech Diplomacy Global Executive Program Launches Its First Cohort in Paris
On 29 June 2026, the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute officially launched the first cohort of the Tech Diplomacy Global Executive Program (TDGEP) in Paris. Twenty participants from sixteen countries, representing every region of the world, gathered for the program's...
Building Trust in a Fragmented Era: The Second Tech Diplomacy Global Forum Convenes at UNESCO
Paris, July 2026 — On Thursday 2 July 2026, the Tech Diplomacy Global Institute convened the second edition of the Tech Diplomacy Global Forum in Room I of La Maison de l'UNESCO in Paris. Under the theme "Tech Diplomacy as Statecraft: Building Trust in a Fragmented...
The Picture That Answers Every Question About Tech Diplomacy
By Ayumi Moore Aoki © Evelyn Hockstein / ReutersLook at the photograph from Évian-les-Bains. Around a table in the French Alps, on June 17, 2026, the leaders of the Group of Seven sit alongside the chief executives of the world's most powerful artificial intelligence...
Latest Insights
From Diplomacy About Technology to Diplomacy Through Technology: A Three-Dimensional Framework for Tech Diplomacy
A new framework for tech diplomacy that makes the field analytically relevant for smaller states and the Global South — not just Silicon Valley-adjacent governments.
EU–Brazil Adequacy: Building the World’s Largest Trusted Data Corridor for Tech Diplomacy
The EU–Brazil mutual adequacy decisions create the world’s largest “tech diplomacy corridor” for trusted data, consolidating a 670‑million‑person space where privacy, trade, and geopolitical alignment intersect in concrete regulatory practice. What has been agreed On...
Launching the Global Technology Diplomacy Report 2026
The Tech Diplomacy Global Institute has launched its first flagship publication, The Global Technology Diplomacy Report 2026, a foundational resource for understanding how states and institutions are redesigning diplomacy for the digital age. This publication offers a...
The Geopolitics of AI: Three Models of Digital Sovereignty
Artificial intelligence now sits at the epicenter of global strategic contestation—an arena in which competing visions of governance, innovation, and values are taking shape. In this new landscape, divergent models of digital sovereignty have materialized, each...
Digital Sovereignty: Controlling National Digital Destiny
Digital sovereignty has swiftly become a defining issue in international relations, encapsulating national ambitions to control digital assets, infrastructures, and data in an era of mounting technological dependencies and strategic uncertainty. This concept extends...
Corporate Diplomacy in the Tech Sector: Microsoft and Beyond
The acceleration of tech diplomacy as a core governmental practice is mirrored by the evolution of corporate diplomatic functions within major technology companies, marking a transformative shift in how both governments and private entities approach global technology...
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