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The WAT Framework and Four Pathways to Tech Diplomacy Capacity: The Brazil–EU Digital Partnership as Case Study

The WAT Framework and Four Pathways to Tech Diplomacy Capacity: The Brazil–EU Digital Partnership as Case Study

by Ayumi Moore Aoki | Jul 26, 2026 | Insights, Publications

On 12 June 2026, Brazil became the first large emerging market to sign a Digital Partnership with the European Union. This article introduces the WAT framework — diplomacy With, About, and Through technology — and shows how Brazil built tech diplomacy capacity from...
From Diplomacy About Technology to Diplomacy Through Technology: A Three-Dimensional Framework for Tech Diplomacy

From Diplomacy About Technology to Diplomacy Through Technology: A Three-Dimensional Framework for Tech Diplomacy

by Ayumi Moore Aoki | Mar 26, 2026 | Insights, Publications, Tech Diplomacy

Ayumi Moore AokiEDBA Doctoral Candidate, Ecole des Ponts Business SchoolMarch 2026 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19254226 Abstract Tech diplomacy is now established as both the governance of digital and emerging technologies and the diplomatic engagement of states...
EU–Brazil Adequacy: Building the World’s Largest Trusted Data Corridor for Tech Diplomacy

EU–Brazil Adequacy: Building the World’s Largest Trusted Data Corridor for Tech Diplomacy

by Ayumi Moore Aoki | Jan 30, 2026 | Insights, 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...
The Conceptual Foundations of AI Sovereignty

The Conceptual Foundations of AI Sovereignty

by Ayumi Moore Aoki | Jul 22, 2025 | Insights, Tech Diplomacy

Introduction The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally transformed the landscape of international relations, challenging traditional notions of state sovereignty and introducing new complexities in global governance. As AI technologies...

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