< WIKILEAKS >impact on international relations and diplomacy

& (potential) factors of greater transparency

sidney leclercq

< WIKILEAKS: A BREAKTRHOUGH ? >

not a new phenomena the “whistleblowers“

leaks as a foreign policy tool

< WIKILEAKS: AN ACTOR OF IR >

✦ its access, selection, orientation and diffusion choice of large amounts of information

✦ its encryption skills and technical capacity

✦ the unease it generates in governments

✦ ideological aspiration

more than a source / technical intermediary

by

< WHAT NOW WITH TRANSPARENCY ? >

decrease

✦ closing up of information for all

✦ systematic classification

✦ terrorist assimilation

increase

✦ political reactions / accountability to issues revealed

✦ pratice straightening ✦ transparency as

electoral argument ✦ public / parliament

scrutiny

< (POTENTIAL) FACTORS OF TRANSPARENCY >

✦ dealing with the quantity versus / and quality of information✦ value / impact assessment ✦ dissemination strategy✦ focusing on content✦ avoiding “reality-tv-like“ diplomatic leaks

if

< (POTENTIAL) FACTORS OF TRANSPARENCY >

✦ citizen’s rights organizations / public opinion support

✦ larger appropriation of the “transparency and accountability“ messageif

< CONCLUSION ? >

< CONCLUSION ? >

thank you for your attention

source: foreignpolicy.com