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Unit 1: Understanding Digital Surveillance and Global Implications
Defines surveillance concepts and trends in international contexts.
Learning Objectives:
– Define digital surveillance and its uses in foreign policy and national security.
– Analyze ethical frameworks related to data collection and digital monitoring.
Content: Defines surveillance concepts and trends in international contexts.
Activity: Create a surveillance practice taxonomy by sector.
Assessment: Taxonomy and classification report.
Unit 2: Ethics and Privacy in the Digital Sphere
Explores moral arguments on the limits of state and corporate monitoring.
Learning Objectives:
– Analyze ethical frameworks related to data collection and digital monitoring.
– Evaluate the impact of surveillance revelations on diplomatic relationships.
Content: Explores moral arguments on the limits of state and corporate monitoring.
Activity: Draft an ethical decision-making framework for diplomats.
Assessment: Framework scoring guide and peer feedback.
Unit 3: Legal Frameworks: Domestic and International Perspectives
Examines laws such as GDPR, FISA, and the Budapest Convention.
Learning Objectives:
– Evaluate the impact of surveillance revelations on diplomatic relationships.
– Interpret national and international laws governing surveillance activities.
Content: Examines laws such as GDPR, FISA, and the Budapest Convention.
Activity: Compare laws across three jurisdictions and report findings.
Assessment: Legal comparison matrix and summary paper.
Unit 4: Surveillance in Diplomacy: Case Studies and Controversies
Reviews famous cases of surveillance and their diplomatic impact.
Learning Objectives:
– Interpret national and international laws governing surveillance activities.
– Balance transparency, privacy, and security in diplomatic engagements.
Content: Reviews famous cases of surveillance and their diplomatic impact.
Activity: Analyze the Snowden disclosures and their consequences.
Assessment: Case analysis and diplomatic response memo.
Unit 5: Responding to Scandals and Maintaining Trust
Trains crisis communication and trust restoration techniques.
Learning Objectives:
– Balance transparency, privacy, and security in diplomatic engagements.
– Respond diplomatically to surveillance-related crises or scandals.
Content: Trains crisis communication and trust restoration techniques.
Activity: Role-play a press briefing after a diplomatic surveillance crisis.
Assessment: Press briefing evaluation rubric.
Unit 6: Digital Espionage and Counterintelligence Strategies
Analyzes digital espionage threats and defensive measures.
Learning Objectives:
– Respond diplomatically to surveillance-related crises or scandals.
– Assess risks posed by digital espionage and counter-surveillance.
Content: Analyzes digital espionage threats and defensive measures.
Activity: Design a cyber counterintelligence checklist for missions.
Assessment: Checklist rubric and peer assessment.
Unit 7: Diplomatic Communication and Secure Technologies
Teaches secure communication protocols for diplomats.
Learning Objectives:
– Assess risks posed by digital espionage and counter-surveillance.
– Debate surveillance practices in a global governance context.
Content: Teaches secure communication protocols for diplomats.
Activity: Evaluate secure messaging tools and encryption platforms.
Assessment: Messaging tool review presentation.
Unit 8: Transparency vs. Secrecy: Debates and Dilemmas
Guides structured debates on secrecy, freedom, and rights.
Learning Objectives:
– Debate surveillance practices in a global governance context.
– Design internal protocols for ethical use of digital intelligence.
Content: Guides structured debates on secrecy, freedom, and rights.
Activity: Debate public surveillance in open society diplomacy.
Assessment: Debate performance and written reflection.
Unit 9: Simulation: Responding to a Surveillance Exposure
Simulates an incident involving leaked surveillance data.
Learning Objectives:
– Design internal protocols for ethical use of digital intelligence.
– Develop a diplomatic response plan to address surveillance challenges.
Content: Simulates an incident involving leaked surveillance data.
Activity: Respond in real-time to a simulated surveillance breach.
Assessment: Simulation debrief and analysis report.
Unit 10: Capstone: Surveillance Ethics and Response Protocol
Students present an ethics protocol and response strategy for missions.
Learning Objectives:
– Develop a diplomatic response plan to address surveillance challenges.
– Define digital surveillance and its uses in foreign policy and national security.
Content: Students present an ethics protocol and response strategy for missions.
Activity: Deliver a final strategy for surveillance ethics and protocol.
Assessment: Capstone ethics protocol and oral defense.
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