Publications
Research and institutional publications on technology diplomacy, digital governance, and inclusive digital transformation. This work forms part of my doctoral research at École des Ponts Business School on how states institutionalize tech diplomacy.
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Moore Aoki, A. (2026). The WAT framework and four pathways to tech diplomacy capacity: The Brazil–EU Digital Partnership as case study. Tech Diplomacy Global Institute Publications. https://doi.org/10.67134/2026.wat
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 market scale and regulatory alignment rather than frontier innovation, with direct lessons for India, Indonesia, Mexico, and other Global South states.
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Moore Aoki, A. (2026). From diplomacy about technology to diplomacy through technology: A three-dimensional framework for tech diplomacy. Tech Diplomacy Global Institute. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19254226
The conceptual foundation of my research program. Beyond governing technology and engaging the firms that build it, states increasingly deploy infrastructure, standards, and digital capacity as instruments of diplomatic influence. The article theorizes this third dimension, diplomacy through technology, illustrated by data embassies and the rise of tech diplomacy in smaller states and the Global South, and proposes a revised definition of the field.
Moore Aoki, A. (2026). The Global Technology Diplomacy Report 2026. Tech Diplomacy Global Institute.
The Institute’s first flagship publication, mapping the emergence of technology diplomacy as a field of statecraft: its actors, institutions, and instruments, and the state of its institutionalization across regions.