ABSTRACT
Come citizens, diplomacy as an elite hierarchy is a thing of past! Now international relations have migrated to a pluralist digital age model. One may acknowledge it in many names: Twiplomacy, e-diplomacy, weiplomacy, digital diplomacy, YouTube diplomacy, Twitter diplomacy, online-diplomacy, Facebook diplomacy and so on. Internet is an integral part of diplomatic communications. 1 Contemporary global conditions are such that diplomacy anchored in statist line does not accurately capture the proper imagination of the diverse social forces that shape foreign affairs. Neither realist nor liberal paradigms are sufficient in explaining informal community forming in diplomatic arena. A discursive understanding is need of the hour. Critical theory offers appropriate framework for analysing rise and emergence of international relations and diplomatic practices more particularly in a normative context of technology. The rise of technological infrastructure necessitates incorporation of normative explanations for inclusion, participation and transparency in the conduct of interstate affairs. Taking into account the role of non-state actors and technological infrastructure in a Habermasian discourse to the study of diplomacy illuminates their potential for documenting non-territorial and informal political community in the conduct of foreign policy. Opportunity for an informal community through social media is so profound, as the inherent contradictions in global affairs in contemporary world call for change.
