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Research Interest(s): Digital diplomacy, State use of social media, Public diplomacy
Discipline(s): Political Science
Subdiscipline(s): International Relations
Research Group(s): International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Science, technology and power
Geographical Area(s): North America, South Asia, Western Europe
Language(s): English, French
Biography
Remi Meehan is a doctoral researcher at CERI-Sciences Po. His doctoral research focuses on how states engage in public diplomacy in the digital space to advance state narratives and grow their power. His research is especially focused on X (formerly Twitter), given its substantial if waning influence on political discourse online. Working with Christian Lequesne as his advisor, Remi is the inaugural recipient of the doctoral contract “DIPLOMATICA,” a joint effort of Sciences Po and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Previously, Remi spent over a decade working as a trader and geopolitical risk manager at Morgan Stanley in New York, most recently as an Executive Director. At Morgan Stanley, he specialized in mining and defense sectors within developed and emerging markets. Remi holds a MSc. in International Strategy and Diplomacy from the London School of Economics and an A.B. in International Affairs from Princeton University in New Jersey.
Thesis topic
Public Diplomacy in the digital space: How states use social media to advance their narratives, supervised by Christian Lequesne
publications
Meehan, R. (2024). "Tweeting for Influence: How France and China use digital cultural diplomacy to expand their power, a mixed methods approach", European Review of International Studies, doi: 10.1163/21967415-11020001
Meehan, R. and Tusk, B. (2024). « Le vote mobile est arrivé et il transforme la démocratie » / "Mobile voting is here and it is transforming democracy", Euronews.
Meehan, R. (2024). "Review of ‘The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy’ edited by Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor", International Affairs, 100(4), pp. 1783-1784, doi:10.1093/ia/iiae158
Meehan, R. (2024). "Review of ‘Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics’ edited by James Der Derian and Alexander Wendt", European Review of International Studies, doi:10.1163/21967415-bja10057
Meehan, R. (2024) Review of ‘Seven crashes: the economic crises that shaped globalization by H. James; A crash course on crises: macroeconomic concepts for run-ups, collapses, and recoveries’ by M. Brunnermeier and R. Reis, International Affairs, 100(1), pp. 431–433.
Meehan, R. and Wang, E. (2024) The EU’s Global Gateway plan’s alleged weaknesses are its strengths, Euronews.
