A New Theory and Practice of Diplomacy

New Perspectives on Diplomacy

• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781838604585
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Diplomacy & Treaties
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Effective diplomacy remains fundamental to the conduct of international relations in the twenty-first century, as we seek to define and manage a challenging new world order peacefully.
New Perspectives on Diplomacy examines the implications of the shifting international landscape upon how states interact with one another. Reflecting on the significant changes to the system of states over the past 50 years, including the end of the Cold War, the rise of transnational networks, challenges to borders, growth in national populism and the increasing difficulties presented to diplomats by radical transparency, the first volume presents the global context against which contemporary diplomacy is conducted.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Contents 
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Preface
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• List of abbreviations
• Introduction: The changing theory and practice of diplomacy
• 1 The global diplomatic practice: Constituting an ethical world order
• 2 Coercive diplomacy and the continued relevance of hard power: The role of competence and context
• 3 Intelligence and diplomacy: Changing environment, old problems
• 4 The power of describing identity in diplomacy: Writing subjects, territory, time and evil at the end of Gaddafi’s Libya
• 5 The Beijing and Moscow 1972 summits: Strengths and limits of two iconic diplomatic breakthroughs
• 6 Empathy and emotional diplomacy
• 7 Counter-diplomacy: The many ways to say no
• 8 Small state security and diplomacy in the not-so-new Europe: Comparing experiences from the Balkans to the Baltic in the twenty-first century
• 9 South Africa’s diplomacy of conflict resolution in the post-apartheid era: The case of the DRC
• 10 Life as a diplomat
• Conclusion
• Select bibliography
• Index
• Imprint