Diplomacy in a Globalizing World Theories and Practices

by Kerr, Pauline; Wiseman, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780199764488
• ISBN10: 0199764484
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

InDiplomacy in a Globalizing World: Theories and Practices,twenty-three esteemed scholars contribute to the debate about the changing nature of contemporary diplomacy and its future theoretical and practical implications. Filling a gap in the foreign policy textbook market, this unique volume balances breadth with depth and theory with practice, illustrating through cutting-edge comparative analyses that twenty-first century diplomacy is best understood as "complex diplomacy." The selections analyze diplomacy's historical and contemporary developments; Western and non-Western diplomatic theories and practices; sociological and political theories of diplomacy; and various diplomatic structures, processes and instruments, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, public diplomacy, bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, and intelligence. The text is enhanced by numerous pedagogical tools.

Author Biography

Pauline Kerr is Director of Studies in the Asia-pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University. She is coeditor of China's "New" Diplomacy: Tactical of Fundamental Change? (2008). Geoffrey Wiseman is Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the University of Sothern California. He is coeditor of American Diplomacy (2012) and The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society (2007).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
About the Contributors	p. xxi
World Map	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
The diplomacy puzzle	p. 1
Historical background, contemporary trends, and challenges for diplomacy	p. 3
The book's structure, chapter summaries, and pedagogical features	p. 7
The Historical Evolution of Diplomacy	p. 13
Diplomacy through the Ages	p. 15
Introduction	p. 15
Ancient Near Eastern diplomacy	p. 16
Classical diplomacy	p. 19
European diplomacy	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 29
Past Diplomacy in East Asia: From Tributary Relations to Cold War Rivalry	p. 31
Introduction	p. 32
Collapse of the traditional East Asian order and the tributary system	p. 32
Japan's military expansion and the diplomacy of imperialism	p. 35
Cold War diplomacy in East Asia	p. 39
Diplomacy during the deterioration of the East Asian bipolar system	p. 41
Diplomacy of the strategic triangle	p. 43
Conclusion	p. 46
Concepts and Theories of Contemporary Diplomacy	p. 49
Diplomacy in International Relations Theory and Other Disciplinary Perspectives	p. 51
Introduction: the attractions and limitations of theory	p. 52
Diplomacy in international theory	p. 54
Diplomats in social theory	p. 59
Diplomatic theory	p. 61
Postpositivist diplomatic theory	p. 63
Conclusion	p. 65
Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy	p. 68
Introduction: debating diplomacy	p. 68
Debating what we mean by "diplomacy"	p. 69
Debating continuity and change in contemporary diplomacy	p. 73
Debating theory and practice in contemporary diplomacy	p. 77
Conclusion: how debates about diplomacy are, or are not, resolved	p. 82
Transnationalizing Diplomacy and Global Governance	p. 85
Introduction	p. 86
From interstate toward intersocial diplomacy	p. 89
Non-state actor participation in world politics	p. 94
Intersocial diplomacies versus interstate diplomacies	p. 96
Global governance and the declining resilience of the state	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 101
Diplomacy as Negotiation and Mediation	p. 103
Introduction	p. 104
Negotiation and diplomacy	p. 105
Expanding the scope of diplomacy	p. 109
Challenging the processes of negotiation: mediation and multilateral diplomacy	p. 112
Facing the future of diplomatic negotiation: prevention	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 118
Structures, Processes, and Instruments of Contemporary Diplomacy	p. 121
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Diplomatic System	p. 123
Introduction	p. 124
The ministry of foreign affairs (MFA): diplomatic perspectives	p. 124
The MFA and the national diplomatic system (NDS)	p. 126
The emergence and evolution of the MFA	p. 128
The MFA and the NDS in the twenty-first century	p. 130
Conclusion	p. 139
The Impact of the Internet and ICT on Contemporary Diplomacy	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Historical background: the telegraph and diplomacy	p. 142
Changing the environment for diplomacy	p. 144
A new issue on diplomatic agendas	p. 147
A new tool for diplomatic activities	p. 150
Conclusion	p. 159
Consular Diplomacy	p. 160
Introduction	p. 161
Definitional issues	p. 161
Emergence and development of consular tasks and offices	p. 162
The consul and the diplomat	p. 167
The consul today	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 173
Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy in Normal Times and in Crises	p. 175
Introduction	p. 175
Distinguishing bilateralism and multilateralism	p. 177
Distinguishing between forms of multilateralism	p. 180
Understanding the contemporary international order	p. 183
The challenge of a power transition	p. 186
Conclusion	p. 190
Public Diplomacy	p. 192
Introduction: the rise of a practice and a field of study	p. 192
The epiphenomenal nature of public diplomacy	p. 195
Official and nongovernmental public diplomacy	p. 198
Beyond the new public diplomacy: evolving concepts	p. 202
Public diplomacy outside the West	p. 205
Conclusion	p. 207
Economic Diplomacy	p. 209
Introduction	p. 209
What is economic diplomacy?	p. 210
What makes economic diplomacy important?	p. 212
Is economic diplomacy distinctive?	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 223
Track-Two Diplomacy in East Asia	p. 226
Introduction: debates about diplomacy and track-two diplomacy	p. 227
An analytical framework and methodology for investigating track-two diplomacy	p. 229
The practice of track-two diplomacy in East Asia: environmental, security, and economic issues	p. 230
Explaining track-two diplomacy in East Asia	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 242
Diplomacy and Intelligence	p. 244
Introduction: exploring the "dark arts" in international politics and diplomacy	p. 245
Defining intelligence, deception, and covert action	p. 248
Ethical issues: how dark are the dark arts?	p. 256
Looking to the future	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 259
National, Regional, and International Diplomatic Practices	p. 263
United States Contemporary Diplomacy: Implementing a Foreign Policy of "Engagement"	p. 265
Introduction: foreign policy as diplomatic process	p. 265
Containment: negotiating (only) from a position of strength	p. 268
Transformation: putting (others') domestic affairs at the center of foreign policy	p. 270
Engagement: talking with enemies as well as (just) with friends	p. 274
Conclusion: diplomacy now the primary means, but not the end of policy	p. 279
China's Contemporary Diplomacy	p. 282
Introduction	p. 282
The context of Chinas contemporary diplomacy	p. 283
Evolving diplomatic strategies and thinking	p. 284
Proactive multilateral diplomacy	p. 287
An omnidirectional diplomatic structure	p. 289
The broadening of diplomatic arenas	p. 290
Multilevel foreign relations and diplomacy	p. 296
Conclusion	p. 299
Regional Institutional Diplomacies: Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Other Regions	p. 300
Introduction	p. 300
Diplomacy as an institution and the challenge of regional institutional diplomatic systems	p. 302
EU regional institutional diplomacy	p. 304
Regional diplomacy in Asia	p. 307
Regional diplomacy in Africa	p. 310
Regional diplomacy in South America	p. 312
Other regional diplomatic systems	p. 314
Conclusion	p. 316
The United Nations	p. 319
Introduction	p. 319
Historical origins and emergence	p. 320
Main UN organs	p. 322
Evolution of diplomatic practices	p. 326
The diplomatic community	p. 330
Conclusion	p. 334
Conclusion	p. 336
Introduction	p. 336
How is diplomacy changing?	p. 337
Why is diplomacy changing?	p. 339
Implications for future theories and practices	p. 341
Complex diplomacy	p. 343
Glossary	p. 345
References	p. 361
Index	p. 391
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