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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818823103321

Autore

Hare Paul Webster

Titolo

Making diplomacy work : intelligent innovation for the modern world / / Paul Webster Hare, Boston University

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles : , : SAGE/CQ, , [2016]

ISBN

9781506316284

150631628X

9781483324388

1483324389

9781483395944

1483395944

9781483312965

1483312968

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

327.2

Soggetti

Diplomacy

International relations

World politics - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-356) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1. Diplomacy in history -- chapter 2. Who are the diplomats and how do they operate? -- chapter 3. The institutions of bilateral diplomacy : precedence, protocol, ministries, embassies -- chapter 4. The institutions of multilateral diplomacy -- chapter 5. Regional diplomacy and the Gs -- chapter 6. Negotiations -- chapter 7. Public diplomacy -- chapter 8. Public goods : treaties and international law -- chapter 9. The new diplomatic agenda : the challenges for diplomatic reform -- chapter 10. The non-state actors : global citizens and global diplomacy -- chapter 11. The continuing information and communication revolution : awaiting the response of diplomacy -- chapter 12. Diplomacy in 2025 -- chapter 13. Diplomacy for the ages : intelligent innovation for the modern world.

Sommario/riassunto

Making Diplomacy Work: Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World is



a critical and comprehensive survey of how diplomacy works. While most discussions of diplomatic reform stop short of proposing concrete ideas to make diplomacy work better, this text suggests doable initiatives that could make diplomacy more versatile, more attuned to modern realities, and more capable of confronting the shared problems that no state can solve on its own. It takes a fresh look at the practice of diplomacy, sets its achievements and failures in a contemporary context, and analyzes the major factors that have changed the way it is conducted. The book is built on the premise that diplomacy must adapt some of its ritualistic and stale procedures to become more effective in the modern ...