In this handbook, a group of 40 scholars and practitioners from some 30 countries takes a critical look at the contemporary practice of diplomacy. Many assume diplomacy evolves naturally, and that state- and non-state actors are powerless to make significant changes. But Diplomacy’s methods, its key institutions and conventions were agreed more than six decades ago. None take account of the opportunities and vulnerabilities presented by the Internet. Diplomacy is now a neglected global issue.
The COVID pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have highlighted some of the problems of diplomatic dysfunction. Beyond identifying current problems diplomacy is facing, the book also seeks to identify some practical options for reform and innovation. How might a process of reform be agreed and implemented? What role might the United Nations, regional organizations and Big Tech play? How can new norms of diplomatic behavior and methods be established in a multipolar, digital world where diplomacy is seen as less and less effective?
Part I. Introduction.-
1. Diplomacy the Neglected Global Issue. Why
Diplomacy Needs to Catch Up with the World (Paul Webster Hare).- Part II.
State of Diplomacy.-
2. The Closing of the Diplomatic Mind (Kenneth
Weisbrode).-
3. A Diplomatic Taxonomy for the New World Disorder (Chas W.
Freeman Jr.).-
4. Knowledge Diplomacy A Conceptual Analysis (Jane Knight).-
5. Why Reforms Are Needed for Bilateral Diplomacy? A Global South Perspective
(Kishan S. Rana).-
6. The 21st Century Toolbox for a Modern Diplomat (Seppe
Verheyen).- Part III. Politicization of Diplomacy.-
7. Diplomats and
Politicization (Pauline Kerr).-
8. Digital Diplomacy and International
Society in the Age of Populism (Onur Erpul).-
9. Declining Ministry of
Foreign Affairs: Evidence from China (Qingmin Zhang and Lize Yang).-
10.
South Africa and its Foreign Alignment and Practice: From Hope to Dashed
Expectations (Tony Leon).- Part IV. Reforming Institutions.-
11. From Great
Expectations to Dwindling Status: Brazilian Diplomacys Response to Post-Cold
War Upheavals (Antônio Carlos Lessa and Rogério de Souza Farias).-
12. Crisis
Prevention and Stabilization Made in Germany: Meeting the Demands of Modern
Diplomacy? (Sarah Bressan).-
13. Integrated Statecraft and Australias
Diplomacy (Tom Barber and Melissa Conley Tyler).-
14. What Motivates South
Koreas Diplomatic Reform and Innovation? (HwaJung Kim).-
15. The
Transformations of French Diplomacy (Maxime Lefebvre).- Part V. Digital
Revolution and Diplomatic Reform.-
16. Digital Diplomacy in the Time of the
Coronavirus Pandemic: Lessons and Recommendations (Corneliu Bjola and
Michaela Coplen).-
17. Exploring the Usefulness of Artificial Intelligence
for Diplomatic Negotiations: Two Case Studies (Volker Stanzel).-
18. Beyond
Meeting and Tweeting: The Next Challenges for Innovation in Diplomacy (Tom
Fletcher).-
19. Disinformation and Diplomacy (Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez and
Zhao Alexandre Huang).-
20. Digitalizing South American MFAs: Reform and
Resistance (Jorge Heine and Daniel Aguirre).- Part VI. Multilateral Diplomacy
and Innovation.-
21. Toward a More Credible Multilateralism at the United
Nations. A Few Practical Steps (Bénédicte Frankinet).-
22. A New Logic of
Multilateralism on Demand (Akiko Fukushima).-
23. About Spheres of Influence
(Chas W. Freeman Jr.).-
24. Regional Diplomacy and its Variations: Change and
Innovation (Rajiv Bhatia and Kishan S. Rana).-
25. African Union Reform
(Emmanuel Balogun and Anna Mwaba).-
26. Why Collective Diplomacy Needs to
Embrace Innovation (Martin Wählisch).-
27. Innovating International
Cooperation for Development: a New Model for Partnerships between Developed
and Middle Income Countries (José Antonio Zabalgoitia and Antonio Tenorio).-
28. The UAEs Innovative Diplomacy: How the Abraham Accords Changed (or Did
Not Change) Emirati Foreign Policy (William Guéraiche).-
29. Small States:
From Intuitive To Smart Diplomacy (Vesko Garevi).-
30. Urban Diplomacy: How
Cities Will Leverage Multilateralism (Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez).- Part VII.
Diplomatic Agenda.-
31. Reforming Global Health Diplomacy in the Wake of
COVID-19 (Mark C. Storella).-
32. The Reform of Humanitarian Diplomacy
(Gregory Simons and Anna A. Velikaya).-
33. Geoeconomic Diplomacy: Reforming
the Instrumentalization of Economic Interdependencies and Power (Kim B.
Olsen).-
34. Science Diplomacy with Diplomatic Relations to Facilitate
Common-Interest Building (Paul Arthur Berkman).-
35. Multi-stakeholderism and
the 2030 Agenda: Does the Promise Hold? (Karin Bäckstrand and Felicitas
Fritzsche).-
36. The Reform of Climate Diplomacy (Andrew Gilder and Olivia
Trumble).- Part VIII. Conclusions.-
37. Conclusions (Paul Webster Hare).
Paul Webster Hare is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, USA. He was a diplomat for 30 years and British ambassador to Cuba from 2001 to 2004. Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez is Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA, and Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Kenneth Weisbrode is Assistant Professor of History at Bilkent University, Turkey.
