Modern Diplomacy
eBook - PDF

Modern Diplomacy

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Modern Diplomacy

About this book

Contemporary, thoughtful and extensively illustrated, Modern Diplomacy examines a broad range of current diplomatic practice. This leading and widely used book - now in its fifth edition - equips students with a detailed analysis of important international issues that reflect and impact upon diplomacy and its relations. The subject is brought to life through case studies and examples which highlight the working of contemporary diplomacy within the international political arena.

Organised around five broad topic areas, including the nature of diplomacy, diplomatic methods, negotiation, the operation of diplomacy in specific areas and international conflict, the book covers all major topic areas of contemporary diplomacy.

New features for this edition:

  • Developments in diplomatic practice


  • Strategies in diplomacy


  • International trade, geopolitics and agreements


  • Diplomacy of new regional organisations and groupings


  • Developing country diplomacy


  • Non-traditional diplomacy


  • New concepts – parallel and counter diplomacy


  • New case studies include: the Paris Climate Agreement, Brexit, international finance and trade agreements, and the UN security forces.


Modern Diplomacy is essential reading for students and practitioners of international relations, foreign policy, international law, international political economy, international economics, the Foreign Services Institutes and the National Diplomatic Academies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. 1 The changing nature of diplomacy
  12. 2 Foreign policy organisation
  13. 3 Diplomatic methods
  14. 4 Negotiation
  15. 5 Developing diplomatic practice
  16. 6 Groups and networks
  17. 7 Regional organisations and diplomacy
  18. 8 Cyber-diplomacy
  19. 9 International financial relations
  20. 10 Trade, foreign policy and diplomacy
  21. 11 Environmental diplomacy
  22. 12 Environmental diplomacy: case examples
  23. 13 Disaster and emergency diplomacy
  24. 14 Diplomacy and security
  25. 15 Diplomacy and mediation
  26. 16 The diplomacy of normalisation
  27. 17 Diplomatic correspondence: case examples
  28. 18 International treaties
  29. 19 International agreements: case examples
  30. 20 The Paris agreement
  31. 21 Conclusion
  32. Index