Diplomacy in a Globalizing World

Chapter Introduction: Introduction

• • Complex diplomacy
• • Historical background, contemporary trends, and challenges for diplomacy
• • The book's structure, chapter summaries, and pedagogical features

Chapter 1: Diplomacy through the Ages

• • Introduction
• • Ancient Near Eastern diplomacy
• • Classical diplomacy
• • European diplomacy
• • Conclusion

Chapter 2: Past Diplomacy in East Asia: From Tributary Relations to Cold War Rivalry

• • Introduction
• • Collapse of the traditional East Asian order and the tributary system
• • Japan's military expansion and the diplomacy of imperialism
• • Cold War diplomacy in East Asia
• • Diplomacy during the deterioration of the East Asian bipolar system
• • Diplomacy of the strategic triangle
• • Conclusion

Chapter 3: Diplomacy in International Relations Theory and Other Disciplinary Perspectives

• • Introduction: the attractions and limitations of theory
• • Diplomacy in international theory
• • Diplomats in social theory and practice theory
• • Diplomatic theory
• • Postpositivist diplomatic theory
• • Conclusion

Chapter 4: Debates about Contemporary and Future Diplomacy

• • Introduction: debating diplomacy
• • Debating what we mean by "diplomacy"
• • Debating continuity and change in contemporary diplomacy
• • Debating theory and practice in contemporary diplomacy
• • Conclusion: how debates about diplomacy are, or are not, resolved

Chapter 5: Transnationalizing Diplomacy in a Post-Westphalian World

• • Introduction
• • From interstate toward intersocial diplomacy
• • Non-state actor participation in world politics
• • Intersocial diplomacies versus interstate diplomacies
• • Global governance and the declining resilience of the state
• • Conclusion

Chapter 6: Diplomacy as Negotiation and Mediation

• • Introduction
• • Negotiation and diplomacy
• • Expanding the scope of diplomacy
• • Challenging the processes of negotiation: mediation and multilateral diplomacy
• • Facing the future of diplomatic negotiation: prevention
• • Conclusion

Chapter 7: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Diplomatic System

• • Introduction
• • The ministry of foreign affairs (MFA): Diplomatic perspectives
• • The MFA and the national diplomatic system (NDS)
• • Emergence and evolution of the MFA
• • The MFA and the NDS in the twenty-first century
• • Conclusion

Chapter 8: The Impact of the Internet and ICT on Contemporary Diplomacy

• • Introduction
• • Changing the environment for diplomacy
• • New topics on diplomatic agendas
• • New tools for diplomatic activities
• • Conclusion

Chapter 9: Consular Diplomacy

• • Introduction
• • Definitional issues
• • Emergence and development of consular tasks and offices
• • The consul and the diplomat
• • The consul today
• • Conclusion

Chapter 10: Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomatic Practices

• • Introduction
• • Diplomacy as practice
• • The practice of bilateral diplomacy
• • The practice of multilateral diplomacy
• • Conclusion

Chapter 11: Public Diplomacy

• • Introduction: the rise of a practice and a field of study
• • The epiphenomenal nature of public diplomacy
• • Official and nongovernmental public diplomacy
• • Beyond the new public diplomacy: evolving concepts
• • Public diplomacy outside the West
• • Conclusion

Chapter 12: Economic Diplomacy

• • Introduction
• • What is economic diplomacy?
• • What makes economic diplomacy important?
• • Is economic diplomacy distinctive?
• • Conclusion

Chapter 13: Diplomacy: A Gendered Institution

• • Introduction: What does gender have to do with diplomacy?
• • A brief history of women in diplomacy
• • The diplomatic wife - A fixture of diplomacy?
• • Change and continuity in the contemporary foreign service
• • Women at the negotiating table
• • Gendered practices of negotiation?
• • Conclusion

Chapter 14: Diplomacy and the Use of Force

• • Introduction
• • Changing contexts of the use of force
• • Diplomacy's responses to the threat or use of force
• • Diplomacy, the use of force and national decision-making: An Australian structural approach
• • Conclusion

Chapter 15: United States Contemporary Diplomacy: Implementing a Foreign Policy of "Engagement"

• • Introduction: foreign policy as diplomatic process
• • Containment: negotiating (only) from a position of strength
• • Transformation: putting (others') domestic affairs at the center of foreign policy
• • Engagement: talking with enemies as well as (just) with friends
• • Conclusion: diplomacy now the primary means, but not the end of policy

Chapter 16: China's Contemporary Diplomacy

• • Introduction
• • Changing diplomatic goals and evolving diplomatic strategies
• • Proactive multilateral diplomacy
• • An omnidirectional diplomatic structure
• • The broadening of diplomatic arenas
• • Pluralization of diplomatic actors and demand for diplomatic cooperation
• • Conclusion

Chapter 17: Regional Institutional Diplomacies: Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Other Regions

• • Introduction
• • Diplomacy as an institution and the challenge of regional institutional diplomatic systems
• • EU regional institutional diplomacy
• • Regional diplomacy in Asia
• • Regional diplomacy in Africa
• • Regional diplomacy in South America
• • Other regional diplomatic systems
• • Conclusion

Chapter 18: The United Nations

• • Introduction
• • Historical origins and emergence
• • Main UN organs
• • Evolution of diplomatic practices
• • The diplomatic community
• • Conclusion

Chapter Conclusion: Conclusion

• • Introduction
• • How is diplomacy becoming more complex?
• • Why is diplomacy changing and becoming more complex?
• • Implications for future theories and practices
• • Complex diplomacy futures