Overview

These essays examine questions arising from the Obama administration's efforts to revive American diplomacy and its response to the ways in which diplomacy itself is being transformed. The essays examine these questions from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives provided by scholars and diplomats from around the world and within the United States. A common focus of the collection is on how diplomacy's contribution to the effectiveness of foreign policy has been undervalued in the United States by governments, the foreign policy community, and academics. Together, the essays seek to raise awareness of American diplomacy conducted at all levels of government and society. They consider its future prospects in the context of America's economic difficulties and the anticipated further erosion of its international position. And they ask how American diplomacy may be strengthened in the interests of international peace and security, whether under a second term Obama administration or the leadership of a new president.

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Author:   Paul Sharp ,  Geoffrey Wiseman
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9789004214156

ISBN 10:   9004214151
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   20 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction American Diplomacy Paul Sharp and Geoffrey Wiseman Research Papers Distinctive Characteristics of American Diplomacy Geoffrey Wiseman The Distinction between Foreign Policy and Diplomacyin American International Thought and Practice David Clinton US Diplomacy and Diplomats: A Chinese View CHEN Zhimin European Responses to US Diplomacy: 'Special Relationships', Transatlantic Governance and World Order Michael Smith Transformational Diplomacy: US Tactics for Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2004-2006 Karin A. Esposito and S. Alaeddin Vahid Gharavi Course Corrections: The Obama Administration at the United Nations David Bosco American Public Diplomacy: Enduring Characteristics, Elusive Transformation Bruce Gregory Quantum Diplomacy, German-US Relations and the Psychogeography of Berlin James Der Derian Obama, Clinton and the Diplomacy of Change Paul Sharp Practitioner's Perspectives The Incapacitation of US Statecraft and Diplomacy Chas W. Freeman Jr The Traditions and Travails of Career Diplomacy in the United States Thomas Hanson Digital Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy Alec Ross Book Reviews Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis (eds.), The EU Presence in International Organizations Edith Drieskens Costas M. Constantinou and James Der Derian (eds.), Sustainable Diplomacies Manuel Duran Hany Besada (ed.), Crafting an African Security Architecture: Addressing Regional Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century Maria-Ruxandra Stoicescu

Reviews

This is one of those rare edited volumes which deserves to be read cover to cover. - Diplomacy & Statecraft, Richard Crockatt, University of East Anglia

Author Information

Paul Sharp is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He recently co-authored Futures for Diplomacy, a report for the Finnish Government undertaken by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, and is co-editor for the journal, Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Geoffrey Wiseman is Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC). He is a former Australian diplomat, serving in three diplomatic postings (Stockholm, Hanoi, and Brussels) and as private secretary to the Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans. He also worked as principal officer in the Strategic Planning Unit of the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General and as director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.

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