Overview

At a time when diplomatic practices and the demands imposed on diplomats are changing quite radically, and many foreign ministries feel they are being left behind, there is a need to understand the various forces that are affecting the profession. Diplomacy remains a salient activity in today's world in which the basic authoritative actor is still the state. At the same time, in some respects the practice of diplomacy is undergoing significant, even radical, changes to the context, tools, actors and domain of the trade. These changes spring from the changing nature of the state, the changing nature of the world order, and the interplay between them. One way of describing this is to say that we are seeing increased interaction between two forms of diplomacy, ""club diplomacy"" and ""network diplomacy"". The former is based on a small number of players, a highly hierarchical structure, based largely on written communication and on low transparency; the latter is based on a much larger number of players (particularly of civil society), a flatter structure, a more significant oral component, and greater transparency.The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy is an authoritative reference tool for those studying and practicing modern diplomacy. It provides an up-to-date compendium of the latest developments in the field. Written by practitioners and scholars, the Handbook describes the elements of constancy and continuity and the changes that are affecting diplomacy. The Handbook goes further and gives insight to where the profession is headed in the future. Co-edited by three distinguished academics and former practitioners, the Handbook provides comprehensive analysis and description of the state of diplomacy in the 21st Century and is an essential resource for diplomats, practitioners and academics.

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Author:   Andrew F. Cooper (Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada) ,  Jorge Heine (CIGI Chair in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation) ,  Ramesh Thakur (Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 6.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.854kg
ISBN:  

9780199588862

ISBN 10:   0199588864
Pages:   990
Publication Date:   28 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface About the Contributors Louise Fréchette: Foreword: Diplomacy: old trade, new challenges Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur: Introduction: The Challenges of 21st Century Diplomacy Part I: Setting the Scene 1: Andrew F. Cooper: The Changing Nature of Diplomacy 2: Jorge Heine: From Club to Network Diplomacy 3: Ramesh Thakur: A Balance of Interests Part II: The Main Actors 4: Lloyd Axworthy: The Political Actors: President, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 5: Sir Jeremy Greenstock: The Bureaucracy: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Service and other Government Departments 6: David M. Malone: The Modern Diplomatic Mission 7: Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst: International Organizations 8: Eric Helleiner: Financial Officials As Diplomats 9: Kathryn Hochstetler: Civil Society 10: Geoffrey Allen Pigman: Global and Transnational Firms 11: Shawn Powers: The Media Part III: Modes of Practice 12: Andrés Rozental and Alicia Buenrostro: Bilateral Diplomacy 13: Kishore Mahbubani: Multilateral Diplomacy 14: A. J. R. Groom: Conference Diplomacy 15: Gareth Evans: Commission Diplomacy 16: Richard Feinberg: Institutionalized Summitry 17: Fen Osler Hampson, Chester A. Crocker, and Pamela Aall: Negotiations 18: Martti Ahtisaari with Kristiina Rintakoski: Mediation 19: Jan Egeland: Humanitarian Action 20: Juan Emilio Cheyre: Defense Diplomacy Part IV: Tools and Instruments 21: Steve Woolcock and Nicholas Bayne: Economic Diplomacy 22: Greg Mills: Trade and Investment Promotion 23: Patricia M. Goff: Cultural Diplomacy 24: Jan Melissen: Public Diplomacy 25: Daryl Copeland: Digital Technology 26: Maiike Okano-Heijmans: Consular Affairs 27: Tom Farer: International Law 28: Jan Wouters, Sanderijn Duquet, and Katrien Meuwissen: The Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations 29: SU Changhe: Soft Power 30: Joseph S. Nye Jr.: Hard, Soft and Smart Power Part V: Issue Areas 31: Kal Holsti: Security 32: Rebecca Johnson: Arms Control and Disarmament 33: Simon Chesterman: Peace-building and State-building 34: Diana Tussie: Trade 35: Jennifer Clapp: International Food Aid 36: David P. Forsythe: Human Rights 37: William Maley: Refugees 38: David Fidler: Health 39: David Black and Byron Peacock: Sports and Diplomacy Part VI: Case Studies 40: Paul Martin: The G20: From Global Crisis Responder to Steering Committee 41: Benjamin Schiff: The International Criminal Court 42: Thomas G. Weiss: The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) 43: Pierre Schori: UN Peacekeeping 44: John English: The Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Landmines 45: Jayantha Dhanapala: The Permanent Extension of the NPT, 1995 46: David A. Welch: The Cuban Missile Crisis 47: Lorraine Elliott: Climate Change 48: Amrita Narlikar: The Doha Development Agenda 49: Gregory Chin: Rising Power Diplomacy

Reviews

together the 49 contributors show an extraordinary continuity, that ties the work together. In terms of depth and breadth of information on the changing practice of twenty-first century diplomacy, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy deserves a well-earned spot on the bookshelf of any scholar or practitioner of international relations. Melissa Conley Tyler, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

together the 49 contributors show an extraordinary continuity, that ties the work together. In terms of depth and breadth of information on the changing practice of twenty-first century diplomacy, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy deserves a well-earned spot on the bookshelf of any scholar or practitioner of international relations. * Melissa Conley Tyler, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy *

Author Information

Andrew F. Cooper was previously a visiting scholar at Harvard University, University of Southern California, Australian National University, Stellenbosch University and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He has led training sessions on trade issues, governance and diplomacy in Canada, South Africa and at the World Trade Organization. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of both the GARNET Network of Excellence and the Hague Journal of Diplomacy, and has been a member of the Warwick Commission. Andrew Cooper's most recent publications focus on emerging powers, G8 reform, small states, Latin America, global health governance, and the phenomenon of celebrity diplomacy. He is Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow at CIGI. He is Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo where he teaches in the areas of international political economy, global governance, and comparative politics. Jorge Heine is a former (2006-2009) vice-president of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) , he was previously Ambassador of Chile to India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (2003-2007), and Ambassador to South Africa (1994-1999) as well as a Cabinet Minister and Deputy Minister in the Chilean Government. A lawyer and political scientist, he has been a visiting fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford and a research associate at The Wilson Center in Washington D.C. He has held postdoctoral fellowships from the Social Science Research Council and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and has been a consultant to the United Nations, the Ford Foundation, and Oxford Analytica. He is CIGI Chair of Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and Distinguished Fellow at CIGI. Ramesh Thakur was Vice Rector and Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University (and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations) from 1998-2007. Educated in India and Canada, he was a Professor of International Relations at the University of Otago in New Zealand and Professor and Head of the Peace Research Centre at the Australian National University, during which time he was also a consultant/adviser to the Australian and New Zealand governments on arms control, disarmament, and international security issues. He was a Commissioner and one of the principal authors of The Responsibility to Protect (2001), and Senior Adviser on Reforms and Principal Writer of the United Nations Secretary-General's second reform report (2002). He is Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (CNND) in the Crawford School, Australian National University and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Ethics, Governance and Law at Griffith University

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