Studies in Diplomacy and IR
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Series Editors: Paul Sharp, Professor and Head of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Duluth, psharp@d.umn.edu, and Donna Lee; Senior Lecturer in International Organizations and IPE, University of Birmingham donna@leewayneshannon.freeserve.co.uk
The series was launched as Studies in Diplomacy in 1994 under the general editorship of G.R. Berridge. Its purpose is to encourage original scholarship on all aspects of the theory and practice of diplomacy. The new editors assumed their duties in 2003 with a mandate to maintain this focus while also publishing research which demonstrates the importance of diplomacy to contemporary international relations more broadly conceived.
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Coming Soon
Essence
of Diplomacy
Christer Jönsson and
Martin Hall
Published: August 2005
Essence of Diplomacy explores the essential, timeless features of diplomacy, drawing on the historical record of over three millennia. In their effort at making international relations (IR) theory relevant to diplomacy, and diplomacy relevant to IR theory, the authors identify three essential dimensions of diplomacy: communication, representation and the reproduction of international society.
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New Public Diplomacy
Soft
Power in International Relations
Jan Melissen
Published: December 2005
This book focuses on the relations between the official representatives of states and foreign non-official actors on the other. Experts from five different countries and from a variety of fields analyze the theory and practice of public diplomacy, and evaluate how public diplomacy can be successfully used to support foreign policy and to improve a country's overall image.
Selected Titles
Diplomatic Classics
Edited by G.R. Berridge
Published: October 2004
Diplomatic Classics provides convenient access to some of the most important figures writing on diplomacy when modern diplomacy was taking shape. The selections have been chosen to highlight the contributions for which the individual writers are best known (for example, the attack by Commynes on 'summitry'), though some have also been picked with a view to modern interests (for example, De Vera's views on women in diplomacy). All selections are fully introduced, annotated and accompanied by recommendations for further reading.
Multilateral Conferences
Ronald A. Walker
Published: May 2004
From the UN Security Council and the European Union's Council of Ministers to obscure committees on food labelling or the scheduling of World Fairs, several thousand multilateral conferences are held each year. Why do governments deploy so much effort in these activities? What goes on behind the scenes at these meetings? How are their outcomes determined and what are the real-world consequences? Ronald A. Walker reveals the inner workings of such conferences, the result-oriented strategies that are pursued behind a façade of formal ritual and their impact on the behaviour of sovereign states.
Foreign
Ministries in the European
Union
Edited by Brian Hocking and David Spence
Published: November 2002
What role, if any, does the foreign ministry perform in contemporary world politics? Is the argument that it is in a state of terminal decline accurate or rooted in only partial understandings of its changing character? Foreign Ministries in the European Union explores this theme in the context of the EU where foreign ministry has played a key role in the development of integration but where its role is increasingly questioned. The contributors examine the foreign ministry in thirteen member states and draw conclusions that challenge some conventional wisdoms.
Now available in paperback
The Berlin Embassy of Lord D'Abernon
Gaynor Johnson
Published: August 2002
Lord D'Abernon was the first British ambassador to Berlin after the First World War. This study, which challenges his positive historical reputation, assesses all the key aspects of Anglo-German relations in the early 1920s. Particular attention is paid to the reparations question and to issues of international security. Other topics include D'Abernon's relationship with the principal British and German politicians of the period and his attitude towards American involvement in European diplomacy.
International
Relations in
the Ancient Near East, 1600-1100
BC
Mario Liverani
Published: October 2001
The ancient civilizations of the Near East - Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, the Hittites and Canaanites - constituted the first formalized international relations system in world history. Holy wars, peace treaties, border regulations, trade relations and the extradition of refugees were problems for contemporary ambassadors and diplomats as they are today. Mario Liverani reconstructs the procedures of international relations in the period c.1600-1100BC using historical semiotics, communication theory and economic and political anthropology.
Diplomatic Theory from Machiavelli to
Kissinger
G.R. Berridge, Maurice Keens-Soper and Thomas Otte
Published: March 2001
This book offers an introductory guide for students to four centuries of diplomatic thought. Since diplomacy as we know it was created during the Renaissance in Italy, a number of major figures have reflected on the place of diplomacy in foreign affairs and the problems associated with its pursuit. These include statesmen, international lawyers and historians, most of whom had experience as diplomats of the first or second rank. This book examines the thought of some of the most important of them, from Niccolò Machiavelli in the early sixteenth century to Henry Kissinger in the late twentieth century.
Intervening in Africa
Herman J. Cohen
Published: July 2000
As the Cold War faded, Ambassador Hank Cohen, President George Bush's Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, engaged in aggressive diplomatic intervention in Africa's civil wars. In this revealing book Cohen tells how he and his Africa Bureau team operated in seven countries in crisis: Angola, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sudan. He candidly characterizes key personalities and events and provides a treasure trove of lessons learned and basic principles for practitioners of conflict resolution within states.
Foreign Ministries
Edited by Brian Hocking
Published: February 1999
In seeking to test the conventional wisdom that foreign ministries are 'in decline', the contributors to this book examine the role and status of foreign ministries in twelve countries together with their place within the European Union. Valuable information on the response of the foreign policy machinery to change at both the domestic and international levels is provided as are important insights into the linkages between foreign policy and the mechanisms through which it is conducted. This book will be essential reading for those concerned with foreign policy-making in the post-Cold War era as well as those interested in the evolving machinery of government in its broader context.
Titles Available on Demand
Diplomacy before the Russian Revolution
Michael Hughes
ISBN: 0333659422
Ottoman Diplomacy
Edited by A. Nuri Yurdusev
ISBN: 0333713648
Taiwan's
Informal Diplomacy and Propaganda
Gary
D. Rawnsley
ISBN: 0333751191
Appeasing
Hitler
The
Diplomacy of Sir Nevile Henderson, 1937-39
Peter
Neville
ISBN: 0333739876
Middle
Powers and Commercial Diplomacy
British
Influence at the Kennedy Trade Round
Donna Lee
ISBN: 0333739841
Innovation
in Diplomatic Practice
Jan
Melissen
ISBN: 0333691229
Niche
Diplomacy
Middle
Powers after the Cold War
Andrew F. Cooper
ISBN: 033368186X
Recognition
of Governments
Legal
Doctrine and State Practice, 1815-1995
M.J. Peterson
ISBN: 0333657632
Diplomacy
at the Highest Level
The
Evolution of International Summitry
David
H. Dunn
ISBN: 0333649419
Forthcoming Titles
- High Commission in the Commonwealth: Lorna Lloyd
- Outlaw Diplomacy: Paul Sharp
Please use the following ISBN to receive all future books published in this series:
- Hardback: 0-333-71495-4
- Paperback: 0-333-80342-6
Publish with us
If you are interested in writing a book for this series, please contact Alison Howson at a.howson@palgrave.com
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