The second half of the turbulent twentieth century has shown an enormous growth of diplomatic activity. The way in which states are dealing with one another in a variety of bilateral and multilateral settings, and increasingly also in a mix of both, has changed more in the past decades than in the 350 years since the Peace of Westphalia. This accessible volume supplements the analyses of more familiar topics in the introductory literature on diplomacy. Experts from nine countries examine some of the ways in which diplomatic practice after 1945 has adapted to fundamental changes in international relations, or is still trying to come to terms with them. This book gives insights into a transforming diplomatic landscape and the changing forms and modalities of contemporary diplomacy.

Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction; J. Melissen
Reflections on the New Global Diplomacy: Statecraft 2500 B.C.-2000 A. D.; R. Cohen
PART I: DIPLOMACY IN A WORLD OF CHANGE
Catalytic Diplomacy: Beyond 'Newness' and 'Decline'; B. Hocking
The Diplomacy of Revolutionary States; D. Armstrong
The Diplomacy of Reintegration: South Africa Back into the Fold; M. Muller
PART II: MULTIPLE TRACKS
The Changing Nature of Diplomatic Negotiation; P. Meerts
The Influence of Informal Groups in Multilateral Diplomacy; H. Leigh-Phippard
Unofficial Intervention: Potential Contributions to Resolving Ethnonational Conflicts; N. Rouhana
PART III: THE MEDIA AND IT
Monitored Broadcasts and Diplomacy; G. Rawnsley
Trends in Diplomatic Signalling; C. Jonsson and K. Aggestam
Diplomacy in the Age of Information Technology; J. Kurbalija
PART IV: UNORTHODOX DIPLOMACY
A Bilateral Dialogue Regime: US-Vietnamese Relations after the Fall of Saigon; M. Bell
The Significance of the Diplomatic Corps: the US-North Korea Talks; G. Berridge and N. Gallo
The Substitution of Conventional Diplomatic Relations: The Case of Taiwan; F. Mengin
Index

JAN MELISSEN is a Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Diplomacy at the University of Leicester. He is also founding Co-ordinator of the Diplomatic Studies Programme, author of The Struggle for Nuclear Partnership: Britain, The United States and the Making of an Ambiguous Alliance 1952-1959 (1993); and co-author and editor of Raderwerk van de Internationale Politiek: Diplomatie in Theorie en Praktijk (1998).