Understanding International Diplomacy

Theory, Practice and Ethics
3. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-77916-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of international diplomacy, covering both theory and practice. The third edition has been updated and revised, with new chapters on the digital turn, contemporary crises, and power shifts in modern diplomacy.

By integrating historical traditions from Europe, China, and the Middle East with modern diplomatic challenges, this book:

- Traces the evolution of diplomacy from its historical foundations to its modern institutionalised form, examining how shifting power dynamics, technological revolutions, and geopolitical crises have shaped its trajectory

- Examines theoretical perspectives on diplomacy as a communicative practice, exploring how diplomats interpret and project power, negotiate international norms, and sustain diplomatic agency in an increasingly fragmented world order

- Analyses diplomacy in the digital age, investigating how new technologies, social media, and artificial intelligence reshape diplomatic interactions, redefine state and non-state engagement, and challenge traditional diplomatic norms in a rapidly evolving global information environment.

This new edition offers an up-to-date, accessible, and authoritative overview of how diplomacy works and, indeed, ought to work in a globalised world. It will be essential reading for students of international diplomacy and is highly recommended for students of crisis negotiation, international organisations, foreign policy, and international relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bjola, Corneliu

Kornprobst, Markus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: INTRODUCTION  1 Why and how to study diplomacy  PART II: TRACING DIPLOMACY  2 Historical Evolution 3 Central Themes of Diplomatic Thought 4 Expansion and Contraction of Diplomacy  PART III: MAPPING DIPLOMACY  5 Contexts of Diplomacy 6 Tasks of Global Diplomacy  PART IV: EXPLAINING DIPLOMACY  7 Making Judgments 8 Making Relations 9 Making Order  PART V: REMAKING DIPLOMACY 10 The Digital Turn 11 Crises in the Inter-epoch 12 Diplomatic Power  PART VI: CONCLUSION  13 The Philosophy of Diplomacy

Über Autor(innen)

Corneliu Bjola is Professor of Digital Diplomacy at the University of Oxford, UK, and the Head of the Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group. His most recent publications include the Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy (2023) and Digital International Relations: Technology, Agency and Order (2023).

Markus Kornprobst is Professor of International Relations at the Vienna School of International Studies, Austria. He is the author of Irredentism in European Politics (2008) and Co-managing International Crises (2019) and co-editor of ten books and publishes in leading journals in diplomacy and international relations.