The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation

ISBN-13: 9783031109706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 791 str.

Paul Webster Hare; Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez; Kenneth Weisbrode

Opis

In this handbook, a group of 40 scholars and practitioners from some 30 countries takes a critical look at the contemporary practice of diplomacy. Many assume diplomacy evolves naturally, and that state- and non-state actors are powerless to make significant changes. But Diplomacy’s methods, its key institutions and conventions were agreed more than six decades ago. None take account of the opportunities and vulnerabilities presented by the Internet. Diplomacy is now a neglected global issue.

The COVID pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have highlighted some of the problems of diplomatic dysfunction. Beyond identifying current problems diplomacy is facing, the book also seeks to identify some practical options for reform and innovation. How might a process of reform be agreed and implemented? What role might the United Nations, regional organizations and Big Tech play? How can new norms of diplomatic behavior and methods be established in a multipolar, digital world where diplomacy is seen as less and less effective?

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction

1. Diplomacy the Neglected Global Issue. Why Diplomacy Needs to Catch Up with the World 

Paul Webster Hare

Part II. State of Diplomacy  

2. The Closing of the Diplomatic Mind

Kenneth Weisbrode

3. A Diplomatic Taxonomy for the New World Disorder

Chas W. Freeman Jr.

4. Knowledge Diplomacy – A Conceptual Analysis

Jane Knight

5. Why Reforms Are Needed for Bilateral Diplomacy? A Global South Perspective

Kishan S. Rana

6. The 21st Century Toolbox for a Modern Diplomat

Seppe Verheyen

Part III. Politicization of Diplomacy 

7. Diplomats and Politicization

Pauline Kerr

8. Digital Diplomacy and International Society in the Age of Populism

Onur Erpul

9. Declining Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Evidence from China

Qingmin Zhang and Lize Yang

10. South Africa and its Foreign Alignment and Practice: From Hope to Dashed Expectations

Tony Leon

Part IV. Reforming Institutions 

11. From Great Expectations to Dwindling Status: Brazilian Diplomacy’s Response to Post-Cold War Upheavals

Antônio Carlos Lessa and Rogério de Souza Farias

12. Crisis Prevention and Stabilization Made in Germany: Meeting the Demands of Modern Diplomacy?

Sarah Bressan

13. Integrated Statecraft and Australia’s Diplomacy

Tom Barber and Melissa Conley Tyler

14. What Motivates South Korea’s Diplomatic Reform and Innovation?

HwaJung Kim

15. The Transformations of French Diplomacy

Maxime Lefebvre

Part V. Digital Revolution and Diplomatic Reform

16. Digital Diplomacy in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Lessons and Recommendations

Corneliu Bjola and Michaela Coplen

17. Exploring the Usefulness of Artificial Intelligence for Diplomatic Negotiations: Two Case Studies

Volker Stanzel

18. Beyond Meeting and Tweeting: The Next Challenges for Innovation in Diplomacy

Tom Fletcher

19. Disinformation and Diplomacy

Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez and Zhao Alexandre Huang 

20. Digitalizing South American MFAs: Reform and Resistance

Jorge Heine and Daniel Aguirre

Part VI. Multilateral Diplomacy and Innovation 

21. Toward a More Credible Multilateralism at the United Nations. A Few Practical Steps

Bénédicte Frankinet

22. A New Logic of Multilateralism on Demand

Akiko Fukushima

23. About Spheres of Influence

Chas W. Freeman Jr. 

24. Regional Diplomacy and its Variations: Change and Innovation

Rajiv Bhatia and Kishan S. Rana

25. African Union Reform

Emmanuel Balogun and Anna Mwaba 

26. Why Collective Diplomacy Needs to Embrace Innovation

Martin Wählisch

27. Innovating International Cooperation for Development: a New Model for Partnerships between Developed and Middle Income Countries

José Antonio Zabalgoitia and Antonio Tenorio

28. The UAE’s Innovative Diplomacy: How the Abraham Accords Changed (or Did Not Change) Emirati Foreign Policy

William Guéraiche.

29. Small States: From Intuitive To Smart Diplomacy

Vesko Garčević

30. Urban Diplomacy: How Cities Will Leverage Multilateralism

Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez

Part VII. Diplomatic Agenda 

31. Reforming Global Health Diplomacy in the Wake of COVID-19

Mark C. Storella

32. The Reform of Humanitarian Diplomacy

Gregory Simons and Anna A. Velikaya

33. Geoeconomic Diplomacy: Reforming the Instrumentalization of Economic Interdependencies and Power

Kim B. Olsen 

34. Science Diplomacy with Diplomatic Relations to Facilitate Common-Interest Building

Paul Arthur Berkman

35. Multi-stakeholderism and the 2030 Agenda: Does the Promise Hold?

Karin Bäckstrand and Felicitas Fritzsche

  

36. The Reform of Climate Diplomacy

Andrew Gilder and Olivia Trumble

Part VIII. Conclusions

37. Conclusions

Paul Webster Hare

O autorze

Paul Webster Hare is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, USA. He was a diplomat for 30 years and British ambassador to Cuba from 2001 to 2004.

Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez is Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA, and Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

 

Kenneth Weisbrode is Assistant Professor of History at Bilkent University, Turkey.

Blurb

In this handbook, a group of 40 scholars and practitioners from some 30 countries takes a critical look at the contemporary practice of diplomacy. Many assume diplomacy evolves naturally, and that state- and non-state actors are powerless to make significant changes. But Diplomacy’s methods, its key institutions and conventions were agreed more than six decades ago. None take account of the opportunities and vulnerabilities presented by the Internet. Diplomacy is now a neglected global issue.

The COVID pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have highlighted some of the problems of diplomatic dysfunction. Beyond identifying current problems diplomacy is facing, the book also seeks to identify some practical options for reform and innovation. How might a process of reform be agreed and implemented? What role might the United Nations, regional organizations and Big Tech play? How can new norms of diplomatic behavior and methods be established in a multipolar, digital world where diplomacy is seen as less and less effective?

Paul Webster Hare is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, USA. He was a diplomat for 30 years and British ambassador to Cuba from 2001 to 2004.

Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez is Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA, and Professor at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

 

Kenneth Weisbrode is Assistant Professor of History at Bilkent University, Turkey.