JAN MELISSEN is Director of the Clingendael Diplomatic Studies Programme (CDSP), Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael', in The Hague, and Professor of Diplomacy in the Department of Politics at Antwerp University, Belgium. He is Co-Editor of "The Hague Journal of Diplomacy," His previous book with Palgrave Macmillan is "Innovation in Diplomatic Practice" (1999),"