Understanding International Diplomacy

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1 SUB Hamburg B/ Understanding International Diplomacy Theory, practice and ethics Corneliu Bjola and Markus Kornprobst R Routledge Taylor & Francis Croup LONDON AND NEW YORK

2 Contents List, of illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations PARTI Introduction 1 Why and how to study diplomacy Why study diplomacy? 3 How to define diplomacy? 4 Broadening horizons for studying diplomacy Overview 7 PART n Tracing diplomacy 2 Historical evolution Introduction 11 Ancient diplomacy 11 Representation procedures 12 Communication inethods 13 Conflict management 14 Medieval diplomacy 15 Representation procedures 16 Communication methods 17 Conflict management 17 Modern diplomacy 18 Representation procedures 19 Communication methods 21 Conflict management 23 Summary 26 Study questions 26 Recommended further reading 27

3 viii Contents 3 The new diplomacy after World War I Introduction 28 Open covenants of peace: accountable diplomacy 30 The case for accountability 30 Parliamentaiy oversight 31 Self-determination: equality and democracy 34 The case for self-determination 34 Legal formulations 35 Conference diplomacy 36 Collective security: the power of law and deliberation 38 The case for collective security 38 Diplomatic challenges 40 Summary 41 Study questions 42 Recommended further reading 42 4 Multiplicities of global diplomacy Introduction 44 War and peace 45 Economics 48 Development 51 Environment 53 Health 55 Migration 56 Summary 59 Study questions 59 Recommended further reading 59 PART III Mapping the diplomatic field 5 Contexts of diplomacy Introduction 63 The making of the Vienna Convention 64 Four major provisions 65 Updating the Vienna Convention? 69 Deeper backgrounds 69 Three schools of thought on deeper backgrounds 71 Illustrations of deeper backgrounds 73 Summary 75 Study questions 76 Recommended further reading 76 6 Tasks of global diplomacy Introduction 77 Messaging 78 Negotiation 81

4 Mediation 85 Talk 88 Summary 92 Study questions 92 Recommended further reading 92 PART IV Explaining diplomacy 7 The making of decisions Introduction 97 Rational choice 98 Cuba, Psychological approaches 101 Iraq, Logic of appropriateness 104 Germany, diplomacy and intervention, Logic of argumentation 106 Soviet Union, Logic of practice 109 France and Africa, 1960s- 109 Summary 111 Study questions 112 Recommended further reading The making of relations Introduction 113 Balancing: from outlaw to ally (and vice versa) 114 Relations between North Korea and the US, Interests: cooperative relations beyond alliance 118 EU foreign policy, Identities: from enmity to friendship and beyond 123 From friendship to enmity: Eritrea and Ethiopia 127 Summary 129 Study questions 129 Recommended further reading The making of the world Introduction 131 Diplomats as makers of anarchic cultures 132 Case study: the 'bad apple' diplomacy of the Third Reich 136 Diplomats as makers of international deontologies 138 Case study: the deontology of climate change diplomacy 142 Summary 145 Study questions 145 Recommended further reading 146

5 x Contents PART V Discussing normative approaches 147 Remaking the diplomat 149 Introduction 149 Diplomatic representation 150 The raison de systeme 150 Paradiplomacy 152 Diplomacy and power 154 Diplomatic recruitment and training 158 Summary 163 Study questions 164 Recommended further reading Remaking states 166 Introduction 166 The institutionalisation of peacebuilding 168 The fundamental question: to intervene or not to intervene? 170 What ought to be the end of peacebuilding? 172 What ought to be the means to this end? 174 Summary 179 Study questions 179 Recommended further reading 179 The peaceful remaking of the world 181 Introduction 181 Preventive diplomacy 182 International criminal justice 189 Summary 195 Study questions 196 Recommended further reading 196 PART VI Conclusion Towards inclusive diplomacy Studying diplomacy as communication 201 Adding to our understanding 203 Anti-diplomacy 204 A glimpse into the future: inclusive diplomacy? Glossary References Index