Understanding International Diplomacy: Theory, Practice and Ethics [Paperback]

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

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.

Praise for the Second Edition:

Writing with clarity, authority and insight Bjola and Kornprobst deliver the essential introduction to the study and practice of diplomacy. The welcome second edition includes new scholarship and tackles the emerging issues that are defining our time including migration and the crises in Syria and Ukraine. No less significantly, the volume also considers new techniques of diplomacy from social media to the emergence of cities as foreign policy actors. This book is an invaluable guide to a vital field.--?Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California.

'In many ways superior to the original, the revised edition updates the evolution and transformation of diplomacy, more balanced in theory and practice, wide in scope and succinct in narration, a rich menu for both students and practitioners of diplomacy.'?--?Zhang Qingmin, Professor andl³,