G. R. Berridge 
Diplomacy [PDF ebook] 
Theory and Practice

Fully revised and updated, this comprehensive guide to diplomacy explores the art of negotiating international agreements and the channels through which such activities occur when states are in diplomatic relations, and when they are not. This new edition includes chapters on secret intelligence and economic and commercial diplomacy.

قائمة المحتويات

Introduction 1. The Foreign Ministry Staffing And Supporting Missions Abroad Policy-Making And Implementation Coordination Of Foreign Relations Dealing With Foreign Diplomats At Home Building Support At Home PART I: THE ART OF NEGOTIATION Introduction To Part I 2. Prenegotiations Agreeing The Need To Negotiate Agreeing The Agenda Agreeing Procedure 3.’Around-The-Table’ Negotiations The Formula Stage The Details Stage 4. Diplomatic Momentum Deadlines Metaphors Of Movement Publicity Raising The Level Of The Talks 5. Packaging Agreements International Legal Obligations At A Premium Signalling Importance At A Premium Convenience At A Premium Saving Face At A Premium 6. Following Up Early Methods Monitoring By Experts Monitoring By Embassies Review Meetings PART II: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Introduction To Part II 7. Telecommunications Telephone Diplomacy Flourishes Video-Conferencing Stutters Other Means Multiply 8. Embassies The Normal Embassy The Fortress Embassy The Mini-Embassy The Militarized Embassy 9. Consulates Consular Functions Career Consuls Honorary Consuls Consular Sections 10. Secret Intelligence Service Attachés Intelligence Officers Cuckoos In The Nest? 11. Conferences International Organizations Procedure 12. Summits Professional Anathemas General Case For The Defence Serial Summits Ad Hoc Summits The High-Level Exchange Of Views 13. Public Diplomacy Rebranding Propaganda The Importance Of Public Diplomacy The Role Of The Foreign Ministry The Role Of The Embassy 14. Economic And Commercial Diplomacy Rising Priorities Multilateralism And The Squeeze On The Foreign Ministry Embassy Tasks And Set-Up PART III: DIPLOMACY WITHOUT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Introduction To Part III 15. Disguised ‘Embassies’ Interests Sections Consulates Representative Offices Front Missions 16. Special Missions The Advantages Of Special Missions The Variety Of Special Missions To Go Secretly Or Openly? 17. Mediation The Nature Of Mediation Different Mediators And Different Motives The Ideal Mediator The Ripe Moment Conclusion

عن المؤلف

G. R. Berridge is Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester, UK, and a Senior Fellow of Diplo Foundation. He was for some time general editor of Palgrave Macmillan’s Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations series, and an associate editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The most recent of his many books on diplomacy is A Diplomatic Whistleblower in the Victorian Era (2013).