This volume brings together different approaches to diplomacy both as an institution and a practice. The authors examine diplomacy from their own backgrounds an

In a field dominated by the history and practices of Western states, Global Diplomacy expands the mainstream discourse on diplomacy to include non-Western state

This book is a comprehensive overview of the theory, history, law, institutional framework and culture of global diplomacy. It reflects on the key existential c

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