What is it about?
These short essays aim to demonstrate that diplomacy and diplomatic theory are central to a complete understanding of international relations; to illustrate myriad possibilities for fascinating, valuable and useful cross fertilizations between diplomatic studies and other fields of study, IR chief among those; and to publicize future diplomatic research tasks and agendas.
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Why is it important?
The authors agree on one thing: the need for diplomatic studies serving as a two-way conduit between practitioners and scholars, alerting the former to the best in IR scholarship while reminding the latter that explanations and understandings of international relations from which diplomacy and diplomats are absent can never be complete.
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It is fascinating to see how, since the publication of this article, diplomatic studies has attracted the attention of a growing number of scholars, notably early career scholars and non-western academics.
Jan Melissen
Leiden University and University of Antwerp
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This page is a summary of: The Present and Future of Diplomacy and Diplomatic Studies, International Studies Review, December 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2011.01079.x.
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