The Practice of Diplomacy: Its Evolution, Theory and Administration

'This text includes usefully illustrated new material on issues like climate change, tracks diplomatic actors (notably NGOs) and reflects the changes in diplomatic practice wrought by the IT revolution.'-Sir Ivor Roberts, President of Trinity College, Oxford, former British Ambassador and Editor of 'Satow's Diplomatic Practice'.

'In this revised edition of a classic text, the authors trace the historic roots of current diplomatic practices, such as conference diplomacy and summitry. The new agents, issues and practices associated with contemporary diplomacy are analysed in lucid detail.-Christer Jonsson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden.

Christer J繩nsson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden.

Topics new and updated for this edition include:

Discussion of Ancient and non-European diplomacy, including a more thorough treatment of pre-Hellenic, early Arab and Chinese diplomacy and the practices prevalent in the inter-state system of the Indian sub-continent

Examination of the diplomacy of pre-colonial Africa and the diplomatic methods devised for combating the slave trade

An expanded account of the multilateral and summit diplomacy of the Cold War, drawing on the latest scholarship in the field

An entirely new chapter discussing the diffusion of diplomacy in an era of globalization; NGOs and coalitions of NGOs; the influence of trans-national corporations; developmental and transformational assistance; the impact of the revolution in electronic communications; and the new public diplomacy.