Diplomacy : theory and practice

Preface and Acknowledgments
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Contents
Abbreviations
List of Boxes
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
	Summary
	Further Reading
Part I: The Art of Negotiation
	Introduction to Part I
	2: Prenegotiations
		Agreeing the Need to Negotiate
		Agreeing the Agenda
		Agreeing Procedure
			Secrecy
			Format
			Venue
			Delegations
			Timing
		Summary
		Further Reading
	3: ‘Around-the-Table’ Negotiations
		The Formula Stage
		The Details Stage
			Difficulties
			Negotiating Strategies
		Summary
		Further Reading
	4: Diplomatic Momentum
		Deadlines
			Self-imposed Deadlines
			External Deadlines
			Symbolic Deadlines
			Overlapping Deadlines
		Metaphors of Movement
		Publicity
		Raising the Level of the Talks
		Summary
		Further Reading
	5: Packaging Agreements
		International Legal Obligations at a Premium
		Signaling Importance at a Premium
		Convenience at a Premium
		Saving Face at a Premium
			Both Languages, or More
			Small Print
			Euphemisms
			‘Separate but Related’ Agreements
		Summary
		Further Reading
	6: Following Up
		Early Methods
		Monitoring
		Review Meetings
		Capacity-Building
		Summary
		Further Reading
Part II: Diplomacy with Diplomatic Relations
	Introduction to Part II
	7: Embassies
		The Normal Embassy
		The Fortress Embassy
		The Mini-Embassy
		The Militarized Embassy
		Summary
		Further Reading
	8: Telecommunications
		Telephone Diplomacy Flourishes
		Video-Conferencing Peaks
		Summary
		Further Reading
	9: Consulates
		Consular Functions
		Career Consuls
		Honorary Consuls
		Consular Sections
		Summary
		Further Reading
	10: Secret Intelligence
		Ambassadors as Agent-Runners
		Service Attachés
		Intelligence Officers
		Cuckoos in the Nest?
		Summary
		Further Reading
	11: Conferences
		International Organizations
		Procedure
			Venue
			Participation
			Agenda
			Public Debate and Private Discussion
			Decision-Making
		The ‘New Multilateralism’
		Summary
		Further Reading
	12: Summits
		Professional Anathemas
		General Case for the Defense
		Serial Summits
		Ad hoc Summits
		The High-Level Exchange of Views
		Secrets of Success
		Summary
		Further Reading
	13: Public Diplomacy
		Rebranding Propaganda
		The Importance of Public Diplomacy
		The Role of the Foreign Ministry
		The Role of the Embassy
		Summary
		Further Reading
Part III: Diplomacy Without Diplomatic Relations
	Introduction to Part III
	14: Embassy Substitutes
		Interests Sections
		Consulates
		Representative Offices
		Front Missions
		Summary
		Further Reading
	15: Special Missions
		The Advantages of Special Missions
		The Variety of Special Missions
			Unofficial Envoys
			Official Envoys
		To Go Secretly or Openly?
		Summary
		Further Reading
	16: Mediation
		The Nature of Mediation
		Different Mediators and Different Motives
			Track One
			Track Two
			Multiparty Mediation
		The Ideal Mediator
		The Ripe Moment
		Summary
		Further Reading
Conclusion: The Counter-revolution in Diplomatic Practice
References
Index