Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Not living up to its claims : obsolete, irrelevant, and sometimes dysfunctional
  • Traditional diplomacy and its operative functions
  • Diplomats as symbols
  • Confirming identity through the narrative on foreign policy
  • Co-dependent : discourse and reality
  • Beyond its usefulness : the enduring dogma of "realpolitik"
  • The role of the military and the response to threats and risks
  • From anarchy to cooperation
  • Welded together by the economy : "all politics is global"
  • International organizations : more than reflections of narrow "national interests" of their member states
  • Moving beyond "optimal games" : the international public sector
  • Non-governmental organizations, nations without a territory, and the fractured global "polity"
  • Public opinion and foreign policy elites
  • Parliamentary representation beyond the borders
  • Public diplomacy
  • Delocalization
  • The quasi-governmental function of transnational corporations and financial institutions
  • The state : still the crucial hinge
  • From government to governance
  • Diplomats as facilitators of global governance
  • A new setting for diplomatic activities
  • The diplomatic service needs to adapt.