Diplomacy (eBook)

G. R. Berridge is Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester, UK, and a Senior Fellow of DiploFoundation. He was for some time general editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations series, and an associate editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The most recent of his many books on diplomacy is A Diplomatic Whistleblower in the Victorian Era (2013).

Cover 1
Half-Title 2
Title 4
Copyright 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
List of Boxes 11
Preface and Acknowledgements 13
Online Updating 15
List of Abbreviations 16
Introduction 18
1 The Foreign Ministry 22
Staffing and supporting missions abroad 26
Policy-making and implementation 27
Coordination of foreign relations 32
Dealing with foreign diplomats at home 34
Building support at home 35
Part I The Art of Negotiation 39
Introduction to Part I 40
2 Prenegotiations 42
Agreeing the need to negotiate 42
Agreeing the agenda 46
Agreeing procedure 48
3 ‘Around-the-Table’ Negotiations 59
The formula stage 59
The details stage 63
4 Diplomatic Momentum 69
Deadlines 70
Metaphors of movement 75
Publicity 78
Raising the level of the talks 79
5 Packaging Agreements 83
International legal obligations at a premium 83
Signalling importance at a premium 84
Convenience at a premium 86
Saving face at a premium 89
6 Following Up 96
Early methods 97
Monitoring by experts 99
Monitoring by embassies 101
Review meetings 106
Part II Diplomatic Relations 111
Introduction to Part II 112
7 Telecommunications 114
Telephone diplomacy flourishes 115
Video-conferencing stutters 121
Other means multiply 124
8 Embassies 128
The normal embassy 132
The fortress embassy 138
The mini-embassy 141
The militarized embassy 142
9 Consulates 146
Consular functions 151
Career consuls 155
Honorary consuls 157
Consular sections 159
10 Secret Intelligence 163
Service attachés 164
Intelligence officers 166
Cuckoos in the nest? 172
11 Conferences 181
International organizations 182
Procedure 184
12 Summits 197
Professional anathemas 198
General case for the defence 200
Serial summits 201
Ad hoc summits 203
The high-level exchange of views 205
Secrets of success 207
13 Public Diplomacy 211
Rebranding propaganda 211
The importance of public diplomacy 213
The role of the foreign ministry 215
The role of the embassy 217
14 Economic and Commercial Diplomacy 223
Rising priorities 223
Multilateralism and the squeeze on the foreign ministry 226
Embassy tasks and set-up 227
Part III Diplomacy without Diplomatic Relations 238
Introduction to Part III 239
15 Disguised ‘Embassies’ 241
Interests sections 242
Consulates 247
Representative offices 249
Front missions 250
16 Special Missions 253
The advantages of special missions 253
The variety of special missions 254
To go secretly or openly? 259
17 Mediation 263
The nature of mediation 263
Different mediators and different motives 266
The ideal mediator 272
The ripe moment 275
Conclusion: The Counter-Revolution in Diplomatic Practice 278
References 281
Index 292