Modern Diplomacy - Softcover

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R. P. Barston is Professor and specialist in international relations and modern diplomatic methods. He teaches at UEA London (University of East Anglia) and is a Convenor on the postgraduate Diplomacy Programme. He is a former member of the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has extensive diplomatic experience in bilateral and multilateral negotiations.

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Contemporary, thoughtful and extensively illustrated, Modern Diplomacy examines a broad range of current diplomatic practice. This leading and widely used book – now it in its fourth edition – is organised around the following areas: the aims and purposes of diplomacy; developments in diplomatic methods; key sectors (trade, finance, environment, emergencies, security) and diplomacy in international conflict.

Chapters in this edition include new material on:

• Diplomatic strategy
• Developments in diplomatic practice
• Network diplomacy and new groupings
• Communications, the media and diplomacy
• Cyber-diplomacy transactions and issues

Modern Diplomacy is essential reading for students and practitioners of international relations, foreign policy, international law, international political economy, international economics, the Foreign Services Institutes and the National Diplomatic Academies.

Professor R.P. Barston specialises in international relations and contemporary diplomacy. He previously taught at Lancaster University, London School of Economics and is a convenor at the London Academy of Diplomacy, UEA. He is a former member of the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office with extensive diplomatic experience. International training missions include Malaysia (National institute of Public Administration), Brunei, Vietnam and Trinidad. Previous publications include Maritime Dimension, The Other Powers and International Politics Since 1945.