There are three reasons for writing this second edition. First, the world does not stand still. Territorial disputes such as the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict or the South China Sea tensions, civil wars such as in Syria, international terrorism, economic sanctions exchanged between the European Union and Russia, increasing numbers of migrants to the European Union and the United States, combating Eb…
As a time-honoured method of international cooperation, diplomacy has been often besieged by questions regarding the “magic and mystery” of how it works, succeeds or fails (Sharp 2009, 2). Bull’s view of diplomacy as “the conduct of relations between states and other entities with standing in world politics by official agents and by peaceful means” (Bull 1997, 156) remains the most co…