Review Feature – New Perspectives on Diplomacy
The two books in this feature provide complementary accounts of the theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary diplomacy.
Can Sport Mega-events Clean a Dirty State Image?
Managed by responsible organizations sporting mega-events can become a true detergent in the fight against the dark spots of repression and human rights violations.
Interview – Tom Fletcher
Tom Fletcher discusses his diplomatic career, British foreign policy, state-building, and how political polarisation, technology and the pandemic challenge and alter diplomacy.
Review – International Relations, Music and Diplomacy
This volume contributes to explorations of the scholarly intertwining of inquiries into the performing arts, (popular) culture, and IR as conjoined fields of study.
Review – Singapore Is Not An Island
Veteran diplomat Bilahari Kausikan explores the foreign policy dynamics of the island city-state of Singapore, including how it creates and maintains relevance in the region and beyond.
The Status of African Women in Foreign Policy
The dominance of patriarchal sociocultural values continues to undermine prospects for women to aspire towards or thrive within foreign policy oriented spaces.
Opinion – Human Rights: The Underlying Battlefield of the Wolf Warriors
To re-legitimize human rights diplomacy, ‘simultaneous interpretive pluralism’ of human rights should be acknowledged with economic and social rights and good governance.
America’s Re-Engagement with the World and the Continued Importance of Diplomacy
For America’s diplomatic renaissance to succeed, it needs a more cooperative and open approach to the world.
Knowledge Diplomacy and the Future(s) of Global Cooperation
The architecture of global cooperation and of national policy-making are both dependent on how power based on access to scientific and expert knowledge is distributed
Review – US Strategy in the Asian Century: Empowering Allies and Partners
Denmark’s timely book includes a full assessment of US allies and partners and proposes logical strategic shifts necessary for the US in response to a rising China.
