How to be a Diplomat

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-83617-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

With the international system entering a period of extreme flux, diplomacy has never been more important, and how to do it successfully more relevant. This book considers what diplomacy is, its purpose, rules, structures, how it is done, what it involves, the skills required, the impact of technological and societal changes, and how diplomats ensure success. In short, it is about handling people and problems, particularly in other countries, without coming to blows. Drawing on the author’s extensive personal experience, this readable volume focuses on the practical problems diplomats regularly face, such as negotiating an agreement, working with a hostile government, dealing with dual nationals imprisoned for political reasons, looking after local staff, engaging with civil society, responding to humanitarian crises, and what to do if a war breaks out on your doorstep. This is an invaluable training resource for anyone working at the coal face of international relations and a guide to how to navigate, operate, behave, negotiate, and survive diplomatic life. Such diplomatic skills will be of wider relevance in many walks of life – international, commercial, bureaucratic, even family.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional Training, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westcott, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of illustrations

List of Abbreviations

1 What is a diplomat?

2 What is diplomacy?

3 The varieties of diplomacy

4 Negotiations

5 The media and the message

6 Diplomatic rules

7 Protocol

8 Leading a mission

9 The diplomatic way of life

10 Coming home

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Westcott is Professor of Practice in Diplomacy at SOAS University of London and a Visiting Fellow of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.  He worked previously as a British diplomat for the Foreign Office and the European Union.