American Diplomacy

Paul Sharp is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He recently co-authored Futures for Diplomacy, a report for the Finnish Government undertaken by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, and is co-editor for the journal, Hague Journal of Diplomacy. Geoffrey Wiseman is Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC). He is a former Australian diplomat, serving in three diplomatic postings (Stockholm, Hanoi, and Brussels) and as private secretary to the Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans. He also worked as principal officer in the Strategic Planning Unit of the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General and as director of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.

• IntroductionAmerican Diplomacy Paul Sharp and Geoffrey WisemanResearch PapersDistinctive Characteristics of American Diplomacy Geoffrey WisemanThe Distinction between Foreign Policy and Diplomacyin American International Thought and Practice David ClintonUS Diplomacy and Diplomats: A Chinese View CHEN ZhiminEuropean Responses to US Diplomacy: ‘Special Relationships’,Transatlantic Governance and World Order Michael SmithTransformational Diplomacy: US Tactics for Change in theIslamic Republic of Iran, 2004-2006 Karin A. Esposito and S. Alaeddin Vahid GharaviCourse Corrections: The Obama Administration at theUnited Nations David BoscoAmerican Public Diplomacy: Enduring Characteristics,Elusive Transformation Bruce GregoryQuantum Diplomacy, German–US Relations and thePsychogeography of Berlin James Der DerianObama, Clinton and the Diplomacy of Change Paul SharpPractitioner’s PerspectivesThe Incapacitation of US Statecraft and Diplomacy Chas W. Freeman JrThe Traditions and Travails of Career Diplomacy in theUnited States Thomas HansonDigital Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy Alec RossBook ReviewsSpyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis (eds.),The EU Presence in International Organizations Edith DrieskensCostas M. Constantinou and James Der Derian (eds.),Sustainable Diplomacies Manuel DuranHany Besada (ed.), Crafting an African Security Architecture:Addressing Regional Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century Maria-Ruxandra Stoicescu

"This is one of those rare edited volumes which deserves to be read cover to cover." - Diplomacy & Statecraft, Richard Crockatt, University of East Anglia