Emotional Diplomacy

Todd H. Hall is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Tutorial Fellow in Politics, Saint Anne's College, at the University of Oxford.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Emotional DiplomacyWhat Is Emotional Diplomacy?Emotional Diplomacy and the Emotions in International RelationsOfficial Emotion as Emotional LaborEmotional Diplomacy as a Team PerformanceThe Consequences of Engaging in Emotional DiplomacyVariation in Emotional DiplomacyEmpirical InvestigationsChapter 2. The Diplomacy of AngerExplaining the 1995–96 Taiwan Strait Crisis from the Traditional PerspectiveThe Diplomacy of AngerEmpirical InvestigationsLooking at the Crisis as an Episode of Coercion vs. Official AngerChapter 3. The Diplomacy of SympathyExplaining the RF and PRC Responses in Terms of Traditional StatecraftThe Diplomacy of SympathyEmpirical InvestigationsLooking at RF and PRC Responses as Official SympathyChapter 4. The Diplomacy of GuiltExplaining Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)-Israeli Relations from the Traditional PerspectiveThe Diplomacy of GuiltEmpirical InvestigationsThe Luxembourg AgreementBullets Instead of Ambassadors: FRG Weapons for IsraelThe Path to NormalizationSubsequent YearsChapter 5. Further Studies in Emotional DiplomacyThe Diplomacy of AngerThe Diplomacy of SympathyThe Diplomacy of GuiltConclusionAdditional StrainsQuotidian and Signature Forms of Emotional DiplomacyOfficial Emotion, Popular Emotion, and "Stickiness"NotesReferencesIndex

Hall paints a fascinating picture of emotionalism as both diplomatic theater and rational calculation.(Foreign Affairs) Hall offers an innovative theoretical lens.... to explain interstate relations that seemingly belie the logic of rational choice. The volume offers an original approach to explain political crises, demonstrating the power of emotional diplomacy as a significant driver of statecraft.(International Affairs) Supplementing a rich theoretical framework with a set of compelling case studies and an in-depth conceptual exploration, Hall's work is an important contribution to the study of international relations.... He provides persuasive evidence in support of his thesis that contemporary analyses must be extended to non-material state aspirations.(Journal of East Asian Studies) With a study that is rife with political lessons and rich with analytic achievements, Hall has done more than one profession a great service. Combining rationalist and constructivist political science with contemporary history, he defines emotional diplomacy as 'coordinated state-level behavior that explicitly and officially projects the image of a particular emotional response toward other states.' Hall's concept expands the study of state-level encounters, specifically among heads of state, by focusing on the premises, expressions and consequences of emotional practice as an element of political competence.(New Diplomatic History)