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Diplomacy and International Order

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Abstract

In this chapter I propose to consider the following questions:

  1. (i)

    What is diplomacy?

  2. (ii)

    How does diplomacy contribute to international order?

  3. (iii)

    What is the relevance of diplomacy to international order at present?

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Notes and References

  1. Harold Nicolson, Diplomacy (Oxford University Press, 1950) p. 15.

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  2. Sir Ernest Satow, A Guide to Diplomatic Practice, 4th edn (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1957) p. 1.

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  3. See Philippe Cahier and Luke T. Lee, ‘Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations’, International Conciliation, no. 571 (January 1969).

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  7. See François de Callières, On the Manner of Negotiating with Princes, trans. A. F. Whyte (University of Notre Dame Press, 1963).

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  8. See Alfred Vagts, The Military Attaché (Princeton University Press, 1967).

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  9. See Nicolson, Diplomacy; and The Evolution of Diplomatic Method (London: Constable, 1954).

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  10. See especially Eugene R. Black’s plea for a corps of ‘development diplomats’ in The Diplomacy of Economic Development (Harvard University Press, 1960).

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  11. R. B. Mowat, Diplomacy and Peace (London: Williams & Norgate, 1935).

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© 1977 Hedley Bull

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Bull, H. (1977). Diplomacy and International Order. In: The Anarchical Society. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24028-9_7

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