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This chapter is concerned with two long-standing themes in debates about diplomacy: ‘newness’ and ‘decline’. It rests on the belief that these debates have generated a largely sterile discussion rooted in two competing perspectives on international relations: state-centric and world society views. Understanding the importance of diplomacy, however, requires that it be extracted from this longstanding dialogue of the deaf and that the role of diplomats be evaluated outside the constraints which it has imposed.
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Hocking, B. (1999). Catalytic Diplomacy: Beyond ‘Newness’ and ‘Decline’. In: Melissen, J. (eds) Innovation in Diplomatic Practice. Studies in Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27270-9_2
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