Making Diplomacy Work: Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World - Softcover

Hare, Paul Webster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145227648X ISBN 13: 9781452276489

Publisher: CQ Press, 2015

Synopsis

Making Diplomacy Work: Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World takes a fresh look at the practice of diplomacy, setting it in its contemporary context and analyzing the major factors that have changed the nature of the way it is conducted.  The book is built on the premise that diplomacy must adapt some of its ritualistic and stale procedures to become more effective in the modern world. It provides a thorough examination of current issues from a diplomatic perspective and offers an extensive array of real-world examples. Author Paul Webster Hare brings 30 years of diplomacy experience to this title; it is a must-have volume for any student of diplomacy.

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About the Author

Paul Webster Hare teaches courses on Cuba in transition, on diplomacy, and on arms control at Boston University. A British diplomat for 30 years, Hare served overseas at the UK Representation to the EU in Brussels, Portugal, New York, and Venezuela as Deputy Head of Mission. He was head of the Foreign Office’s Non-Proliferation Department and the first project director for the UK’s presence at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. From 2001–2004, Hare served as the British ambassador to Cuba.  He is a fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and a member of the Brookings Institution Core Group on Cuba and has been designated a lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  In addition, Ambassador Hare was president of the British Baseball Federation from 2000–2001.

From the Back Cover

Taking a fresh look at actual practice, this book sets diplomacy in its contemporary context and analyzes the major factors that have changed the nature of the intelligent conduct of diplomacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 145227648X
• ISBN 13: 9781452276489
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416