DIP-401: Diplomacy in Theory and Practice

This course is an intense and in-depth exposure to the vast field of diplomacy. In order to achieve this level of exposure, EUCLID relies on 3 major textbooks, complemented by supplementary readings which offer a more personal perspective.

Part 1:

The first module is based on Berridge’s acclaimed classic in the field:

Topics covered in DT&P

• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Art of Negotiation
• The Modes Diplomacy

Part 2:

Level II exposure is achieved by asking student to carefully read, annotate and study Barston’sModern Diplomacy textbook:

Topics covered:

• Foreign Policy organization
• Foreign Policy orientation
• Diplomatic Correspondence
• Issues pertaining to technology
• Negotiation
• Diplomatic Styles and Methods
• International Financial Relations
• Trade, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
• Environmental Diplomacy
• Diplomacy and Security
• Diplomacy and Mediation
• Diplomacy of Normalization
• International Treaties and Agreements

Students are asked to pay close attention to samples of correspondence and agreements.

 Part 3:

 A different approach to the same topic is offered by Dynamics of Diplomacy which is the third required textbook for this course.

Course Objectives:

• Understand what MFAs do and how they work
• Understand the fundamentals of diplomatic negotiations
• Understand bilateral and multilateral diplomacy
• Understand subject-specific diplomacy
• Understand what makes a document a “treaty”
• Be aware of historical cases relevant to various diplomatic methods

Course Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the student is expected to able to:

• Explain the historical origins of diplomacy and protocol
• Explain the fundamentals of diplomatic negotiations
• Discuss the difference between bilateral and multilateral diplomacy
• Discuss subject-specific diplomacy such as Environmental or Human Rights diplomacy
• Explain why binding agreements are essential as the outcome of the diplomat process
• Discuss historical cases relevant to various diplomatic methods

Required Readings and Resources:

– Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (Berridge)

Please consult the web site for updates to the text (http://www.grberridge.co.uk/dip_comp_chps.htm)

– Modern Diplomacy: Third Edition or later (Barston)

– The Dynamics of Diplomacy (Leguey-Feilleux)

– Independent Diplomat (Ross)

– MP3 lecture(s) / podcast(s) (London School of Economics):

+  British Foreign Policy – Challenges facing the next Prime Minister

+  Public Diplomacy – Steps to the Future

+  International Relations in a Post-Hegemonic Age

At: http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/publicLecturesAndEvents.htm

Supplemental Readings and Resources:

– Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower (Kiesling)

– Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy (Freeman)

– Diplomacy for the Next Century (Eban)

– The Practice of Diplomacy (Langhorne)

– The diplomatic corps as an institution of international society (Sharp)