KARIN AGGESTAM Research Assistant, University of KentDAVID ARMSTRONG Professor of Politics, University of DurhamMARTIN BELL Centre of Diplomatic Studies, University of LeicesterG. R. BERRIDGE Director of the Centre for the Study of Diplomacy, University of LeicesterRAYMOND COHEN Professor and head of the Department of International Relations, Hebrew University, JerusalemNADIA GALLO Research Assistant, Centre for the Study of Diplomacy, University of LeicesterBRIAN HOCKING Professor in International Relations and Director of the Centre for International and European studies at Coventry University CHRISTER JÖNSSON Professor of Political Science, Lund University, SwedenJOVAN KURBALIJA Head of Information Technology and Diplomacy, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, MaltaHELEN LEIGH-PHIPPARD Lecturer in International Relations in University of SussexPAUL W. MEERTS Deputy-Director, Netherlands Institute of International RelationsFRANÇOISE MENGIN Researcher at the Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, ParisMARIE MULLER Professor of International Relations and Head of the Department of Political Sciences, University of PretoriaGARY D. RAWNSLEY Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Nottingham.NADIM N. ROUHANA Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston

• Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; J. Melissen Reflections on the New Global Diplomacy: Statecraft 2500 B.C.-2000 A. D.; R. Cohen PART I: DIPLOMACY IN A WORLD OF CHANGE Catalytic Diplomacy: Beyond 'Newness' and 'Decline'; B. Hocking The Diplomacy of Revolutionary States; D. Armstrong The Diplomacy of Reintegration: South Africa Back into the Fold; M. Muller PART II: MULTIPLE TRACKS The Changing Nature of Diplomatic Negotiation; P. Meerts The Influence of Informal Groups in Multilateral Diplomacy; H. Leigh-Phippard Unofficial Intervention: Potential Contributions to Resolving Ethnonational Conflicts; N. Rouhana PART III: THE MEDIA AND IT Monitored Broadcasts and Diplomacy; G. Rawnsley Trends in Diplomatic Signalling; C. Jonsson and K. Aggestam Diplomacy in the Age of Information Technology; J. Kurbalija PART IV: UNORTHODOX DIPLOMACY A Bilateral Dialogue Regime: US-Vietnamese Relations after the Fall of Saigon; M. Bell The Significance of the Diplomatic Corps: the US-North Korea Talks; G. Berridge and N. Gallo The Substitution of Conventional Diplomatic Relations: The Case of Taiwan; F. Mengin Index