Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Thought and Practice in the Digital Age

Francis Onditi is Associate Professor at Riara University, Kenya.Katharina McLarren is senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany.Gilad Ben-Nun is Alfred Grosser Professor at Sciences-Po, Paris, France.Yannis A. Stivachtis is Professor at Virginia Tech, USA.Pontian G. Okoth is Professor at Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya.

• 1. Introduction: Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Onditi).- Part I: Foundations of Diplomatic Thought and Practice.- 2 Visibilizing African Heritage in Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Okoth & Were).- 3 Afrodiplomacy: Collective Continental Communiqué (Kuwali & Kuwali).- 4 Feminist Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (Fröhlich & Scheyer).- 5 Modifying Diplomacy for the Twenty-First Century: A New Postmodern Approach (Georghiu).- Part II: Tools and Types of Diplomacy.- 6 The Increasing Significance of Public Diplomacy in International Relations: New Types and Actors (Maunder & Stivachtis).- 7 Sport Diplomacy (Brand).- 8 Humanitarian Diplomacy (Felfeli).- 9 Vaccine Diplomacy (Brand).- 10 Global Environmental Diplomacy (Atisa).- 11 Faith-Based Diplomacy as a New (and Old) Practice in Foreign Policy: Concepts and Cases (Lehmann  McLarren).- 12 Dynastic Diplomacy: Soft Suzerainty, Transdynastic Relations,Nepotism (Yates).- 13 Great Power Diplomacy in the digital age (Stivachtis).- Part III: Diplomacy in a Dynamic World.- 14 African Union Non-Military Conflict Interventions (Engel).- 15 How to Apply Kinetic Diplomacy to Gray Zone Conflict (Onditi & Yuko).- 16 Africa’s Science Diplomacy (Inyang & Simelane).- 17 Neighboring Military Occupation: Modern Surrogate to Conquest (Ben-Nun).- 18 Negotiating with the Devil: Counter-Terrorism and the Rise of Mediation Organizations (Hazan).- 19 Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Digital Era: A Case Study of the 2015 “Refugee Crisis” in Germany (Dück).- 20 Women and Feminist Diplomacy in Turbulent Times: How France Coped with the Silent Pandemic (Anand, R.).- 21 From National to International Actorness: International Organizations and the Transformation of Public Diplomacy—The Cases of the European Union and NATO (Stivachtis).- Part IV: Experiences of Diplomacy.- 22 Foreign Service Officers: Are They Fit for Purpose? (Sooklal).- 23 Diplomats in Uniform: ‘Security Diplomacy’ Described Through a Practical Experience Report (Waldbauer-Hable).- 24 Conclusion: The English School and Diplomacy as a Dynamic and Core Primary Institution (McLarren).