Home Engagement in Diplomacy

Jan Melissen is Editor-in-Chief of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, The Hague, and Professor of Diplomacy in the Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp.HwaJung Kim, PhD, is a Research Professor at Ewha Womans University’s Institute for International and Area Studies, appointed by Korea’s National Research Foundation in 2021. She has worked with the Korean Association for Public Diplomacy since 2020.Githma Chandrasekara is an independent researcher and communications consultant based in Sri Lanka. A Junior Fellow and Editorial Assistant at The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, she holds an MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy from Leiden University, The Hague.

"This exceptionally knowledgeable and visionary chapter is not only an introduction to the book, it generates ideas for theory building and research in diplomatic studies." –Bruce Gregory, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, George Washington UniversityReview of Chapter 1: "Theorising and Debating the Domestic Deficit in ir and Diplomatic Studies" by Jan Melissen and Githma Chandrasekara

• ContentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionJan Melissen, HwaJung Kim and Githma Chandrasekara1 Theorising and Debating the Domestic Deficit in IR and Diplomatic StudiesJan Melissen and Githma Chandrasekara2 Citizens as Problems or Resources: Power, Diplomacy, and the Contested Voice of the NationCésar Jiménez-Martínez3 The Evolution of Domestic Public Diplomacy in Germany: Engaging the ‘Public’ at Home on Foreign and Security Policy Since 1990Christian Opitz, Hanna Pfeifer and Anna Geis4 Home Diplomacy Across Borders: Consular and Diaspora Diplomacy in FranceChristian Lequesne5 Social Legitimacy, State–Society Relations and Non-State Actor Diplomacy in JapanToshiya Takahashi6 Internal Societisation of Diplomacy: The Disintegration of State-Society Relations and Its Moderating Effects on Japanese Diplomacy toward ChinaYun Zhang7 Diplomacy and People: Contrasting Cases of the Two Koreas’ People-Empowerment Approaches to DiplomacyHwaJung Kim8 Engaging Citizens in a Polarised Society: The Choices for US DiplomacyGeoffrey Wiseman and Allison Scott9 United States Citizen Diplomacy and the Domestic Publics: Navigating the Contested Terrain of Diversity, Inclusion and Representation in State-Supported ProgrammesAnna Popkova10 Democratic Diplomatic Middle Grounds: Theorising and Expanding the Role of Domestic Societies in Paradiplomatic RelationsScott Michael Harrison and Quinton Huang11 The Benefits and Pitfalls of Engaging Youth in Diplomatic Affairs: A Case Study of the Junior Diplomat InitiativeŠtěpánka Zemanová12 Concluding ReflectionsAndrew F. CooperIndex