Nicholas Westcott

How to be a Diplomat (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With the international system entering a period of extreme flux, diplomacy has never been more important, and how to do it successfully more relevant. This book considers what diplomacy is, its purpose, rules, structures, how it is done, what it involves, the skills required, the impact of technological and societal changes, and how diplomats ensure success. In short, it is about handling people and problems, particularly in other countries, without coming to blows. Drawing on the author's extensive personal experience, this readable volume focuses on the practical problems diplomats regularly face, such as negotiating an agreement, working with a hostile government, dealing with dual nationals imprisoned for political reasons, looking after local staff, engaging with civil society, responding to humanitarian crises, and what to do if a war breaks out on your doorstep. This is an invaluable training resource for anyone working at the coal face of international relations and a guide to how to navigate, operate, behave, negotiate, and survive diplomatic life. Such diplomatic skills will be of wider relevance in many walks of life - international, commercial, bureaucratic, even family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040389201
• Artikelnr.: 74738276

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Westcott is Professor of Practice in Diplomacy at SOAS University of London and a Visiting Fellow of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. He worked previously as a British diplomat for the Foreign Office and the European Union.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
List of Abbreviations
1 What is a diplomat?
2 What is diplomacy?
3 The varieties of diplomacy
4 Negotiations
5 The media and the message
6 Diplomatic rules
7 Protocol
8 Leading a mission
9 The diplomatic way of life
10 Coming home
Bibliography
Index