American diplomacy / edited by Paul Sharp and Geoffrey Wiseman.

• TeilnehmendeR: Sharp, Paul, 1953-; Wiseman, Geoffrey.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Notes: "Originally published as Volume 6, Nos. 3-4 (2011) in Brill's journal The Hague journal of diplomacy"--T.p. verso.

These essays examine questions arising from the Obama administration's efforts to revive American diplomacy and its response to the ways in which diplomacy itself is being transformed. The essays examine these questions from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives provided by scholars and diplomats from around the world and within the United States. A common focus of the collection is on how diplomacy's contribution to the effectiveness of foreign policy has been undervalued in the United States by governments, the foreign policy community, and academics. Together, the essays seek to raise awareness of American diplomacy conducted at all levels of government and society. They consider its future prospects in the context of America's economic difficulties and the anticipated further erosion of its international position. And they ask how American diplomacy may be strengthened in the interests of international peace and security, whether under a second term Obama administration or the leadership of a new president.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Distinctive characteristics of American diplomacy / Geoffrey Wiseman -- The distinction between foreign policy and diplomacy in American international thought and practice / David Clinton -- US diplomacy and diplomats: a Chinese view / Chen Zhimin -- European responses to US diplomacy / Michael Smith -- Transformational diplomacy: US tactics for change in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2004-2006 / Karin A. Esposito and S. Alaeddin Vahid Gharavi -- Course corrections: the Obama administration at the United Nations / David Bosco -- American public diplomacy: enduring characteristics, elusive transformation / Bruce Gregory -- Quantum diplomacy, German-US relations and the psychogeography of Berlin / James Der Derian -- Obama, Clinton and the diplomacy of change / Paul Sharp -- The incapacitation of US statecraft and diplomacy / Chas W. Freeman Jr -- The traditions and travails of career diplomacy in the United States / Thomas Hanson -- Digital diplomacy and US foreign policy / Alec Ross -- Conclusion.