Sustainable diplomacies / edited by Costas M. Constantinou, James Der Derian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Introduction -- Sustaining Global Hope: Sovereignty, Power and the Transformation of Diplomacy; C.M. Constantinou and €J. Der Derian -- PART A: RE-CONCEPTUALIZING DIPLOMACY -- The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism; D.J. Wellman -- Diplomacy and Public Imagination; H. Banai -- On Homo-diplomacy; C.M. Constantinou -- PART B: DIPLOMATIC CULTURES, EXCLUSIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS -- Perforated Sovereignties, Agonistic Pluralism and the Durability of (Para)diplomacy;€N. Cornago -- Decolonising Diplomacy: Reflections on African Estrangement and Exclusion; S.O. Opondo -- Sustainability and Transformation in Diplomatic Culture: The Case of Euro-Centrism; I.B. Neumann -- PART C: DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES -- Sustainable Public Diplomacy: Communicating about Identity, Interests and Terrorism; A. Deos and G.A. Pigman -- Sustained Peacebuilding: The role of NGOs and Researchers; A. Strand -- Sustainable Diplomacy in the European Union; M.K. Davis Cross -- Engaging the Enemy: An Essential Norm for Sustainable US Diplomacy; G. Wiseman -- Towards a Sustainable Diplomacy in Divided Korea; R. Bleiker -- The US-Iranian conflict in Obama's New Era of Engagement: Smart Power or Sustainable Diplomacy?; P. Sharp --

Sustaining global hope : sovereignty, power and the transformation of diplomacy / Costas M. Constantinou and James Der Derian -- The promise of sustainable diplomacy : refining the praxis of ecological realism / David Joseph Wellman -- Diplomacy and public imagination / Hussein Banai -- Diplomacy, spirituality, alterity / Costas M. Constantinou -- Perforated sovereignties, agnostic pluralism and the durability of (para)diplomacy / Noe ́Cornago -- Decolonizing diplomacy : reflections on African estrangement and exclusion / Sam Okoth Opondo -- Sustainability and transformation in diplomatic culture : the case of Eurocentrism / Iver B. Neumann -- Sustainable public diplomacy : communicating about identity, interests and terrorism / Anthony Deos and Geoffrey Allen Pigman -- Sustained peacebuilding : the role of non-governmental organizations and researchers / Arne Strand -- Sustainable diplomacy in the European Union / Mai'a K. Davis Cross -- Engaging the enemy : an essential norm for sustainable US diplomacy / Geoffrey Wiseman -- Towards a sustainable diplomacy in divided Korea / Roland Bleiker -- The US-Iranian conflict in Obama's new era of engagement : smart power or sustainable diplomacy? / Paul Sharp

In what ways can diplomacy be restored as a virtue rather than being seen as a€negative concept characterised€by guile and deception? How can it move beyond mere advocacy of interests and be allowed to truly experiment with the reconciliation or coexistence of rival ways of living? How can it build durable relationships, address complex problems, and promote global peace and security? Sustainable Diplomacies looks at these questions from different theoretical and practical angles. This highly innovative and topical book draws inspiration from the history of diplomatic thought as well as from environmental, anthropological, religious and postcolonial studies. It examines specific diplomatic issues and problems such as engaging the enemy, peacebuilding, public diplomacy, diplomatic culture, paradiplomacy, Green diplomacy, diplomacy of the everyday, diplomacy within the EU, US-Iranian relations, divided Korea, and African estrangement.