Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The changing nature of diplomacy; 2 Foreign policy organisation; 3 Diplomatic methods; 4 Negotiation; 5 Developing diplomatic practice; 6 Groups and networks; 7 Regional...

This article draws on interviews with 198 state ambassadors and applies an interpretivist lens to provide a more nuanced conceptualization of diplomacy. In doing so, we seek to project a closer fit between scholarly definitions of the term and how diplomacy is understood by practitioners. We...