Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. The Foreign M inistry -- Staffing And Supporting Missions Abroad -- Policy-Making And Implementation -- Coordination Of Foreign Relations -- Dealing With Fo reign Diplomats At Home -- Building Support At Home -- PART I: THE ART OF NEGOTIATION -- Introduction To Part I -- 2. Prenegotiations -- Agree ing The Need To Negotiate -- Agreeing The Agenda -- Agreeing Procedure -- 3.'Around-The-Table' Negotiations -- The Formula Stage -- The Detail s Stage -- 4. Diplomatic Momentum -- Deadlines -- Metaphors Of Movement -- Publicity -- Raising The Level Of The Talks -- 5. Packaging Agreeme nts -- International Legal Obligations At A Premium -- Signalling Impor tance At A Premium -- Convenience At A Premium -- Saving Face At A Prem ium -- 6. Following Up -- Early Methods -- Monitoring By Experts -- Mon itoring By Embassies -- Review Meetings -- PART II: DIPLOMATIC RELATION S -- Introduction To Part II -- 7. Telecommunications -- Telephone Dipl omacy Flourishes -- Video-Conferencing Stutters -- Other Means Multiply -- 8. Embassies -- The Normal Embassy -- The Fortress Embassy -- The M ini-Embassy -- The Militarized Embassy -- 9. Consulates -- Consular Fun ctions -- Career Consuls -- Honorary Consuls -- Consular Sections -- 10 . Secret Intelligence -- Service Attache;s -- Intelligence Officers -- Cuckoos In The Nest? -- 11. Conferences -- International Organizations -- Procedure -- 12. Summits -- Professional Anathemas -- General Case F or The Defence -- Serial Summits -- Ad Hoc Summits -- The High-Level Ex change Of Views -- 13. Public Diplomacy -- Rebranding Propaganda -- The Importance Of Public Diplomacy -- The Role Of The Foreign Ministry -- The Role Of The Embassy -- 14. Economic And Commercial Diplomacy -- Ris ing Priorities -- Multilateralism And The Squeeze On The Foreign Minist ry -- Embassy Tasks And Set-Up -- PART III: DIPLOMACY WITHOUT DIPLOMATI C RELATIONS -- Introduction To Part III -- 15. Disguised 'Embassies' -- Interests Sections -- Consulates -- Representative Offices -- Front Mi ssions -- 16. Special Missions -- The Advantages Of Special Missions -- The Variety Of Special Missions -- To Go Secretly Or Openly? -- 17. Me diation -- The Nature Of Mediation -- Different Mediators And Different Motives -- The Ideal Mediator -- The Ripe Moment -- Conclusion.

"This revised fifth edition of the bestselling Diplomacy, from globa lly renowned thinker and scholar in diplomacy research and teaching Geo ff Berridge, takes into account crucial developments and shifts on the global stage in the last 5 years. At the heart of diplomacy, and a cent ral theme of this book, is the art of negotiation. As well as involvin g choice of its most promising channels, this includes how to sustain m omentum via a deadline, for the consequences of not settling by midnigh t on the clock of the talks usually concentrates minds. The examples in cluded, such as the Iran nuclear talks, are mostly contemporary, but hi storical background to the diplomatic methods themselves is always prov ided. This helps to show that a rejuvenation of key features of traditi onal diplomacy has occurred in recent years that has gone largely unnot iced, partly because new labels have been given to old procedures, a no table instance being the rebranding of propaganda as 'public diplomacy' . Fully updated, new case studies explore lessons of the 2014 G20 summi t in Brisbane, and those of the highly topical Budapest Memorandum on U kraine. Berridge's comprehensive and invaluable text also includes new chapters on secret intelligence and economic and commercial diplomacy"- - Provided by publisher.