The Death and Renaissance of Diplomacy: The New Diplomatic Order for Our Times

Abstract

Diplomatic practices, institutions and discourses are no longer limited to traditional international diplomacy. The author analyses the possible future consequences of such a “pluralisation” of diplomacy. What may diplomacy look like in the world of influential companies, sub-state units and NGOs acting on an equal footing with states? How may it affect global governance? The chapter discussed three topics related to the future of diplomacy. Firstly, the new institutionalisation of diplomacy in its very plural form. Secondly, trade-offs between the effectiveness and legitimisation of actors and their diplomatic activities. Finally, a new diplomatic culture is needed to introduce the new diplomatic order. This contribution is speculative academic fiction but within political science’s boundaries.