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Diplomacy: Continuity and Change

Author

Editor

  • Yugang Chen
  • Jianhua Yuan

Summary, in English

The purpose of this chapter is to identify a number of significant contemporary changes in the "old" diplomacy, associated with the Westphalian system of sovereign states, and to address the question of how thoroughgoing these changes may be. Specifically, it discusses three aspects of change: technological developments, the emergence of new types of actors in the international arena, and the changing nature of diplomatic aqents.

Publishing year

2004

Language

Chinese

Pages

347-377

Publication/Series

Beyond Westphalia?

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Fudan University

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • change
  • diplomacy
  • continuity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 7-80009-839-7