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“The multilateral meltdown at COP 15 was at best a learning experience, at worst a harbinger of future attempts at global governance.”
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The transformation of diplomacy: mysteries, insurgencies and public relations (PDF), Ian Hall, International Affairs, Chatham House, UK
Review in Library Journal -Social Sciences, Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., NY, September 1, 2009
Diplomacy in the Trenches (PDF), Jeff Davis, Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper
Guerrilla tactics for diplomats, Katharina Höne, DiploFoundation
Daryl Copeland charts the course for a new kind of diplomacy, one in tune with the demands of today’s interconnected, technology driven world.
Eschewing platitudes and broadly rethinking issues of security and development, Copeland provides the tools needed to frame and manage issues ranging from climate change to pandemic disease to asymmetrical conflict and weapons of mass destruction. The essential keystone of his approach is the modern diplomat, able to nimbly engage with a plethora of new international actors and happier mixing with the population than mingling with colleagues inside embassy walls.
Through the lens of Guerrilla Diplomacy, Copeland offers both a call to action and an alternative approach to understanding contemporary international relations.
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COP 15 certainly represented a challenge to the way that the UN was functioning, and to the extent that nations were prepared to commit to the common interest.
Daryl, what do you see as the role of the UN in global governance, and what is needed to improve its performance?
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