Zhang Deyi (1847-1919) went on a number of missions to the West, first as an interpreter, then a diplomat, and finally as the Qing's ambassador to Britain. Throughout his travels overseas he kept a detailed diary covering all aspects of the Western World: diplomatic activities, schooling, marriage, fire engines and contraceptives. His diaries comprise eight volumes in total. This is the transla…
After the successful conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012 as well as the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2013, Chinese diplomacy has stepped into a new phrase under the guidance of the new core leadership of China. With many achievements, China focuses on long-term interests and strategic overal…
This scholarly work underscores the central role of diplomacy in the process of building the Brazilian nation-state. It also reveals how diplomacy helped to preserve the integrity of a land with continental dimensions, and peacefully settle the country’s borders with ten neighboring countries – among which were two European powers. The challenges of maintaining unity against a background of…
Diplomatic Interventions argues that war is a social construction. In so doing, it unsettles the definition of intervention, as a coercive interference by one state in the affairs of another, to examine the range of communicative or 'diplomatic' practices which through their presence modify the experience of war. The tension between claims that war is pervasive and that war is a social construc…
The book is an attempt to analyse recent trends in the nuclear non-proliferation diplomacy after the Gulf crisis, with a focus on efforts to strengthen the nuclear export control regime, IAEA 'Special Inspections hased on satellite intelligence, and US policy of establishing regional nuclear nonproliferation regimes. An attempt has been made to examine how the nuclear nonproliferation regime ha…
Public Diplomacy by the Indonesian Embassy in Sofia represents a strategic initiative to enhance Indonesia's image, promote cultural understanding, and strengthen diplomatic relations with Bulgaria and the broader Southeast European region. This paper delves into the multifaceted approach taken by the Indonesian Embassy in Sofia to engage with various stakeholders, including government official…