Ex. 15. Discuss the ideas from the text in Reading 2

1) [The diplomatic world] has had few impulses to cease being an elite preserve for classic diplomacy.

2) It is currently facing a crisis of relevance and effectiveness. A rising tide of violence, inequality, and unaddressed threats provides powerful testament not only to the socialization of globalization's costs and the privatization of its benefits, but to the abject failure of diplomacy to engage remedially.

3) [T]he diplomatic world is now beginning to feel the heat of competition, especially from agile non-state actors that are being strengthened by the information revolution.

4) [T]echnologists are on the verge of producing new tools that are as relevant for the diplomatic world as they have been for the business and military worlds.

5) [G]lobal interconnectivity is generating a new fabric for world order.

6) [T]raditional ideas about "peace through strength" may give way to new ideas of "peace through knowledge."

7) Comment on the arguments the authors use to substantiate the idea that a new paradigm in international relations is emerging.

Ex. 16. Explain and expand on what the following concepts mean.

paradigm non-state actors

statecraft subnational actors

e-diplomacy (cyber diplomacy) supranational actors

public diplomacy transnational issues

track-one/track-two diplomacy intermestic issuses

shuttle diplomacy intergovernmental organizations

Ex. 17. Sort out the following characteristics of various types of diplomacy so as to prepare short descriptions of diplomatic activities. Flesh out your descriptions with a few more details. Give examples from the history of the country/region you specialize in.

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