Delegated Diplomacy - How Ambassadors Establish Trust in International Relations

David Lindsey develops a new theory of diplomacy that illuminates why states find ambassadors indispensable. He argues that the primary diplomatic challenge countries face is not simply communication-it is credibility. Diplomats can often communicate credibly with their host countries even when their superiors cannot.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Diplomats and Bureaucrats
2. Diplomats as Messengers
3. Elicitation, Reporting, and Administration
4. Diplomats and Biographic Intelligence
5. Empirical Patterns in Diplomatic Appointments
6. The Sympathetic Ambassador: Walter Hines Page in Britain
7. The Unsympathetic Ambassador: James Gerard in Germany
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

David Lindsey is assistant professor of political science at Baruch College, City University of New York.

Summary

David Lindsey develops a new theory of diplomacy that illuminates why states find ambassadors indispensable. He argues that the primary diplomatic challenge countries face is not simply communication—it is credibility. Diplomats can often communicate credibly with their host countries even when their superiors cannot.

Product details

• Authors: David Lindsey, Lindsey David
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2023
• EAN: 9780231209335
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20933-5
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, International Relations