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"This book helps prepare new and aspiring diplomats for careers in diplomacy and international affairs. Drawing on decades of experience from career diplomats, it provides rare insights, teaches practical skill sets and offers specific advice for students and young professionals"--
List of contents
Foreword: What is Diplomatic Tradecraft? Nicholas Kralev; 1. The Diplomatic Landscape Nicholas Kralev; 2. Diplomacy as an Instrument of Statecraft Chas W. Freeman; 3. Key Diplomacy Skills David Lindwall and Chas W. Freeman; 4. The Interagency Foreign Policy Process Daniel Fried and John Tefft; 5. How Does an Embassy Work? Charles Ray and Janice Jacobs; 6. Political Tradecraft Eunice Reddick and Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley; 7. Economic Tradecraft and Commercial Diplomacy Lisa Kubiske; 8. Diplomatic Reporting and Communication Douglas Silliman and Eunice Reddick; 9. Public Diplomacy Bruce Wharton and Nicole Finnemann; 10. Consular Affairs and Crisis Management Janice Jacobs and James Zumwalt; 11. Diplomatic Protocol, Privileges and Immunities Eunice Reddick; 12. Multilateral Diplomacy Jeffrey DeLaurentis and Tressa Rae Finerty; 13. Health and Science Diplomacy Jimmy Kolker; 14. Cyber Diplomacy Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar; 15. Diplomatic Negotiation Thomas R. Pickering and Nicholas Kralev; Afterword Nicholas Kralev; Glossary of Terms; Acronyms; Index.
About the author
Nicholas Kralev is the founding executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, an independent organization that provides practical professional training in diplomacy. A former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent specializing in diplomacy and foreign affairs, he covered and accompanied US Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright on their travels around the world. He is the author of America's Other Army: The US Foreign Service and 21st-Century Diplomacy (2012) and holds a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School.
Summary
This book helps prepare new and aspiring diplomats for careers in diplomacy and international affairs. Drawing on decades of experience from career diplomats, it provides rare insights, teaches practical skill sets and offers specific advice for students and young professionals.
Foreword
Provides practical insights from experienced diplomats on the duties, responsibilities and skills required in modern diplomacy.
