Die Kunst der Diplomatie

Diplomacy You Can Touch

What is diplomacy? An art, a craft? Or something in between? What makes a good diplomat? Are there such things as diplomatic secret recipes? What tips and tricks can help get out of a deadlock? When does humor help, and when is it just a bluff? How do diplomatic cultures and styles differ across various countries? How undiplomatic can, or perhaps must, a diplomat sometimes be? How does the work of today's diplomats differ from that of their predecessors? And why do we still need diplomats today when half the world is just a click away?

Experienced practitioners share their most astonishing experiences, successes, and failures on the diplomatic stage or outline their ideas for diplomatically addressing unresolved challenges. A book for anyone who wants to better understand what matters when negotiating war and peace and why diplomacy is an art like no other.

Featuring contributions from dozens of presidents, prime ministers, and ministers from around the world, chairs of international organizations such as NATO, the EU, or the OSCE, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Climate Secretariat, and the United Nations Development Programme, the European Central Bank, as well as leading parliamentarians, journalists, former intelligence chiefs, and some prominent figures in international diplomacy.