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Ministries of Foreign Affairs: A Crucial Institution Revisited

Authors :
Christian Lequesne
Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS) (CERI)
Sciences Po (Sciences Po)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
The, (en ligne) (2020-04), Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Brill Academic Publishers, 2020, ⟨10.1163/1871191X-BJA10003⟩
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2020.

Abstract

The scholar who attends international conferences and reads regular publications on diplomatic studies and foreign policy analysis is confronted with one indisputable observation: If plenty of new academic research on contemporary diplomatic practices has emerged, few of those studies paradoxically focus on the comparative role of ministries of foreign affairs (MFAs). Thus, providing academic material to students on MFAs requires using chapters published in general textbooks; monographs based on single-country case studies; practitioners’ accounts, which can be rather descriptive; and, finally, research published more than fifteen years ago. The goal of this special issue is to fill this gap in the literature by devoting a complete journal issue to the contemporary role of MFAs in diplomacy. The special issue is built on three components: original research articles, theoretical accounts and practitioners’ accounts. Making a distinction between the three types of contributions is a clear choice to clarify who is speaking from where.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18711901 and 1871191X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The, (en ligne) (2020-04), Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Brill Academic Publishers, 2020, ⟨10.1163/1871191X-BJA10003⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1f76fd9c93cfb85247effbacfe1474c6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10003⟩