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The history of diplomacy is littered with false starts, misread intentions, and cultural faux pas; yet refugees can't be helped, nor international rules created or implemented without diplomacy. In addition, governments can't do it all. In the 21st century, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are at the forefront of global efforts for peace, social justice, and environmental reform. ¡Success for today's NGO requires balancing long-term strategies and goals with day-to-day and even moment-to-moment issues--much of this taking place across the negotiation table from representatives from governments and international organizations such as the United Nations or armed non-state actors. ¡ Diplomacy and Negotiation for Humanitarian NGOs presents a richly detailed practical guide for modern NGO diplomacy and negotiation. Its clearly developed steps, from team building to decision making and coalition building to cultural awareness, suggest opportunities for expanding the work of NGOs in creating positive outcomes. Instructive cases from the past and useful illustrations from current times offer success stories, warn of pitfalls, and describe skills in action for valuable insights into the negotiation process. These guidelines can be used as is or modified to suit specific situations, or stakeholders. Chapters focus on key areas such as: ¡ The roles of NGOs in war and peace. Information and knowledge management. Security, risk analysis, and intelligence. International funding. Legal matters, including international humanitarian law. Public Diplomacy, Communications and interacting with the media. Protocol, from letter formats and formal meetings to social events. International Conferences as a tool for policy development. Many case studies, including several full chapters on specific examples of how NGO diplomacy has helped shape the world we live in. Ably bridging possibility and pragmatism, Diplomacy and Negotiation for Humanitarian NGOs is a uniquely vital resource for professionals in humanitarian relief and international development in non-profits, governments at all levels, the UN, and the Red Cross system. Indeed all types of civil society organizations can benefit from this book.

Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War Thomas Mills explores Anglo-American relations in the previously neglected region of South America during the Second World War to add a new dimension to our understanding of the two powers. He shows how these relations followed a very different pattern to the high-level discussions concerning the economic shape of the post-war world that were going on at the same time. In this way, he highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the broader process of Anglo-American economic diplomacy. Based on extensive archival research and a thorough knowledge of the secondary literature, this is a major addition to the study of Anglo-American relations in the 20th century. Explores a number of topics relevant to the broader process of post-war economic diplomacy: The Lend-Lease Export White Paper and its effects on British exports to South America Economic warfare policies such as blacklisting and the Axis replacement programme Particular industries which had a strategic value as well as commercial importance, such as telecommunications Enterprises which took on an importance beyond their intrinsic worth, such as the central Brazilian railway

This book brings together for the first time a large collection of essays (including three new ones) of a leading writer on diplomacy. They challenge the fashionable view that the novel features of contemporary diplomacy are its most important, and use new historical research to explore questions not previously treated in the same systematic manner.

Countries […] if they cannot have God on their side, at least would like to have the Pope there«, urteilte Stewart Stehlin schon 1983 pointiert über die Zeit der Pontifikate Benedikts XV. (1914–1922) und Pius' XI. (1922–1939). Tatsächlich schien der Heilige Stuhl mit dem Ersten Weltkrieg maßgeblich an politischer Bedeutung zu gewinnen, stieg doch die Zahl der bei ihm akkreditierten diplomatischen Vertretungen von 14 (1914) über 24 (1921) auf 37 (1938), darunter auch diejenigen der europäischen Mächte Frankreich, England, Italien und Portugal, die 1914 noch auf eigene Diplomaten verzichtet hatten. Doch welche Rolle spielte der Heilige Stuhl in den politischen Überlegungen der Mächte vor der »Urkatastrophe des 20. Jahrhunderts« (George F. Kennan)? Waren seine eigenen Vorstellungen von religiösen oder von politischen Überlegungen geleitet? Waren diese beiden Dimensionen überhaupt zu trennen? Und wie äußerte sich seine politische Macht in der europäischen Zwischenkriegszeit? Der Band geht der Rolle des Heiligen Stuhls in den internationalen Beziehungen zwischen 1870 und 1939 nach. Er fragt nach den Zielsetzungen einzelner Staaten genauso wie nach denen der römischen Kurie. Anhand ausgewählter Probleme werden neueste Forschungsergebnisse präsentiert, die z.T. auf der Verfügbarkeit der vatikanischen Akten für den gesamten Pontifikat von Pius XI. seit Herbst 2006 beruhen. So entsteht das Bild eines Akteurs, der wie kein anderer im Zentrum der internationalen Beziehungen stand und damit auch die jeweilige Politik der einzelnen Staaten nachhaltig beeinflusste.

Rudd, K.: "Building on ASEAN's success - towards an Asia Pacific century", speech, Singapore, 12 August 2008. - S. 1-2 International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: "Commission report launched in Tokyo: towards a nuclear weapon free world", press release, Tokyo, 15 December 2009. - S. 3-5 Obama, B.: Remarks by the President Barack Obama, Prague, 5 April 2009. - S. 6-11 Obama, B.: Statement by President Barack Obama on the release of nuclear posture review, 6 April 2010. - S. 12-14 (...) Hanson, M.: The NPT and disarmament. - S.21-28 Broinowski, R.: Flaws in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. - S. 29-36 Newman, A.: The nuclear policy of the Obama administration. - S.37-45 O'Neil, A.: Australia's nuclear policy options : past, present, and future? - S. 47-58

Includes: - Doha Declaration - Declaration of Solidarity with the Republic of Sudan - Declaration on the Arab-Israeli conflict - Document for Strengthening Arab Reconciliation and Solidarity