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The concept of smallness is not only found in Island Studies but also in International Relations, a study that discusses the interaction of political units in the international world. Both Island Studies and International Relations see smallness as a characteristic that can influence the behavior of small island states. This paper tries to bring together the two studies by discussing the case of Bermuda, an island with a semi-autonomous status which has a level of sovereignty close to that of sovereign states. The authors argue that smallness does not always translate into a completely negative condition. Some small states actually depart from their weak position in the international world to then develop their soft power, or the ability to attract the attention of other international actors in a non-coercive manner. In the case of Bermuda, its limited bargaining position in the international world actually makes it more focused on developing sports as its leading sector. Through the sports sector, Bermuda develops its brand to furtherly engage with other international actors and gains economic benefits from it.

This article seeks to analyse how Catalan identity, within the context of its conflict with the Spanish government, contributes to its foreign relations with the global public through paradiplomacy. This article uses qualitative research method with literature study. It finds that Catalonia, as one of Spain's autonomous regions, have a distinct history, language, and culture from other Spanish regions. To protect their identity, there have been an emergence of movement for greater Catalan autonomy, even independence. This conflict reached climax on 1 October 2017 when the Catalan government initiated an independence referendum amongst Catalan people, with the majority voted for independence from Spain. Since then, the Catalan independence movement has faced many changes until now, with one of the moves done by Catalonia to seek support from global public through their paradiplomacy. As such, it is worth noting how paradiplomacy done by the Catalan government was an effort to protect the existence of their identity, which increases the complication and dynamics of Catalan and Spanish governments' internal conflict. Findings from this study may show important implications for the resolution of similar internal conflicts, especially those involving identity and paradiplomacy.

Cities and regions play an increasingly vital role in international relations, even co-shaping their countries' foreign policy. This phenomenon, usually called 'paradiplomacy', means that cities and regions develop links with foreign actors, both state and non-state. In this way, they contribute to the 'pluralisation' of diplomacy and are changing the shape of contemporary relations on the global stage. This process is also happening with regard to the international activities undertaken by the European Union (EU); yet the paradiplomacy trend is also only partially realised at the EU level. In this context, this article aims to conceptualise the impact that the paradiplomacy of European sub-state actors has on EU foreign policy. So far, it has not been adequately recognised in the academic literature as a potential factor influencing EU foreign affairs. In addition, the article analyses how cities and regions can influence the development of EU foreign policy and how the Union can use this potential for international activity on the part of local actors. The article has two parts. In the first part, we present three ways cities and regions can influence EU foreign policy. By giving specific examples, we show that cities and regions are already using their authority to: i) lobby and create networking communities, ii) use formal powers, and iii) apply direct actions. In the second part, we set out the opportunities and challenges that arise from the paradiplomatic activities of sub-state actors. To elucidate the issues, we consider the case of contemporary relations between the EU and China, which are becoming more intense at local government level but which are not used by Brussels to pursue EU interests.

Paradiplomacy as an instrument of local governments to develop international cooperation in the era of industrial revolution 4.0 requires some thoughts and policies relevant to information technology. Website constitutes an important platform for local governments to exercise their Paradiplomacy as a regional practice of conducting international relations. The website becomes a world window for local governments to communicate and cooperate with local government partners and institutions abroad. This article conducts an evaluation study towards local government websites in Indonesia related to the readiness to face the industrial revolution 4.0 in the issue of international cooperation through digital diplomacy means. The preferred research method is to analyze the content of website structure of the Indonesian local government, be it from front-line, content, and/or backline. This article found that the platform of Indonesian local government websites is fairly fragile in the institutionalization of paradiplomacy using website as the instrument. Comprehensive policies from the central and local governments eventually become indispensable in order to make the practice of digital diplomacy by local governments in Indonesia more productive.Keywords: Paradiplomacy, Digital Diplomacy, e-GovernmentParadiplomasi sebagai instrumen pemerintah daerah untuk mengembangkan kerja sama internasional di era revolusi industri 4.0 memerlukan beberapa pemikiran dan kebijakan yang relevan dengan teknologi informasi. Website merupakan platform penting bagi pemerintah daerah untuk melaksanakan Paradiplomasi mereka sebagai praktik regional dalam melakukan hubungan internasional. Website menjadi jendela dunia bagi pemerintah daerah untuk berkomunikasi dan bekerja sama dengan mitra dan lembaga pemerintah daerah di luar negeri. Artikel ini melakukan kajian evaluasi terhadap website pemerintah daerah di Indonesia terkait kesiapan menghadapi revolusi industri 4.0 dalam isu kerja sama internasional melalui sarana diplomasi digital. Metode penelitian yang dipilih adalah dengan menganalisis isi dari struktur website pemerintah daerah Indonesia, baik dari front-line, content, dan/atau backline. Artikel ini menemukan bahwa platform website pemerintah daerah Indonesia cukup rapuh dalam pelembagaan paradiplomasi dengan menggunakan website sebagai instrumennya. Kebijakan yang komprehensif dari pemerintah pusat dan daerah pada akhirnya menjadi sangat diperlukan agar praktik diplomasi digital oleh pemerintah daerah di Indonesia semakin produktif.Kata-kata kunci: Paradiplomasi, Diplomasi Digital, e-Government

Asian regions and cities have become important international actors but the phenomenon of international engagement of regional and local governments in the Asian countries is still not sufficiently described and recognized in the scientific literature. So far, the research on paradiplomacy mostly concentrated on Europe and North America. However, as shown in this study, the regularities present in Western countries are not necessarily universal. The distinctive features of each Asia n country create quite unique contexts, in which sub-regional actors have to develop their international strategies. Same of those contexts were presented in this study in order to provide better understanding of the conditions of paradiplomacy in Asia.

In the last few decades, the practice of paradiplomacy in Indonesia has increased across the country. The paradiplomacy policy was commonly conducted by local governments in Indonesia since the collapse of the centralized-New Order regime followed by political reformation in various sectors. Decentralization is the main issue that demand local government to be more active and to manage the region properly. The opportunity to boost international partners is very open under the new norm that pave the way to the practice of paradiplomacy including in the frontier areas in Indonesia. This research focuses on the thwo important areas in the frontier Indonesia namely, Riau Island, West Kalimantan and Maluku. Nevertheless, in fact, the so-called "ceremonial" paradiplomacy blatantly practiced amid of the tighten and very bureaucratic barrier including obstacles on the budget implementation. This is qualitative research with discourse analysis which so important to understand paradiplomacy practices notably in the frontier areas in Indonesia that in some extent are vulnerable to the separatism issues in the central government in Jakarta.

"This book explores how Chinese border provinces have become actors in international relations. Through an analysis of the international actorness - the inherent characteristics of a subnational entity as an international player - of Yunnan and two other geographically peripheral provinces, Guangdong and Guangxi, the domestic, economic and legislative circumstances that motivated these provinces to conduct transboundary engagements is determined. The study is based on an extensive field study including interviews with those involved in the implementation of Yunnan's foreign agenda, representatives from province-owned enterprises, universities and think tanks, and officials and experts from the countries neighbouring Yunnan. Acknowledging the role of external geopolitics, the authors analyse the efforts of these border provinces to incentivise neighbouring countries to cooperate with them on areas of trade, investment and non-traditional security. Yao Song and Tianyang Liu also observe how border provinces have leveraged their paradiplomatic strengths to affect China's foreign relations with neighbouring countries. This volume will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduates in political science, international relations, and diplomacy as well as geography, Southeast Asian politics, political economy, Chinese periphery diplomacy, and non-federal paradiplomacy"--

1. Introduction -- 2. Region and paradiplomacy : in search of definition -- 3. Paradiplomacy studies as a field of scholarly inquiry -- 4. The eleven dimensions of paradiplomacy discourse -- 5. Constructing an explanatory framework for the study of subnational governments' involvement in international relations -- 6. The province of Alberta in international affairs : applying the explanatory framework -- 7. Concluding remarks.

Paradiplomacy as a policy and practice of foreign policy by local governments have been carried out by the Indonesian government. But the practice of paradiplomacy shows a gap between local governments, as there are local governments that are so intensive but, on the other hand, some are passive. This article explains the architecture of paradiplomacy in the constitutional dimension through tracking the message structure in a number of regulations with content analysis methods. The advance of content analysis in the constitutional dimension will be able to provide comprehensive analysis on the architecture of Indonesia's paradiplomacy and its implications for achieving national interests. This article finds that Indonesia's paradiplomacy architecture is still very administrative, procedural, and technical, which results in inability to accelerate paradiplomacy by local governments in Indonesia to progressively attain local and national interests.

The study of diplomacy has encountered a new turn when the concept of parallel diplomacy, or paradiplomacy, was introduced to the mainstream. The concept itself can be defined as the international agency of sub-national political entities. The logic behind this is that globalisation has given a channel for the local entities to further their interests amidst the prevailing state-centric international system. In the International Relations scholarship, this issue can be viewed through three lenses: realist, liberalist, and constructivist. This article will use constructivism whose idea argues that paradiplomacy contains identity-seeking undertones beneath, where sub-national entities can reimagine their positions in globalisation. The constructivist lens offers more advantage in seeing paradiplomacy beyond activities which are mainly driven by free-trade. This paper attempts to use the constructivist lens of paradiplomacy in exploring how cities can construct their identities in globalisation. There has been a quite extensive literature on constructivist perspective on paradiplomacy, yet many of them are focused on secessionist case studies instead of cities as regular sub-national units which pose no threat to their host states. This article argues that identity creation in city paradiplomacy is possible and particularly essential to cities located in developing countries seeking partnerships with the more developed regions. In doing the research, the author utilises secondary sources through the existing studies on paradiplomacy and city identity in globalisation to keep up with the current state of the art.

"Paradiplomacy in Latin America: Between the Policy and the Research Agenda" published on by Oxford University Press.