Over the past two decades, global health diplomacy, foreign policy for health, and global
health policy have changed substantially. Diplomacy is a constitutive part of the system of …

In any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others.
Practitioners often refer to this form of diplomatic hierarchy as the'international pecking …

This article, and the four that follow, consider some of the ways in which China, Russia, India
and Brazil have responded both to US hegemony and to the changing character of …

Practice of Diplomacy has become established as a classic text in the study of diplomacy.
This much-needed second edition is completely reworked and updated throughout and …

This article explores the prominent role that so-called middle powers have played in
constructing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) as an innovative framework for …

Although the concept of regional power is frequently used in International Relations (IR)
literature, there is no consensus regarding the defining characteristics of a regional power …

This article seeks to develop a distinction between emerging and traditional middle powers
as a means to giving the concept of a middle power greater analytical clarity. All middle …

Brazilian diplomats and academics alike have long regarded regional leadership as a
springboard to global recognition. Yet Brazil's foreign policy has not translated the country's …

In spite of its historical prominence in international relations and Canadian foreign policy
literature, the term “middle power” remains deceptively ambiguous. 1 States whose roles in …

Small states are crucial actors in world politics. They attract outsized attention from great
powers, populate international organizations, and shape international norms. Despite that …