Globalisation and Diplomacy
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2007Metadata
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Working Paper, NUPI nr 724. NUPI, 2007Sammendrag
Globalisation is shorthand for changes in space, time and the relationship between
them. This paper, which will be forthcoming as a chapter in a book edited by Andrew
Cooper and published by the United Nations University Press, argues that changes in deterritorialisation
will not have thoroughgoing effects for diplomacy. A change in time, notably
the change to zero lag-time in information flows, is, on the other hand, of key importance.
So is the increase in the sheer mass and density of communication. If transcending
boundaries is the essence of globalisation, then it stands to reason that state diplomats must
sooner or later take cognizance of the other kinds of polities that exist within the system.
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