Readings – multilateral diplomacy

Bayne, Nicholas and Stephen Woolcock, Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock. The New Economic Diplomacy (Global Finance) (Paperback - Oct 26, 2007).

“The New Economic Diplomacy” explains how states conduct their external economic relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically; how they negotiate internationally; and how these processes interact. It documents the transformation of economic diplomacy in the 1990s and early 2000s in response to the end of the Cold War, the advance of globalization and the growing influence of non-state actors like private business and civil society. Fully updated, the second edition reflects the impact of the campaign against terrorism, the war inIraqand the rise of major developing countries likeChinaandIndia. Based on the authors’ own work in the field of international political economy, it is suitable for students interested in the decision making processes in foreign economic policy including those studying International Relations, Government, Politics and Economics but will also appeal to politicians, bureaucrats, business people, NGO activists, journalists and the informed public.

Benn, Denis.  Multilateral Diplomacy and the Economics of Change

This study examines the negotiations on the New International Economic Order (NIEO) which took place during the 1970s and early 1980s, against the background of the evolution and structure of the international economic system and the emergence of the developing countries as significant actors in that system.

It presents a comparative analysis of the approaches and strategies adopted by the developing countries in the negotiations. At the same time, it explores the concept of economic co-operation among the developing countries as a strategy for changing the configuration of the power relations between them and the developed countries. Professor Benn argues that the current struggle by the developing countries in the World Trade Order (WTO) and other similar fora to establish an equitable international economic system is essentially a continuation of the negotiations that began with the New International Economic Order (NIEO).

Belopolsky, Helen.  Russia and the Challengers: Russian Alignment with China, Iran and Iraq in the Unipolar Era (St. Antony’s Series (Palgrave MacMillan (Firm).

An examination of why Russiachose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favor of alignment with states like China, Iranand Iraq.

Betsill, Michele M., Elisabeth Corell and Felix Dodds. NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations.

Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of NGO influence, with case studies that apply the framework to negotiations on climate change, biosafety, desertification, whaling, and forests.

“The chapters collected in this volume provide a rich set of cases and an important and original theoretical framework for studying the impacts of NGOs on international environmental politics. It should be widely read and assigned in courses on global environmental politics, social movements, international organizations, and politics. In particular, questions of actual NGO influence on international politics are critical to the fields this book addresses and have not yet been addressed by other works, especially to the degree of methodological rigor which this book attains.”

Boisard, M. Multilateral Diplomacy: The United Nations System at Geneva: A Working Guide – La Diplomatie Multilaterale: Le Systeme des Nations UNIES a Geneve: Guide de Travail

In the first part of this book, distinguished diplomats and eminent academics have contributed papers on the concept of international organization, on international conference diplomacy and on negotiating strategies, while experts have provided practical advice on conference management and tips on getting ideas and positions heard and understood in this particular setting. A second part includes notices on the United Nations organizations headquartered in Geneva, with special emphasis on what may be called their “institutional culture”, and a third part, including a presentation by the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, is devoted to the question of privileges and immunities. This study provides practical guidance for diplomats and national officials first confronted with theGenevamultilateral setting. The book is primarily intended for them, but is also of interest for those concerned with international relations.

Boisard, M.A. and E.M. Chossudovsky.  The United Nations System at Geneva: Scope and Practices of Multilateral Diplomacy and Co-Operation (Paperback - Apr 30, 1992).

Bolewski, Wilfried.  Diplomacy and International Law in Globalized Relations.

Diplomacy is transforming and expanding its role as the method of interstate relations to a general instrument of communication among globalized societies. Adapting to globalization, the practice of diplomacy is shared by non-state participants, thus becoming privatized and popularized. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the widening scope of public as well as private diplomacy and its normative framework. It features a practitioner’s inside view of diplomacy combined with interdisciplinary academic analysis.

Calder, Kent E. and Francis Fukuyama.  East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability (Forum on Constructive Capitalism).

While theIraqwar and Middle East conflicts command the attention of theUnited Statesand most of the rest of the developed world, fundamental changes are occurring inEast Asia. North Korea has tested nuclear weapons, even as it and South Korea have effectively entered a period of tepid détente; relations among China, Japan, and South Korea are a complex mixture of conflict and cooperation; and Japan is developing more forthright security policies, even as it deepens ties with the United States. Together, these developments pose vital questions for world stability and security.

In East Asian Multilateralism, prominent international foreign affairs scholars examine the range of implications of shifting alignments inEast Asia. The first part delves into the intraregional dynamics, and the second assesses current economic conditions and policies within individual East Asian states. The third section examines the challenge of regional cooperation from the perspectives of local players, while the fourth analyzes the implications for foreign policy in theUnited States and inAsia.

This thorough review and assessment charts the preconditions and prospects for deeper multilateralism, poses tough questions about America’s security and national interests in the region, and carries a plea for more serious institution-building in the North Pacific, using the ongoing six-party process in talks on North Korea as a point of departure.

Chapman, Terrence L.  Securing Approval: Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War (Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions)

Among the most momentous decisions that leaders of a state are called upon to make is whether or not to initiate warfare. How their military will fare against the opponent may be the first consideration, but not far behind are concerns about domestic political response and the reaction of the international community.

Securing Approval makes clear the relationship between these two seemingly distinct concerns, demonstrating how multilateral security organizations like the UN influence foreign policy through public opinion without ever exercising direct enforcement power. While UN approval of a proposed action often bolsters public support, its refusal of endorsement may conversely send a strong signal to domestic audiences that the action will be exceedingly costly or overly aggressive. With a cogent theoretical and empirical argument, Terrence L. Chapman provides new evidence for how multilateral organizations matter in security affairs as well as a new way of thinking about the design and function of these institutions.

Chung, Chien-Peng.  China’s Multilateral Co-operation in Asia and the Pacific: Institutionalizing Beijing’s ‘Good Neighbour Policy’ (Politics in Asia)

The leaders and bureaucrats of China have actively attended, initiated, promoted or made skilful use of regional multilateral political, economic, and security institutions to accelerate regional cooperation and integration with neighboring states, convince Asian states that China’s rise will not threaten the regional order and their national interests, and exploit its role and diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific as a launch pad for greater influence in world affairs.

This book examines why and to what extentChinawishes to promote, accelerate, delay, or overcome constrains to, the institutionalization of these regional organizations. It explores the meaning, scope and repercussion in the drive that a risingChinahas for institutionalizing multilateral cooperative processes in the Asia-Pacific region, the extent to which its actions are motivated by concerns of politics, economics or security, and the obstacles it faces for so doing. These arrangements have varying effect on the diplomatic postures, economic development, and strategic orientation of countries inAsiaand the Western Pacific, and hence the stability and prosperity of the entire region.

Cooper, Andrew F., Brian Hocking, and William Maley.  Global Governance and Diplomacy: Worlds Apart? (Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations).

While diplomacy is a well-established topic for study, global governance is a relatively new arrival to the conceptual landscape of international relations. At first glance the two exist in separate worlds. This book examines the relationship between these two concepts for the first time in a comprehensive manner.

Cotte, Andrew.  Reshaping Defence Diplomacy: New Roles for Military Cooperation and Assistance (Adelphi series).

Analyses changing patterns of international military cooperation and assistance and shows that Western defense diplomacy is increasingly being directed towards new goals. The new defense diplomacy runs alongside the old and there are tensions between the two, in particular between the new goal of promoting democracy and the old imperative of supporting authoritarian allies.

Curzon, Gerard.  Multilateral commercial diplomacy;: The General agreement on tariffs and trade, and its impact on national commercial policies and techniques

Dhanapala, Jayantha. Multilateral Diplomacy and the Npt: An Insiders Account

This book draws upon personal experience and emerges as both timely and authoritative. Its author, Jayantha Dhanapala, served with distinction as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs from 1998 to 2003. This experience, coupled with his service as President of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference, uniquely qualifies him to address these challenging questions. His analysis and his distinct points of view, rooted in a strong commitment to multilateral cooperation and the importance of treaty compliance, deserve the close attention of all who seek a safer, more secure world for all.

Garcia, Denise.  Disarmament Diplomacy and Human Security: Regimes, Norms and Moral Progress in International Relations (Routledge Global Security Studies).

This book assesses how progress in disarmament diplomacy in the last decade has improved human security.

In doing so, the book looks at three cases of the development of international norms in this arena. First, it traces how new international normative understandings have shaped the evolution of and support for an Arms Trade Treaty (the supply side of the arms trade); and, second, it examines the small arms international regime and examines a multilateral initiative that aims to address the demand side (by the Geneva Declaration); and, third, it examines the evolution of two processes to ban and regulate cluster munitions.

The formation of international norms in these areas is a remarkable development, as it means that a domain that was previously thought to be the exclusive purview of states, i.e. how they procure and manage arms, has been penetrated by multiple influences from worldwide civil society. As a result, norms and treaties are being established to address the domain of arms, and states will have more multilateral restriction over their arms and less sovereignty in this domain. This book will be of much interest to students of the arms trade, international security, international law, human security and IR in general.

Firth, Stewart.  Australia in International Politics: An Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy.  (Paperback - Jun 1, 2011)

A revised edition of a widely used introduction to Australian foreign policy. It explainsAustralia’s increasingly close connections to the rest of the world, in defense, trade, financial markets, aid, human rights, and its response to refugees.

Gardner, Richard N. Sterling-dollar diplomacy: Anglo-American collaboration in the reconstruction of multilateral trade.  (Hardcover – 1956)

Graham, Norman A. United States and Multilateral Diplomacy a Handbook.

Guo, Sujian.  Harmonious World and China’s New Foreign Policy (Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development).

The concept of harmonious world has become the basis for the new principles and goals of Chinese foreign policy under the fourth generation leadership. The question remains, however, about the exact meanings of these principles and slogans, and their implications for Chinese foreign policy. This is the first edited volume that attempts to address this significant question, and its insightful contributions elucidates new dimensions of Chinese foreign policy and their implications for China’s relations with the world.

Hamilton, Keith, and Langhorne, Professor Richard.  The Practice of Diplomacy: Its Evolution, Theory and Administration.

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 builds on the strengths of the original text with a strong empirical and historical focus.

Topics new and updated for this edition include:

• Discussion of Ancient and non-European diplomacy including a more thorough treatment of pre-Hellenic and Muslim diplomacy and the diplomatic methods prevalent in the inter-state system of the Indian sub-continent.
• Evaluation of human rights diplomacy from the nineteenth-century campaign against the slave trade onwards
• A fully updated and revised account of the inter-war years and the diplomacy of the Cold War, drawing on the latest scholarship in the field
• An entirely new chapter discussing core issues such as climate change; NGOs and coalitions of NGOs; trans-national corporations; foreign ministries and IGOs; the revolution in electronic communications; public diplomacy; transformational diplomacy and faith-based diplomacy.

This text has established itself as a core text in the field of diplomacy and this new edition is absolutely essential reading for students and practitioners of diplomacy.

Hannay, Sir David.  The growth of multilateral diplomacy: The 1996 FCO Annual Lecture (Occasional papers / Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Historians).

Harvey, Frank P. Smoke and Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the Illusion of Multilateral Security.

The threat of terrorism has become a fact of life for American citizens and, by extension, an important issue for current and futureU.S.governments. International relations are inevitably affected by this situation, yet allies of theUnited Stateshave of late been decrying the Bush administration’s move toward unilateralism and its skeptical attitude toward multilateral approaches to security.

In Smoke and Mirrors, Frank P. Harvey mounts a powerful case for American unilateralism by exposing the real costs, potential risks, and catastrophic failures of multilateral alternatives, which are rarely acknowledged by proponents. He addresses the relationship between globalization, terrorism, and unilateralism, and provides a systematic explanation for, and defense of,Washington’s response to threats of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The reality of an increasingly fragile national security environment will impose tremendous pressure on Republican and Democratic leaders alike, and will compel American officials to prioritize safety, protection, and invulnerability above all else in an effort to become self-reliant in matters of security.

Harveydevelops his arguments with evidence from two significant case studies: the American ballistic missile defence program and the 2003 war inIraq. He argues that, as the costs and risks of relying exclusively on multilateralism increase, the logical, legal, strategic, and moral reasons for embracing only multilateral approaches to security are becoming more tenuous. The implications forCanadaandEuropeare obvious. As theU.S.becomes more threatened, the pressures that drive American unilateralism will clash with the foreign, economic, and security policies of other powers, including traditional allies, themselves motivated by a competing set of unilateral self-interests.

Smoke and Mirrors will compel critics of the Bush administration to move beyond the assumption that American foreign policies are temporary in nature. Indeed, the tensions caused by terrorism and proliferation will continue to shapeWashington’s threat perceptions and responses for decades. The book challenges critics to demonstrate the successes as distinct from the promises of multilateral security and to prove that their preferred alternative has achieved the victories that would justify a sweeping rejection of unilateralism.

Hell, Stefan. Siam and the League of Nations: Modernisation, Sovereignty and Multilateral diplomacy 1920-1940

First in-depth study of Thai foreign relations in regard to theLeague of Nationsusing never before consulted primary sources.

Hoadley, Steve.  The New Zealand foreign affairs handbook.

Fully revised and updated, this edition provides answers for those seeking information aboutNew Zealandin international affairs. Maps, diagrams, documents, and tables provide up-to-date information on diplomacy, aid, trade, capital flow, defense, immigration, and cultural exchange. The governmental and political institutions that make foreign policy–such as Parliament, Cabinet, and the ministries–are analyzed. It also reviews the roles of parties, interest groups, and public opinion inNew Zealandforeign affairs.

Kapur, Ashok.  International Nuclear Proliferation: Multilateral Diplomacy and Regional Aspects.

Kerr, Pauline, Stuart Harris, and Qin Yaqing. “New” Diplomacy: Tactical or Fundamental Change? (Palgrave Series on Asian Governance).

The authors of this book investigate one of the mostly hotly debated and significant questions of our times ‘what role will China be playing in world politics over the next twenty years’ by asking another controversial question ‘is China’s ‘new’ diplomacy a tactical or fundamental change?’ Bringing together Chinese and Western scholars of diplomacy the book highlights the view that diplomacy is both an instrument of foreign policy and a learning and socializing process that fosters both positive and negative change and is an important indicator of China’s future role. It further argues that there is little to suggest thatChina’s new diplomacy has a tactical revisionist agenda; however it is too early to be sure thatChina’s changed diplomacy is a fundamental one. Moreover, much will depend on the diplomacy of other major powers towardsChinaand onChina’s domestic politics.

Kim, Samuel S. China And The World: Chinese Foreign Policy Faces The New Millennium

As the postwar international system continues its dramatic transformation, the fundamental question of what role Chinawill play is becoming increasingly central. Contributors to the volume focus on the developments of the post-Tiananmen years, addressing the issues raised by China’s expanding and increasingly complex relationships with a rapidly changing global environment. They consider such questions as: What is the principal challenge of post-Tiananmen foreign policy? How will Chinacope with the call for a more peaceful, equitable, democratic, and ecological world order? How has the nexus between Chinaand the world changed in this transition period, and why? What are the implications for China’s future and for the future of the rest of the world? Combining a broad theoretical framework with specific case studies, this text tackles themes that have long puzzled Westerners. Seeking the often-elusive sources of Chinese foreign policy, the contributors assess the relative influences of domestic and foreign factors in shaping policy goals. They also examine the changes and continuities that have characterized Chinese foreign relations over the years, identifying the patterns underlying China’s interactions with the major global actors and its policies on specific international issues. Special attention is paid to the word/deed (and at times word/word) disjuncture in Chinese foreign relations, with several chapters probing the discrepancies between rhetoric and reality, policy pronouncements and policy performance, and intent and outcome. The human-rights component of China’s foreign policy and China’s foreign policy options for the last decade of the century are also discussed. New to this revised and updated edition of China and the World are discussions concerning Chinese foreign policies and international relations theories, the relationship betweenChina and the Third World, andChina’s environmental diplomacy.

Konz, Peider.  Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development: Veiws from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America: A Reader

Krizsan, Andrea, and Violetta Zentai.  Reshaping Globalization: Multilateral Dialogues and New Policy Initiatives (CPS Books). (Paperback - Jul 2003)

The volume is based on the proceedings of the international conference organized at theCentralEuropeanUniversityin the fall of 2001, initiated and attended by George Soros. It critically examines white papers, reports, policy proposals that have been recently developed.

Lund, Michael S.  Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy.  (Paperback - Apr 1, 1996)

In this balanced and comprehensive analysis–the first of its kind–Michael Lund defines early warning and preventive diplomacy; assesses, after reviewing several recent preventive efforts, who does it, what methods work, and why; and suggests how multilateral and national entities (especially the U.S. government) can overcome operational challenges to effective preventive action. The book concludes by sketching the outlines of a more systematic, global preventive regime, one that draws on the strengths of individual states, the United Nations, regional organizations, and NGOs.

Muldoon, James P. Jr., Earl Sullivan, JoAnn Fagot Aviel, Richard Reitano.  Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today

As the world confronts new and ongoing challenges of globalization, international terrorism and an array of other global issues, the United Nations and its key attribute-multilateral diplomacy-are more important now than ever before. With new and updated essays that detail the experiences of a diverse group of practitioners and scholars who work in the field of diplomacy, this new edition covers in even greater breadth and depth the quintessential characteristics of multilateral diplomacy as it is conducted within the United Nations framework. Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today provides valuable insights from a variety of perspectives on how diplomacy is practiced, making it essential reading for aspiring diplomats, international business leaders, and students of all levels. The contributors to this volume bring a depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to the examination of five areas of multilateral diplomacy: UN diplomacy, crisis diplomacy, international economic diplomacy, UN summits and “citizen diplomats,” and non-governmental diplomacy. A thorough revision: of the 24 chapters, eight are new to this edition, and all the others are updated. Includes a diverse range of contributors: veteran diplomats, respected scholars, non-governmental activists. Relevant, timely discussion topics related to the UN. It is an important supplemental text to any course on the UN, contemporary international relations, diplomacy, and international organizations.

Muldoon, James P., JoAnn Fagot Aviel, Richard Reitano and Earl Sullivan.  The New Dynamics of Multilateralism: Diplomacy, International Organizations, and Global Governance.

This timely new book focuses on the various dynamics of contemporary multilateralism as it relates to global issues, global governance, and global institutions. Invited authorities, including academics, business people, and members of international groups, contribute original essays on how multilateralism as an institution has been affected by globalization, the rise of civil society and global business, emerging economic and political conditions, and new threats to peace and security in the world. Emphasizing practical applications over theoretical foundations, The New Dynamics of Multilateralism helps students understand how the practice of multilateral diplomacy has been influenced by the changes in the processes and procedures of international organizations and the role of multilateralism in the transformation of the international system of governance and the transition to an emerging new global order.

Narlikar, Amrita.  Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations: Causes and Solutions

Deadlocks are a feature of everyday life, as well as high politics. This volume focuses on the concept, causes, and consequences of deadlocks in multilateral settings, and analyses the types of strategies that could be used to break them. It commences with a definition of deadlock, hypothesizes about its occurrence, and proposes solutions. Each chapter then makes an original contribution to the issue of deadlock – theoretical, methodological, or empirical – and further tests the original concepts and hypotheses, either theoretically or through case-study analysis, developing or altering them accordingly. This is a unique volume which provides an in-depth examination of the problem of deadlock and a more thorough understanding of specific negotiation problems than has ever been done before. It will be directly relevant to students, researchers, teachers, and scholars of negotiation and will also be of interest to practitioners involved in negotiation and diplomacy.

Nel, Philip, Ian Taylor, Janis Van Der Vesthuizen and Janis Van Der Westhuizen.  South Africa’s Multilateral Diplomacy and Global Change: The Limits of Reformism (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms)

Post-apartheidSouth Africa’s foreign policy has accepted a range of leadership responsibilities within multilateral institutions. This text assesses how, in these various leadership capacities;South Africahas been able to “punch above its weight” diplomatically.Pretoria’s intervention or support for a particular position has sometimes been crucial in breaking a deadlock or securing the co-operation of others.South Africahas also used its profile to act as a voice for the venerable, smaller states in world affairs. Based on their assessment of globalization as a process that holds some benefits, but also many dangers, for developing countries, both the Mandela and Mbeki presidencies have used multilateral forums to push for a greater say by developing countries in global governance. This position seems to indicate a reformist tendency in South African foreign policy. This book examines whetherPretoria’s multilateral diplomacy contributes to global transformation, or whetherSouth Africa’s policies help maintain a fundamentally flawed global order.

Padadopoulos, Andrestinos. Multilateral Diplomacy Within the Commonwealth.

Patrick, Stewart.  The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War.

Best Laid Plans looks at the long-standing but unresolved debate of the virtues and values of multilateralism vs. unilateralism in American foreign policy. Stewart Patrick argues that a combination of enduring identity commitments and new ideas, based on the lessons of recent, cataclysmic events, shaped the policy preferences of American central decision-makers in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. Although steeped in history, the book’s conclusions have tremendous relevance for the contemporary era, as debates are rife about the role of multilateral cooperation in the realization ofU.S.foreign policy objectives.

Pigman, Geoffrey, Allen. Contemporary Diplomacy (Paperback - Feb 15, 2011)

Contemporary Diplomacy offers a comprehensive introduction to the changing actors, venues, processes and functions of diplomacy in the 21st Century. Aimed at students and practitioners alike, this textbook explores the critical theoretical tools that can be employed to understand diplomacy and its evolution since the end of the Cold War. It also shows how the study of diplomacy can contribute to the analysis of 21st Century conflict and international relations more broadly.

The book is divided into 2 main parts: part I focuses on diplomatic actors and venues: from the traditional nation-state actors of classical diplomatic studies to newer types of actor, such as multilateral organizations, supranational polities, global firms, civil society organizations and eminent person diplomats. Part II examines diplomatic processes and functions, reconsidering the core diplomatic functions of representation and communication in light of new communications technologies and the increased importance of public diplomacy. It looks in-depth at specific functional areas of diplomacy – including economic, military and security, and cultural diplomacy Ð and how they are managed. The concluding chapter reflects more broadly on the relationship of diplomatic theory to practice and considers the range of challenges facing diplomats today.

This book will be essential reading for students of diplomacy, politics, international relations and conflict studies.

Regnier Philippe, Daniel Warner. Japan and Multilateral Diplomacy

Japanhas a long history of being isolated from multilateral diplomacy. With its increasing economic power,Japanhas become more concerned with external foreign relations and hence more involved in multilateral diplomacy. This text brings together studies of the central issues involved, written by prominent Japanese and Western scholars, analyzing the emergence ofJapanin multilateral fora from historical, domestic and international perspectives.

Sadick, Giray.  The Edge of Diplomacy: Comparative Analysis of Multilateral Coercive Diplomacy in the Bosnian War and the Second Gulf War.

Dr. Sadik offers a thorough analysis of multilateral coercive diplomacy processes during the Bosnian War and the Second Gulf War. Having the first case in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War and the second in the aftermath of 9/11 provide a fertile ground for comparative analysis in tracing the change and continuity in global discourse and engagement in international politics. In view of these cases and historic structural developments in international system, Dr. Sadik explores the emerging boundaries of diplomacy, and the ongoing challenges to transatlantic alliance in the new era.

Simpson, John and Helen Leigh-Phippard.  Anatomy of a Conference: Multilateral Diplomacy at the 1995 Npt Review and Extension Conference

A comprehensive and analytical account of the management and practice of multi-party diplomacy at an international conference held in 1995 to review how the 1970 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has operated in the intervening 25 years–and to decide whether the Treaty should be extended.

Sommerville, Mary A., Michael Everett.  Multilateral Activities in South East Asia: The 1995 Pacific Symposium

Includes papers presented at the 1995 Pacific Symposium sponsored by theNationalDefenseUniversity. Reflects the views of many Asia-Pacific nations regarding the rise of multilateralism inSouth East Asia. Presents papers on the five subtopics of the symposium: the South East Asia Perspective; the South East Asia Environment, View from the Peripheral Nations; AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area), APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation), and the WTO (World Trade Organization): How Do hey Fit Together?; How Much and What Kind of Multilateralism?; and A Look Toward the Future. Focuses on the importance of marketing among Pacific nations.

United Nations.  Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations.

Success in multilateral disarmament and arms control negotiations has been scarce in recent years. There is need for new approaches to think outside the box in order to make them work better because continued failure has real human costs. This volume offers new practical tools and perspectives to inform and help the ongoing efforts of multilateral disarmament practitioners, drawing from a range of contributors in civil society, diplomacy, and the policy and research fields.

Walker, Ronald A.  Multilateral Conferences: Purposeful International Negotiation (Studies in Diplomacy).

From the UN Security Council and the European Union’s Council of Ministers to obscure committees on food labeling or the scheduling of World Fairs, several thousand multilateral conferences are held each year. Why do governments deploy so much effort in these activities? What goes on behind the scenes at these meetings? How are their outcomes determined and what are the real-world consequences? Ronald A. Walker reveals the inner workings of such conferences, the result-oriented strategies that are pursued behind a facade of formal ritual and their impact on the behavior of sovereign states.

Weiss, Thomas George. Multilateral Development Diplomacy in Unctad: The Lessons of Group Negotiations, 1964-1984.

Williams, Abiodun.  Many Voices: Multilateral Negotiations in the World Arena (Case Studies in International Affairs).

International negotiations increasingly involve a myriad of state and non-state actors who approach major issues from a variety of standpoints and work to determine outcomes acceptable to all. This collection includes case studies that illustrate the variety and dynamism of the now complex decision-making process. Cases, including conflict resolution in Antarctica, demonstrate the roles of contending national objectives, necessary trade-offs and efforts at coalition building, as well as the influence of personality and persuasion on the outcome of major negotiations.

Wu, Guoguang.  China Turns to Multilateralism: Foreign Policy and Regional Security (Routledge Contemporary China Series).

China’s recent rapid economic growth has drawn global attention to its foreign policy, which increasingly has had an impact on world politics. In contrast withChina’s long-standing preference for bilateralism or unilateralism in foreign policy, recent decades have seen changes in the PRC’s attitude and in its declaratory and operational policies, with a trend toward the accepting and advocating of multilateralism in international affairs. WhilstChina’s involvement has been primarily in the economic arena, for example, participation in the World Trade Organization and ASEAN Plus Three, it has more recently expanded into international security institutions, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

This book records, analyzes, and attempts to conceptualize, this phenomenal development in Chinese foreign policy and its impact on international relations, with the emphasis onChina’s active participation in multilaterally-oriented regional security regimes. Written by an impressive team of international scholars, this book is the first collective effort in the field ofChinastudies and international relations to look atChina’s recent turn to multilateralism in foreign affairs. It will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese politics and foreign policy, security studies and international relations.

 Zartman, I. William.  International Multilateral Negotiation: Approaches to the Management of Complexity (The Jossey-Bass Conflict Resolution Series), Processes of International Negotiation Project and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Provides the tools for analyzing and managing the complexities of multilateral negotiations. Draws on a wide range of social science theory. DLC: Negotiation in business.