The new diplomacy in my opinion raises many different important aspects today. However i consider the emergence of numerous multilateral organisations that plays major roles in the diplomatic platform important. After World War II the creation of the United Nations can be considered as the motor that have generate the so called new diplomacy, in fact the “charter for human rights” that address many issues such as human right has been one of the significant challenge for national sovereignty where different government or alliance have transcend national boundaries. Today the idea of new diplomacy is more or less about the ability of private cooperation, NGO s that plays very dynamic roles on the platform and goes across national boundaries in a way government cannot they address many issues such as human right, environmental issues. As i mentioned early the most important aspect in the new diplomacy is this whole concept of multilateral organisation that have played major roles. However it is always good to mention that multilateral have not excluded bilateralism or any other type of negotiations each of them tries in a sort of way to complement each other. Multilateral negotiation is in a way similar to the bilateral, there are numerous new methods and techniques where they try to implement rules or regulations. A good example should be the Unites Nation with more than 180 countries has to be able to communicate with each other using definite rules in order to maintain their interaction. Multilateral diplomacy treats a various complex issues with the growing of expert, groups and NGO s.
Sources: http://www.diplomacy.edu/books/mdiplomacy_book/petrovski/regular/petrovski-7.htm
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Would you say that the New Diplomacy dates back to the creation of the UN?
ReplyDeleteFor me, the creation of the UN preceeded the Cold War, within which international relations can be characterised as a time of secrecy and exclusiveness, which are the practices of traditional diplomacy. For this reason, I feel that the New Diplomacy came into being during the post Cold-War era, not before it..?
I think bilateral and multilateral diplomacy are both important on the same scale, depending on the parties concerned. People tend to minimise bilateralism and i feel that certain issues are best resolved on one to one basis to avoid sabotage or misinterpretation.Having said that, multilateral relations have helped include and engage certain countries that have often been left out in global dialogues, the most recent example is the Copenhagen summit that has seen representation and delegates from around the world.
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