There
will always be room for diplomacy, but in its present form, it is
largely an 18th century relic that badly needs rethinking
and refashioning.
Walter Laqueur, Chairman, International Research
Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington,
DC |
Diplomats
without Borders / Diplomates sans Frontières (DSF)
DSF is a private diplomacy organization founded by a group
of professionals from the fields of international trade and investment,
corporate business, government diplomacy, banking and finance, and the
military.
DSF
Core Competence: Private Diplomacy
The art and practice of negotiating, mediating, and managing relations
between people in a private, non-governmental capacity.
DSF Mission
To
broaden the practice of private diplomacy as a means of building bridges
between governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
DSF bridges
are constructed using Business Diplomacy as a principal track, or "platform"
to improve international relations and advance the growth of:
- Trade
and investment
- Economic
growth and development
- Social
progress, especially in health and education
- Democratic
governance and the rule of law
- Conflict
prevention and management
- Private-public-NGO
sector cooperation
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from debates on the clash of civilizations and the post-Cold War
evolution of foreign policy and international affairs has been a
serious look at "diplomacy".
Reaching
back into antiquity, diplomacy involved mediation, or managing an
entity or an individual's relationships with an "other".
It was only with the development of the modern state system, dating
from the 16th century, that diplomacy took on its more
narrow current contemporary meaning: managing the foreign affairs
of states at the government level.
Today, both scholars and practitioners suggest this narrow interpretation
has lost its utility. Diplomacy needs to be de-mythologized
from its post-Renaissance, state-centered, classical status and
given a new vigor. Diplomacy must be expanded intellectually
and philosophically to take account of altered circumstance and
related intellectual developments so that its practitioners can
broaden the scope for diplomatic action.
John
Stempel, former US career diplomat, and Director, Patterson School
of Diplomacy and International Commerce, USA |
DSF
email: usa@dsf-dwb.org |
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