Som så mange andre parlamenter har Folketinget gjort sig bemærket som en aktiv international aktør. Selvom udenrigspolitik formelt er et regeringsanliggende, er kontakten til udlandet en fast del af ...arbejdet i Folketingets udvalg, delegationer, partier og Præsidium. Dette “parlamentariske diplomati” opererer til tider uafhængigt af, men oftest i koordination med Udenrigsministeriet, der bl.a. bistår i planlægningen af udvalgsrejser. I denne kronik diskuteres, hvorvidt et mere strategisk samarbejde kan føre til en bedre udnyttelse af den diplomatiske kapacitet. Historien viser, at samarbejde mellem det ministerielle og det parlamentariske diplomati kan fungere godt, men at en balancegang kræves for at sikre, at hverken Folketingets autonomi eller regeringens udenrigspolitiske prærogativ sættes over styr. Tilrettelægges det ordentligt, kan et samarbejde dog være fordelagtigt for såvel Folketinget som for regeringen og Udenrigsministeriet.
Kosovo er hverken objektet eller målet for russiske påvirkningsoperationer. Formålet med at delegitimere Kosovo er i stedet at styrke alliancen mellem Rusland og Serbien og de serbiske minoriteter på ...tværs af Balkanregionen. Russiske påvirkningsoperationer støtter den serbiske politiske elite ved at bruge russiske diplomatiske løftestænger og forbindelser. Andre russiske påvirkningsoperationer retter sig mod befolkningen, specifikt indflydelsesrige serbiske grupper i den højreorienterede opposition, blandt militæret og ikke mindst gennem den ortodokse kirke i hele Balkanregionen. Resultatet har været en høj grad af støtte til Rusland i den serbiske befolkning. Det gør det særdeles vanskeligt for den serbiske regering at lave aftaler med EU eller NATO og fanger Serbien i en alliance med Rusland.
NGO diplomacy Betsill, Michele Merrill; Corell, Elisabeth
2008, 2007, 2007-11-13, 20080101
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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.
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This article examines the private diplomatic efforts of Olof Lamm. A Swedish Jewish ex-diplomat and businessman, he used his personal network to protest against Nazi persecution of the Jews ...in Germany, and informally lobbied the United States to increase its immigration quotas. Shedding light on these informal back-channel diplomatic networks, the author provides examples of the attitudes and obstacles Lamm faced when dealing with individuals, and reveals how those he petitioned justified their defense of Nazi ideology and actions and their own restrictive immigration policies.
Deterrence by diplomacy Sartori, Anne E
2013., 20131024, 2013, 2005, 2005-01-01, 20050101
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Why are countries often able to communicate critical information using diplomacy? Why do countries typically use diplomacy honestly, despite incentives to bluff? Why are they often able to deter ...attacks using merely verbal threats? International relations theory is largely pessimistic about the prospects for effective diplomacy, yet leaders nevertheless expend much time and energy trying to resolve conflicts through verbal negotiations and public statements.Deterrence by Diplomacychallenges standard understandings of deterrence by analyzing it as a form of talk and reaches conclusions about the effectiveness of diplomacy that are much more optimistic.
Anne Sartori argues that diplomacy works precisely because it is so valuable. States take pains to use diplomacy honestly most of the time because doing so allows them to maintain reputations for honesty, which in turn enhance their ability to resolve future disputes using diplomacy rather than force. So, to maintain the effectiveness of their diplomacy, states sometimes acquiesce to others' demands when they might have been able to attain their goals through bluffs. Sartori theorizes that countries obtain a "trade" of issues over time; they get their way more often when they deem the issues more important, and concede more often when they deem the issues less important. Departing from traditional theory, this book shows that rather than always fighting over small issues to show resolve, states can make their threats more credible by sometimes honestly acquiescing over lesser issues--by not crying "wolf."
This volume focuses on the question of how and why non-state actors - consuls, missionaries, and spies - could play a role in premodern diplomatic relations. It highlights their multiple loyalties, ...their volatility, and the porous boundaries of diplomatic activity.
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