Asian Diplomacy: The Foreign Ministries of China, India, Japan, Singapore and Thailand

Asian Diplomacy: The Foreign Ministries of China, India, Japan, Singapore and Thailand

Msida, Malta : DiploFoundation, 2007.

Book

xiii, 246 pages ; 22 cm.

9789993253174

B 340 RAN.A

This study examines the geopolitical landscape and diplomatic culture of asias five ascending powers-china, india, japan, singapore, and thailand it scrutinizes the structure and processes of their foreign ministries and the instruments through which foreign policy is implemented it compares the practices in the leading foreign ministries of the world and how these nations are responding to the demands of globalized democracy in contemporary times rana explores related issues like internationalization, subject plurality, technology, public diplomacy, and accountability, and investigates whether these have undermined the relevance of the foreign ministry or have led to a decline of the states role in world affairs using information and data collected from more than 160 interviews in these countries, the author sheds important light on diplomacy in asia, a region that merits close attention he also examines the effectiveness of foreign ministries and their overseas networks; the recruitm

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