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Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 410

Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-03-16
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Ministries of foreign affairs are prominent institutions of state diplomacy. They remain the operators of key practices associated with diplomacy: communication, representation and negotiation. This book fills a gap by approaching ministries of foreign affairs in a comparative and comprehensive way.

The Position of Heads of State and Senior Officials in International Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

The Position of Heads of State and Senior Officials in International Law

A comprehensive and in-depth study of the legal position in international law of heads of state, heads of government and other senior state officials, this book analyses relevant treaties, case law, and custom to set out the law in this area and provide practical guidance.

Inside the Private Office
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

Inside the Private Office

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The Selection and Tenure of Foreign Ministers Around the World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 141

The Selection and Tenure of Foreign Ministers Around the World

Foreign ministers are prominent actors in foreign affairs, often second only to heads of government in their influence. Yet, despite the growing awareness of the importance of key actors, and their backgrounds, in the study of international relations, foreign ministers remain understudied. In this Element, we make an important empirical contribution by presenting an original dataset on the personal and professional background of foreign ministers, spanning thirteen countries and more than 200 years. We use these data to answer three questions: who are the foreign ministers, why are foreign ministers with particular features appointed, and why do some foreign ministers have longer tenure than others? We find that foreign ministers tend to be men of politics who are appointed both on the basis of their affinity to, and to complement the experiences of, the head of government. We also find that foreign ministers stay longer in office when they perform well or are expected to do so, but that they are more likely to lose their posts when conditions make heads of government more prone to 'pin blame' on them to deflect criticism from foreign policy failures.

Does ASEAN Matter?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Does ASEAN Matter?

Written by the highly regarded diplomat Marty Natalegawa, former ambassador and foreign minister of Indonesia, this book offers a unique insider-perspective on the present and future relevance of ASEAN. It is about ASEAN’s quest for security and prosperity in a region marked by complex dynamics of power. Namely, the interplay of relations and interests among countries — large and small — which provide the settings within which ASEAN must deliver on its much-cited leadership and centrality in the region. The book seeks to answer the following questions: How can ASEAN build upon its past contributions to the peace, security and prosperity of Southeast Asia, to the wider East Asia, the Asia-Pacific and the Indo-Pacific regions? More fundamentally and a sine qua non, how can ASEAN continue to ensure that peace, security and prosperity prevail in Southeast Asia? And, equally central, how can ASEAN become more relevant to the peoples of ASEAN, such that its contributions can be genuinely felt in making better the lives of its citizens?

Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 151

Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change

Political leaders need ministers to help them rule and so conventional wisdom suggests that leaders appoint competent ministers to their cabinet. This book shows this is not necessarily the case. It examines the conditions that facilitate survival in ministerial office and how they are linked to ministerial competence, the political survival of heads of government and the nature of political institutions. Presenting a formal theory of political survival in the cabinet, it systematically analyses the tenure in office of more than 7,300 ministers of foreign affairs covering more than 180 countries spanning the years 1696-2004. In doing so, it sheds light not only on studies of ministerial change but also on diplomacy, the occurrence of war, and the democratic peace in international relations. This text will be of key interest to students of comparative executive government, comparative foreign policy, political elites, and more broadly to comparative politics, political economy, political history and international relations.

The Foreign Ministers of Alexander I
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 414
The London Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, November 25-December 16, 1947
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 16
Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-07-20
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could wield significant influence on policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951–55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979–83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the...

Major Events of the Nuclear Age
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 604

Major Events of the Nuclear Age

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1967
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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