Kryachkov 2!indd

TALK and DISCUSSION 
Ex. 16. Discuss the ideas from the text in Reading 2.
1. [The diplomatic world] has had few impulses to cease being an elite preserve for classic di-
plomacy. 
2. 
It is currently facing a crisis of relevance and effectiveness. A rising tide of violence, inequality, 
and unaddressed threats provides powerful testament not only to the socialization of global-
ization’s costs and the privatization of its benefits, but to the abject failure of diplomacy to 
engage remedially.
3. [T]he diplomatic world is now beginning to feel the heat of competition, especially from agile 
non-state actors that are being strengthened by the information revolution. 
4. [T]echnologists are on the verge of producing new tools that are as relevant for the diplo-
matic world as they have been for the business and military worlds. 
5. [G]lobal interconnectivity is generating a new fabric for world order.
6. [T]raditional ideas about “peace through strength” may give way to new ideas of “peace 
through knowledge.” 
7. 
Comment on the arguments the authors use to substantiate the idea that a new paradigm in 
international relations is emerging.
Ex. 17. Explain and expand on what the following concepts mean.
paradigm 
non-state 
actors
statecraft 
subnational 
actors
e-diplomacy (cyber diplomacy)
supranational actors
public 
diplomacy 
transnational 
issues
track-one/track-two 
diplomacy 
intermestic 
issuses
shuttle 
diplomacy 
intergovernmental 
organizations
Ex. 18. Sort out the following characteristics of various types of diplomacy so as 
to prepare short descriptions of diplomatic activities. Flesh out your descriptions 
with a few more details. Give examples from the history of the country/region you 
specialize in. 
coercive diplomacy
gunboat diplomacy
track-two diplomacy 
preventive diplomacy
public diplomacy
shuttle diplomacy
dollar diplomacy
track-one diplomacy

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