Diplomacy in history -- Who are the diplomats and how do they operate? -- The institutions of bilateral diplomacy : precedence, protocol, ministries, embassies -- The institutions of multilateral diplomacy -- Regional diplomacy and the gs. the rise of summitry -- Negotiations -- Public diplomacy -- Public goods: treaties and international law -- The new diplomatic agenda: the challenges for diplomatic reform -- The non-state actors: global citizens and global diplomacy -- The continuing information and communication revolution?awaiting the response -- Of diplomacy -- Diplomacy in 2025 -- Diplomacy for the ages -- Ideas to raise diplomacy's batting average.