THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL STUDIES
VOL. 1
DECEMBER 2013
NO. 1
TOWARDS A NEW SUSTAINABLE DIPLOMACY: PRAGMATIC
LESSONS FROM LYN BOYD-JUDSON AND ROBERT FROST
Jozef Kosc*
The following exposition critically analyses, critiques, and contrasts two contemporary theories of international relations and crisis control: Lyn Boyd-Judson's Strategic Moral Diplomacy and Robert Frost's Constitutive Theory of International Relations. A comparative qualitative framework of analysis - cross-referencing historical cases, political psychology, as well as the writings of diplomatic practitioners - concludes with a synthesised account of diplomatic relat- ions in the 21st century, drawing from the most accurate elements of both theories. In the context of an increasingly multipolar world, this exposition concludes with new, collaborative, pragmatic, and sustainable solutions to contemporary problems of diplomatic negotiation and crisis management.
*Jozef Kosc is a senior undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, Department of Political Science. Mr. Kosc has also studied at Sciences Po, Paris, and has held a visiting research position at the University of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities. He is a Junior Research Fellow at the NATO-affiliated Atlantic Council of Canada.
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