AIIA National Executive Director Melissa Conley Tyler contributed a chapter to the recently published SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy.

The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy provides a major thematic overview of Diplomacy and its study that is theoretically and historically informed and in sync with the current and future needs of diplomatic practice.

Ms Conley Tyler’s chapter, co-authored with Craig Beyernick, was on the topic of Citizen Diplomacy.

Former Australian Foreign Minister and AIIA Fellow The Honourable Gareth Evans AO QC provided the following review:

Comprehensively global in its scope and ambition, this Sage Handbook will have great appeal for both scholars and practitioners. With its 53 chapters ranging in substance from the very traditional (e.g. the meaning of ‘diplomatic relations’)  to the very modern (e.g. ‘digital diplomacy’ and ‘celebrity diplomacy’), and in style from the relentlessly abstract (e.g. ‘conceptualizing diplomatic agency’) to the sharply empirical (e.g. ‘improving embassy performance’),  it has something for everyone in the international relations business, and deserves a place on all our shelves.

A summary of the Handbook’s contents can be download here: SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy Flyer. For more information and to purchase a copy please visit the SAGE website.