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Održivost, uporište preuređivanja diplomatske teorije
Sustainability: The Key Concept In Reconstructing Diplomatic Theory

Author(s): Jelica Stefanović-Štambuk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: diplomacy; diplomatic theory; governance; partnership; en­trepreneurship; religious analysis; sustainability; political realism; Chris­tian realism; ecological realism

Summary/Abstract: Diplomatic theory is under reconstruction. The process is long overdue. This article singles out possibilities for improved explanations offered by reconstructed diplomatic theory having the sustainability concept as a pivot. The very concept of sustainability proves able to discern diverse diplomatic entrepreneurs and capture the existing realities of diplomatic encounters. It provides understanding of varied diplomatic actions and new structuring patterns of partnership and connectivity in relations among diplomatic entrepreneurs. The raising awareness that sustain­ability is highly needed guides the changing patterns of diplomatic en­trepreneurs’ relationships in finding agreements on innovative practices of multilevel governance for creating global goods and preventing and reducing the production of global bads and disservices. The aspects studied here validate the concept of sustainable diplomacy for navigat­ing understanding and explaining the changed global diploscape.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 253-267
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian