| ID | 170929 |
| Title Proper | Why studying state foreign services remains a research priority |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lequesne, Christian |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | It is quite understandable that diplomatic studies devote a huge amount of research to new trends in diplomacy such as public diplomacy, cyber-diplomacy, and digital diplomacy. Research has therefore become more limited when states’ foreign services and institutions are concerned. This contribution is a plea for not forgetting research perspectives on foreign ministries in the world. It insists on five good reasons to continue comparative work on what seems to be a ‘classic’ topic of diplomatic studies. The article is conceived as the introduction to a series of other contributions on the subject, all resulting from a round-table that took place at the ISA Congress 2017 in Baltimore. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 30, No.4, Dec 2019; p 780-785 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol: 30 No 4 |
| Key Words | Public Diplomacy ; Research |