Sustainable Diplomacies looks at how to create conditions for the reconciliation of rival ways of living, the formation of durable relationships and the promotion of global peace and security. The authors draw inspiration from the history of diplomatic thought as well as from environmental, anthropological, religious and postcolonial studies.

Introduction - Sustaining Global Hope: Sovereignty, Power and the Transformation of Diplomacy; C.M.Constantinou &  J.Der Derian PART A: RE-CONCEPTUALIZING DIPLOMACY The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism; D.J.Wellman Diplomacy and Public Imagination; H.Banai On Homo-diplomacy; C.M.Constantinou PART B: DIPLOMATIC CULTURES, EXCLUSIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Perforated Sovereignties, Agonistic Pluralism and the Durability of (Para)diplomacy;  N.Cornago Decolonising Diplomacy: Reflections on African Estrangement and Exclusion; S.O.Opondo Sustainability and Transformation in Diplomatic Culture: The Case of Euro-Centrism; I.B.Neumann PART C: DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES Sustainable Public Diplomacy: Communicating about Identity, Interests and Terrorism; A.Deos & G.A.Pigman Sustained Peacebuilding: The role of NGOs and Researchers; A.Strand Sustainable Diplomacy in the European Union; M.K.Davis Cross Engaging the Enemy: An Essential Norm for Sustainable US Diplomacy; G.Wiseman Towards a Sustainable Diplomacy in Divided Korea; R.Bleiker The US-Iranian conflict in Obama's New Era of Engagement: Smart Power or Sustainable Diplomacy?; P.Sharp