The European Diplomatic Corps argues that diplomats comprise a transnational network of experts or 'epistemic community' which has been critical in determining co-operation or non-co-operation among European states. The cases considered are the congresses of Westphalia (1648), Berlin (1878), Paris (1919) and Maastricht (1992).

Mai'a K. Davis Cross is an assistant professor in the School of International Relations of the University of Southern California.

An Epistemic Community of Diplomats The Diplomatic Dialogue: Between Power and Cooperation The Seventeenth Century and Treaty of Westphalia The Late Nineteenth Century and the Congress of Berlin The Early Twentieth Century and the Treaty of Versailles The Late Twentieth Century and the Treaty on European Union The Twenty-First Century European Corps