Abstract :
Since the end of the Cold War, the scope and study of diplomacy
has expanded. In the modern diplomatic environment, novel terms
such as pipeline diplomacy, coercive diplomacy, diplomacy by sanction
and citizen diplomacy are common, alongside the more traditional
view of diplomacy as state-to-state activity, monopolized by
professional, official diplomats. With such a broad range of views,
the scholar can become confused as to what actually constitutes modern
diplomacy? In this article, it is argued that the disparity of views
in the diplomacy studies field must be classified and consolidated
before the enhanced role of diplomacy in the twenty-first century
can be better understood. In this article, three different classifications
or schools of diplomatic thought are introduced and constructed:
the Traditional School, the Nascent School, and the
Innovative School
