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(in Polish) Diplomatic Practice

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Course ID:	2100-MON-DIRP-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Diplomatic Practice
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in Faculty of Political Science and International Studies General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	general courses
Prerequisites (description):	Lectures 20 hours, exercises 10 hours
Full description:	The scope of the concept of diplomatic practice & its main contributors. Diplomacy as an essential implementer of the state's foreign policy. Stages of the formation & development of diplomacy. Ancient origins & their transmission through Byzantium, the Vatican & Venice. Creation & application of diplomatic practices in China. Renaissance diplomacy and the rise of permanent diplomatic missions. Modern diplomacy and the development of international law. Congress of Vienna, international cooperation & the balance of power. The twilight of secret diplomacy & the League of Nations. The United Nations, international organisations, decolonization & integration processes in foreign policy. The Cold War, disarmament negotiations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Evolution of modern diplomacy after the end of the Cold War. The new actors in diplomatic relations. Summits & Track Two diplomacy. Challenges of globalisation, cultural diversity, demographic, technological & climate change, terrorism. The law of active & passive legation. Diplomatic protocol & formal aspects of diplomacy. Organisation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & the Foreign Service. Main functions of a diplomatic mission. Bilateral diplomacy. Embassy, head of mission, diplomatic staff and internal regime. Working techniques and key specialisations (security policy, commercial diplomacy, public diplomacy, diaspora diplomacy, digital diplomacy). Consular office and consular assistance. Career consuls and honorary consuls. Multilateral diplomacy. International cooperation and international organisations. Typology of international organisations & their essential working techniques. Multilateral negotiations. The role of multilateral diplomacy in development & humanitarian aid, the protection of human rights & the creation of new instruments for the application of international law. Diplomatic privileges and immunities (exercises). Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations & Consular Relations, New York Convention on Special Missions.
Bibliography:	Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, 6th Edition, edited by Sir Ivor Roberts, OUP: Oxford 2009. Roberts I., The Development of Modern Diplomacy, International Law Discussion Group, Chatham House 2009. Nicolson H., The Evolution of Diplomatic Method. Being the Chichele Lectures Delivered at the University of Oxford in November 1953, Macmillan, New York 1954. Drinkwater D., Sir Harold Nicolson and International Relations. The Practitioner as Theorist, OUP: Oxford 2005, p. 89-115, 203-212. Langhorne R., The Regulation of Diplomatic Practice: The Beginnings to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, in: Review of International Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan., 1992), pp. 3-17 Denza E., Diplomatic Law: Commentary on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 4th Edition, OUP: Oxford 2016. French M., United States Protocol. The Guide to Official Diplomatic Etiquette, Littlefield 2010. Orłowski T., Protokół dyplomatyczny: między tradycją a nowoczesnością, PISM: Warszawa 2015 Orłowski T., Praktyka dyplomatyczna, PISM: Warszawa 2022 [in print]

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours, 80 places more information
Coordinators:	Tomasz Orłowski
Group instructors:	Tomasz Orłowski
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Examination:	Course - Grading Lecture - Grading
Short description:	Lectures 20 hours, exercises 10 hours
Full description:	The scope of the concept of diplomatic practice & its main contributors. Diplomacy as an essential implementer of the state's foreign policy. Stages of the formation & development of diplomacy. Ancient origins & their transmission through Byzantium, the Vatican & Venice. Creation & application of diplomatic practices in China. Renaissance diplomacy and the rise of permanent diplomatic missions. Modern diplomacy and the development of international law. Congress of Vienna, international cooperation & the balance of power. The twilight of secret diplomacy & the League of Nations. The United Nations, international organisations, decolonization & integration processes in foreign policy. The Cold War, disarmament negotiations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Evolution of modern diplomacy after the end of the Cold War. The new actors in diplomatic relations. Summits & Track Two diplomacy. Challenges of globalisation, cultural diversity, demographic, technological & climate change, terrorism. The law of active & passive legation. Diplomatic protocol & formal aspects of diplomacy. Organisation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & the Foreign Service. Main functions of a diplomatic mission. Bilateral diplomacy. Embassy, head of mission, diplomatic staff and internal regime. Working techniques and key specialisations (security policy, commercial diplomacy, public diplomacy, diaspora diplomacy, digital diplomacy). Consular office and consular assistance. Career consuls and honorary consuls. Multilateral diplomacy. International cooperation and international organisations. Typology of international organisations & their essential working techniques. Multilateral negotiations. The role of multilateral diplomacy in development & humanitarian aid, the protection of human rights & the creation of new instruments for the application of international law. Diplomatic privileges and immunities (exercises). Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations & Consular Relations, New York Convention on Special Missions.
Bibliography:	Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, 6th Edition, edited by Sir Ivor Roberts, OUP: Oxford 2009. Roberts I., The Development of Modern Diplomacy, International Law Discussion Group, Chatham House 2009. Nicolson H., The Evolution of Diplomatic Method. Being the Chichele Lectures Delivered at the University of Oxford in November 1953, Macmillan, New York 1954. Drinkwater D., Sir Harold Nicolson and International Relations. The Practitioner as Theorist, OUP: Oxford 2005, p. 89-115, 203-212. Langhorne R., The Regulation of Diplomatic Practice: The Beginnings to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, in: Review of International Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan., 1992), pp. 3-17 Denza E., Diplomatic Law: Commentary on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 4th Edition, OUP: Oxford 2016. French M., United States Protocol. The Guide to Official Diplomatic Etiquette, Littlefield 2010. Orłowski T., Protokół dyplomatyczny: między tradycją a nowoczesnością, PISM: Warszawa 2015 Orłowski T., Praktyka dyplomatyczna, PISM: Warszawa 2022 [in print]

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