Strategic Diplomacy:
Rethinking Strategy and Statecraft for the 21st Century of Complexity
Cultivating 'Strategic Diplomacy' in the Indo-Asia-Pacific and Beyond
Strategy is 'the art of creating power'. Statecraft is the skill of governing a sovereign state. We ask: how do international actors mobilize power and exercise statecraft within a world that gives them less control over the outcomes they want to achieve?
The 21st century is the ‘century of complexity’. To be effective, policymakers urgently require knowledge about how to practice diplomacy and statecraft with accentuated strategic rationale.
The ‘Strategic Diplomacy’ project develops an original framework of diagnostic analysis and policy-making for complex systems problems in international relations.
The project team is creating unique cross-regional and thematic research case files of effective concepts and practice; new postgraduate education and executive training; and an extensive engagement program with global end-user communities.
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Lead Researchers
Professor of International Relations,
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre,
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific,
The Australian National University
Shedden Professor of
Strategic Policy Studies,
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre,
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific,
The Australian National University
A Multi-Stakeholder Alliance for Climate Governance: Cities and Regions Need Seats at the COP Table.
By Petr Blížkovský, Jochen Prantl, and Lubor Lacina
Today's global climate policy suffers from a mismatch between governance demand and supply. The practice of climate governance showcases serious shortcomings. Globally, climate targets are agreed but not implemented. At the regional level, especially African stakeholders feel that, by global comparison, their continent is suffering more from climate change, yet they do not receive enough financial support for climate change mitigation and adaptation. At the subnational level, most frustration is coming from cities and regions that are responsible for 60% of climate adaptation. But they neither have a strong voice at the COP negotiation table nor do they receive stable and independent financial support. There is mounting pressure to include local and regional authorities for transformational change in climate governance. The COP31 in Antalya would be a good place to start.
The full paper is available here.
