The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy’s sixth annual international conference explores scholarship on how diplomacy can promote new thinking in the context of current complexities such as managing the digital ecosystem, protecting the vulnerable in armed conflict, recovering “soft power” approaches in the face of “hard” and “sharp” power challenges, reconciling the legacies and trends in diplomatic training, weighing the effectiveness of formal (the UN) vs. informal (G20, BRICS+) international organizations, strengthening democratic norms through authentic governmental engagement with home publics about diplomacy, and respecting individual rights and dignity.
International experts will present their ideas and latest work in keynote talks and panels, stimulated by the turbulent contemporary socio-political environment and its associated urgent need for diplomacy – in its varied forms – to help steer debate toward sustainable solutions in an atmosphere of constructive dialogue and cooperation.
To view the conference program and to RSVP, please visit the registration link!