Are we observing the end of the diplomacy of the state?

Abstract

For Fiona McConnel and al. “Geopolitical events as diverse as the uprisings of the ‘Arab Spring', the secession of South Sudan, the formation of the European External Action Service and the WikiLeaks affair foreground the intellectual urgency of issues around international diplomacy ” (McConnel et al. 2012). Indeed, through the evocation of these great historical events, it is necessary that international diplomacy adapt to these new contexts and to new needs.