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Section editors: Donna Lee and Paul Sharp, University of Birmingham and University of Minnesota Duluth Diplomacy Diplomacy and Diplomats Diplomacy and Intelligence Diplomacy and International Law Diplomacy and People Diplomacy and Religion Diplomacy and Revolution Diplomacy and War Economic Diplomacy Multilateral Diplomacy Donna Lee and Paul Sharp, University of Birmingham and University of Minnesota Duluth The ISA's Diplomatic Studies section was established in 1996 at the San Diego convention and ratified a year later in Toronto. The section supports and encourages the study of all aspects of diplomacy broadly defined, has about 80 members, and generates between 8 and 12 panels per convention. The study of how states and others represent themselves and their interests to one another in regional, international, and world societies provides the primary intellectual focus of the section. The section also has something of an evangelical mission, however, its members seeking: to advance the study of diplomacy; to develop the application of insights generated thereby to the study of international relations more broadly defined; and to encourage the greater involvement of practitioners in the academic project. The Diplomatic Studies compendium essays were decided upon by an informal process of discussions among leading students of diplomacy and, in ... log in or subscribe to read full text