First published in 1917, Satow's Diplomatic Practice has long been hailed as a classic and authoritative text. An indispensable guide for anyone working in or studying the field of diplomacy, this eighth edition builds on the extensive revisions in the sixth and seventh editions. The volume provides an enlarged and updated section on the history of diplomacy, including the exponential growth in multilateral diplomacy, and revises comprehensively the practice of diplomacy and the corpus of diplomatic and international law since the end of the Cold War. A new chapter provides extensive case studies of good and bad diplomacy. The book traces the substantial expansion in numbers both of sovereign states and international and regional organizations and features detailed chapters on diplomatic privileges and immunities, diplomatic missions, as well as consular matters, treaty-making and conferences. The volume also examines alternative forms of diplomacy, from the work of NGOs to the
use of secret envoys, as well as a study of the interaction with intelligence agencies and commercial security firms. It also discusses the impact of international terrorism and other violent non-state actors on the life and work of a diplomat. The eighth edition offers a new chapter on recent developments and challenges of modern diplomacy, particularly in the light of the increasing importance and weight of China and the shock to the international system administered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finally, in recognition of the speed of changes in the field over the last twenty years, it includes updated chapters on human rights and public/digital diplomacy by experts in their respective fields.
Book I - Diplomacy in General
1: Ivor Roberts: Diplomacy - A Short History
2: Ivor Roberts and Margaret Macmillan: Good and Bad Diplomacy
3: Margaret Macmillan, Rana Mitter, and Ivor Roberts: Contemporary Diplomatic
Challenges
4: Elizabeth Wilmshurst: Introduction to International Law
5: Elizabeth Wilmshurst: The State: Its Concept as a Legal Person in
International Law
Book II - Diplomatic and Consular Relations
6: Ivor Roberts: Functions of Diplomatic Missions and Consulates
7: Ivor Roberts: Diplomatic Communication
8: Ivor Roberts: Formal Aspects of Diplomatic Relations: Precedence among
Heads of State and States, Selection, Agrément, Precedence among Heads of
Mission, Chargés d Affaires, Credentials, Full Powers for Heads of Mission
9: Eileen Denza: The Diplomatic Mission, The Corps, Breach of Relations, and
Protection of Interests
10: Ivor Roberts: Terrorism and Diplomacy
Book III - Privileges and Immunities
11: Joanne Foakes: Immunities of the State, its Agencies, The Head of State,
AND State Officials
12: Eileen Denza: Privileges and Immunities of Diplomatic Missions
13: Eileen Denza: Privileges and Immunities of Diplomatic Agents
14: Eileen Denza and Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Consuls: Appointment, Functions
and Status
15: Eileen Denza and Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Consular Access and Protection
16: Joanne Foakes: Special Missions
Book IV - Multilateral Diplomacy, Human Rights, and International
Organizations
17: Emyr Jones Parry: Theory and Practice of Multilateral Diplomacy
18: Amal Clooney: Human Rights and Diplomacy
19: Emyr Jones Parry: The United Nations - I the Charter and its Operation
20: Emyr Jones Parry: The United Nations - II Specialized Agencies, Funds and
Programmes, Regional Commissions, and Special Bodies
21: Ivor Roberts: The G8/G7, G20, BRICS, WTO, OECD, IMF, and the World Bank
22: Paul Berman: The European Union - I Development, Structure, and
Decision-Making
23: Paul Berman: The European Union II External Relations
24: Ivor Roberts: Other International and Regional Organizations -
Commonwealth, NATO, Council of Europe, OAS, AU, ASEAN, CIS, Francophonie,
Arab League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Gulf Cooperation Council,
OSCE, Quad, SCO
Book V - Alternative (Including Track 2) Diplomacy
25: Tom Fletcher: Public and Digital Diplomacy
26: Ivor Roberts: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Violent Non-State
Actors (VNSAs)
27: Ivor Roberts: Secret or Back-Channel Diplomacy, Secret Intelligence,
Religious and other Unconventional Diplomatic Actors
Book VI - Treaties And Treaty-Making
28: Frank Berman and Eirik Bjorge: International Conferences
29: Frank Berman and Eirik Bjorge: Treaties and other International
Instruments - I General Definition, Treaty Formalities
30: Frank Berman and Eirik Bjorge: Treaties and other International
Instruments - II Treaty, Convention, Agreement, Protocol
31: Frank Berman and Eirik Bjorge: Treaties and other International
Instruments - III Pact, Act, Modus Vivendi, Declaration, Exchange of Notes,
Memorandum of Understanding
32: Frank Berman and Eirik Bjorge: Treaties and other International
Instruments - IV Ratification, Accession, Acceptance and Approval, Treaty
Succession
33: Frank Berman and Eirik Bjorge: Treaties and other International
Instruments - V Interpretation, Reservations, Termination, The Effect of War,
IUS Cogens
Book VII - International Disputes And Courts
34: Emyr Jones Parry: Prevention and Management of Conflict and Settlement of
Disputes
35: Elizabeth Wilmshurst: Courts and Arbitral Tribunals: The International
Court of Justice and Other Binding Means of Dispute Settlement
36: Elizabeth Wilmshurst: Prosecutions - The International Criminal Court and
other Tribunals
Book VIII - Envoi
37: Ivor Roberts and Emyr Jones Parry: Advice To Diplomats
Sir Ivor Roberts entered the Diplomatic Service in 1968. From 1989 to 1993 he was Minister in the British Embassy in Madrid. He was appointed Chargé d'Affaires and Consul - General in Belgrade in March 1994, and after recognition of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by the United Kingdom, he became Ambassador. During his time in Belgrade he conducted negotiations on behalf of the international mediators (Lord Owen and Carl Bildt) with both the Yugoslav authorities and the Bosnian Serbs. From January 1998 to February 1999 he was on a sabbatical as a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford, writing and lecturing on his experiences in Yugoslavia. From February 1999 to March 2003 he served as British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland and from May 2003 to September 2006 as Ambassador to Italy. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in September 2006 on his election as the President of Trinity College Oxford. He retired from this post in 2017.