Hybrid Practices of Diplomacy and Warfare

Projektinformationen

DIPLOWAR

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 792932

DOI

10.3030/792932

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 27 Februar 2018

Startdatum 1 September 2018

Enddatum 31 August 2020

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten

€ 159 795,60

EU-Beitrag

€ 159 795,60

Koordiniert durch

JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - DIPLOWAR (Hybrid Practices of Diplomacy and Warfare)

Berichtszeitraum: 2019-09-01 bis 2020-08-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

Hybrid Practices of Diplomacy and Warfare (DIPLOWAR) was a transdisciplinary research project that aimed to shed light on the changing relationship between diplomacy and war. An important analytical move of the project was to understand diplomacy and war not primarily as political or legal relations between states, but as structuring principles of peaceful and violent political practices. This reconceptualization made it possible to bring together insights from research on the “new diplomacy” and research on the “new wars”, two literatures that have not yet been systematically linked to each other. DIPLOWAR sought to sharpen our analytical vocabulary and deepen our empirical understanding of the changing relationship between violent and nonviolent political practices to help scholars, practitioners, and the public better to grasp the new realities of war and peace. During the first year of the project, the researcher was hosted by the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, New York; during the second year he was based at the Research Center “Normative Orders” at Goethe University Frankfurt.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

The researcher produced a theoretical framework that can guide the empirical analysis of how the relationship between diplomacy and war has changed over time and carried out a number of historical case studies to demonstrate its empirical purchase. To disseminate the results of this research, three journal articles were written and a number of conference presentations were given. The findings were communicated to the public via public talks, the project homepage, a blog and social media.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The project has generated a theoretical framework that opens up a novel perspective on the relationship between diplomacy and war. Furthermore, empirical case studies were produced that demonstrate the analytical purchase of the framework and contribute to the debates on foreign policy in the US and Germany respectively. The results of the project will advance the academic debate on political violence and foreign policy and can inform more prudent foreign policy decision-making.

Normative Orders building; © Uwe Dettmar/ Normative Orders