Hybrid Practices of Diplomacy and Warfare

Informazioni relative al progetto

DIPLOWAR

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 792932

DOI

10.3030/792932

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 27 Febbraio 2018

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2018

Data di completamento 31 Agosto 2020

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Costo totale

€ 159 795,60

Contributo UE

€ 159 795,60

Coordinato da

JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany

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

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2019-09-01 al 2020-08-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

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.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

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.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

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