Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Protecting diplomats and other embassy personnel has become increasingly important and difficult. Eugenio Cusumano and Christopher Kinsey and their contributors offer the first conceptually sophisticated and comparative study of this problem. This is a must-read for every foreign ministry and for scholars interested in the ways diplomats and their immunity are threatened."—Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London
"Diplomats have never been in more danger. Embassies are now fortresses and battlegrounds with their own private armies, as this impressively researched global analysis demonstrates. Definitive reading for serious diplomacy watchers and all terrorism and security experts, this remarkable book is nevertheless fascinating and highly accessible to the general reader."—Richard J. Aldrich, University of Warwick
Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Diplomatic Security?
1. A Century of US Diplomatic Security: An Evolutionary Response to a Changing Threat Environment
2. Chinese Diplomatic Security: Meeting and Managing New Challenges
3. Diplomatic Security in the United Kingdom: An Informal Approach?
4. A Policy in Progress: France's Diplomatic Security
5. German Diplomatic Security Policy: A Federal Police Response
6. Russia's Militarized Approach to Diplomatic Security
7. Diplomatic Security in Times of Austerity: The Case of Italy
8. Diplomatic Security as Counterterrorism: Protecting Israel's Diplomatic Missions
9. Turkish Diplomatic Security: Lessons Not Learned
10. Risk Management in US Diplomatic Security
11. Securing Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism: A Critical Perspective
Conclusion: Conclusion: The History, Effectiveness, and Implications of Diplomatic Security
