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International Fellows Reinforce Clingendael Research on Diplomacy
October 30, 2007. Two senior scholars have joined Clingendael's Diplomatic Studies Programme, initially for a period of one year. Professors Brian Hocking (UK) and Paul Sharp (US) will substantially strengthen CDSP research on innovation in diplomatic practice, one of the three pillars of the Programme's research effort. As Clingendael Director Prof. Jaap de Zwaan put it: 'The fact that these two leading experts on diplomacy have agreed to join the work of our Institute, underlines Clingendael's reputation as an international hub for expertise on diplomacy and a recognized diplomatic academy.' Both fellows will be involved in a number of CDSP projects and activities.
Brian Hocking is Professor of International Relations and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of International Governance at Loughborough University. His research will first of all focus on foreign ministries and diplomatic networks, in particular trends in diplomatic representation. Two of his edited books in this field published by Palgrave are: Foreign Ministries: Change and Adaptation (1999) and Foreign Ministries in the European Union: Integrating Diplomats (2005). Brian Hocking is currently preparing a study on change in diplomatic structures as well as a book on Diplomacy for the 21st Century for Cambridge University Press. His research on the Geneva 'diplomatic space' links into CDSP research on sub-state and city diplomacy. He is also associate editor of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.
Paul Sharp is Professor and Head of Political Science at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is also Co-Editor of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. He has a research interest in diplomatic theory and international theory. Two of his co-edited books are The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society and The International Thought of Herbert Butterfield published by Palgrave in 2007-8. Paul Sharp is now also completing a single authored study on diplomatic theory. His future research in association with Clingendael will focus on the diplomacy of 'rogue states'. As part of a larger book project he is preparing a paper for the Clingendael Diplomacy Papers on rogue state diplomacy, focusing on Iran's nuclear energy policy.