Today I am uploading the second presentation I have shown to my students. As I could observe, they were very much interested in the topic of economic diplomacy, especially due to being business- and international employment-oriented. What I can say from this experience is the fact that international students, young, hard-working people coming in a huge majority from developing countries, now very well what they want to get from their higher education - practical knowledge is key. There is, however, also another field they understand very much about and these are global challenges they benefit or suffer from. Here we have had an opportunity to discuss changes in global economy and their impact on regional economic environments. Hope another piece of my teaching material will gain your interest. Thank you in advance for any feedback you'd be willing to share.
3. Shifts in global economy
Source: http://www.vox.com/2014/8/26/6063749/38-maps-
that-explain-the-global-economy
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4. Shifts in global economy
Source: AT Kearney
https://www.atkearney.com/gbpc/thought-leadership/detail/-/asset_publisher/03JmqNRaRZj7/content/gbpc-global-economic-
outlook-2017-2021/10192?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https://www.atkearney.com/gbpc/thought-
leadership/detail%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_03JmqNRaRZj7%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_
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5. Shifts in global economy
Source: Global Trends 2030, National Intelligence Council.
https://info.publicintelligence.net/GlobalTrends2030.pdf
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6. Shifts in global economy
PwC: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/government-public-
services/assets/five-megatrends-implications.pdf
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7. The importance of trade
Source: http://www.vox.com/2014/8/26/6063749/38-maps-
that-explain-the-global-economy
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9. Decision-making and negotiation in core issues affecting
international economic relations
International financial arrangements and coordination
Negotiations of trade and investment
Development and international environmental policies
State institutions have to be invlolved, but the club of decision-
makers and stakeholders is broader:
Quasi-governmental bodies like development funds
National regulatory agencies
Private companies and transnational corporations
Trade unions
Economic diplomacy is about the creation and distribution of the
economic benefits from international (also global) economic relations.
Economic diplomacy - definitions
Stephen Woolcock and Nicholas Bayne
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10. Before globalisation and the emergence of challenges such as
global warming it was possible to make more of a distinction
between domestic economic objectives and international
developments.
Today, it has become increasingly difficult for governments to
satisfy domestic economic demands without engaging in
extensive international negotiations.
The distincition between the high politics of international security
and the low politics of commerce – not sustainable (economic,
energy, financial security).
The multipolarity of the global economy has to be addressed
(reforms in the Bretton Woods institutions).
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Economic diplomacy - definitions
Stephen Woolcock and Nicholas Bayne
11. Economic diplomacy – a
contemporary PL example
Responsible Development Plan
https://www.mr.gov.pl/media/14873/Responsible_Developme
nt_Plan.pdf
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12. Economic diplomacy – a contemporary
PL example
Responsible Development Plan
https://www.mr.gov.pl/media/14873/Responsible_Developme
nt_Plan.pdf
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13. Economic diplomacy – a contemporary
PL example
Responsible Development Plan
https://www.mr.gov.pl/media/14873/Responsible_Developme
nt_Plan.pdf
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14. Economic diplomacy – a contemporary
PL example
Responsible Development Plan
https://www.mr.gov.pl/media/14873/Responsible_Developme
nt_Plan.pdf
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15. Economic diplomacy – a contemporary
PL example
Responsible Development Plan
https://www.mr.gov.pl/media/14873/Responsible_Developme
nt_Plan.pdf
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17. Persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act, at all
times, in the interest of vulnerable people, and with full respect
for fundamental humanitarian principles; realised in conditions of:
armed conflicts, including humanitarian negotiations with armed
groups:
Ensuring the provision of protection and humanitarian assistance to
vulnerable populations
Preserving humanitarian space
Promoting better respect for international law
natural disasters, like 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Humanitarian diplomacy
Jan Egeland
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19. Humanitarian diplomacy Katarzyna Rybka-Iwańska
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865686/UN-asks-
record-16billion-humanitarian-aid-help-60million-people-22-countries-
HALF-needed-victims-Syria-s-three-year-civil-war.html
20. Humanitarian diplomacy – the biggest
donors (bln USD)
Canada USA UK
European
Commission
Japan
Source: Polska
pomoc humanitarna,
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Poland,
Warsaw 2015.
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21. 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN Human Rights Council
Majority of states wish to be associated with the idea of human
rights
An evident gap between the theory and practice of human rights
Much diplomacy directed to the establishment of new human
rights norms
Human rights diplomacy
David P. Forsythe
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22. Human rights diplomacy – Swedish
example
Source: Twitter,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/09/swedish-
foreign-minister-margot-wallstrom-saudi-arabia-blocked-speech-
human-rights
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23. Human rights diplomacy – Swedish
example
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/13/swedens-
feminist-government-criticized-for-wearing-headscarves-in-
iran/?utm_term=.3d3ad6e93c25
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/03/some-people-
seem-to-think-this-picture-of-swedens-deputy-leader-is-trolling-
trump/?utm_term=.e48eb275bf33
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24. Religious diplomacy – Russian
Orthodox Church
Source: http://russia-now.com/en/114970/russian-
orthodox-center-paris-meant-another-russia-france-link/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/erasmus/2016/12/ecc
lesiastical-diplomacy
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25. Religious diplomacy – contemporary
persecution of Christians
Source: http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-
and-africa/21684795-fed-up-and-fearful-christians-are-
leaving-middle-east-and-then-there-were
Some retort that Westerners exaggerate tales of Christian persecution to
justify interventionist policies. "There is talk as if the West is genuinely
interested in Christians, but most of the time they only use them for their
own political ends," says Mitri Raheb, pastor of a church in Bethlehem.
He says that the Israeli occupation hurts Palestinian Christians far more
than persecution by Muslims, but provokes less outrage in the West. […]
Christian leaders have often supported whichever strongman is in
power. The late Pope Shenouda III, head of the Coptic church, the largest
in the Middle East, backed Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former dictator, and
discouraged Copts from joining the protests that would eventually topple
him. In 2012 Shenouda was succeeded by Tawadros II, who supports the
current strongman, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. […]
Oddly enough it is the Gulf, home to the most conservative brand of
Islam, which has welcomed the largest number of Christians recently,
though not from Iraq or Syria. A wave of migrant labourers from the
Asia-Pacific has dramatically increased the share of Christians in
countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
which had few before. Tolerance varies between countries. Saudi Arabia,
for example, bans the practice of Christianity (though many Christians
worship in private). The UAE restricts proselytisation, but has otherwise
supported its Christians. The number of churches in the country has
grown from 24 in 2005 to 40 today. The emirate's rulers often provide
churches with free land, water and electricity. But these new Christian
enclaves may not last. Migrant workers in the Gulf cannot easily become
citizens or put down roots.
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26. What does the global economic shift of power mean?
How has globalisation changed economic diplomacy?
What are the most common tools of economic diplomacy?
What do economic diplomacy, educational diplomacy and the
trends in labour markets have in common?
What are the dimensions of aid diplomacy, what kinds of projects
get financed?
To what extent can traditional orthodox values play a role in US-
Russia relations?
Can Pope Francis be successful in foreign relations? Why do great
leaders visit him so often?
Questions to students
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27. Egeland Jan, Humanitarian diplomacy, in: Cooper Andrew F., Heine Jorge, Thakur
Ramesh (red.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, Oxford University Press
2013, pp. 352-367.
Woolcock Stephen, Bayne Nicholas, Economic diplomacy, in: Cooper Andrew F.,
Heine Jorge, Thakur Ramesh (red.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy,
Oxford University Press 2013, pp. 385-401.
Tussie Diana, Trade diplomacy, in: Cooper Andrew F., Heine Jorge, Thakur Ramesh
(red.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, Oxford University Press 2013,
pp. 625-641.
Forsythe David P., Human rights, in: Cooper Andrew F., Heine Jorge, Thakur Ramesh
(red.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, Oxford University Press 2013,
pp. 658-674.
Woolcock Stephen, Nicholas Bayne, Economic Diplomacy, w: Cooper Andrew F.,
Heine Jorge, Thakur Ramesh (red.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy,
Oxford University Press 2013, str. 385-401.
PwC, AT Kearney and National Intelligence Council reports that were mentioned
during the lecture.
Literature
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28. Thank you very much for your
attention!
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