The ethics of secret diplomacy: a contextual approach

Bjola, Corneliu

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“…It is a crucial dimension of how most organisations work, whether through informal and private meetings, backchannels, off-the-record remarks or whitewashing. Secrecy is also commonly accepted in politics (Rittberger and Goetz 2018), and in spite of increased demands for transparency in diplomatic practices, secrecy is still a long-standing diplomatic tool (Bjola 2016), with avenues for secrecy built into the United Nations Charter and domestic legislation (Donaldson 2017: 576;cf. Bjola 2014).…”

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Discreet Diplomacy

Garsten¹,

Sörbom²

2023

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

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This article aims to expand both the analytical gaze of diplomacy studies and anthropological interests in the field of transnational think tanks, advocacy and policy advice. Drawing on ethnographic data from three such organisations, it investigates secrecy practices, focussing on how such practices amount to discreet diplomatic efforts. In a variety of ways, secrecy is utilised as a resource in foreign relations and diplomacy; it is a means to leverage status and influence. Although outwardly striving for transparency, think tanks use secrecy practices in their effort to establish themselves as actors of consequence in foreign relations and diplomatic circles. The practices of secrecy are part and parcel of the power games such organisations play, in which all participants learn and master what to discuss and what to keep silent about. These practices, however, pose a clear challenge to matters of accountability and transparency.

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Discreet Diplomacy

Garsten¹,

Sörbom²

2023

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

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“…Incluso la diplomacia secreta se mantiene como un recurso en el proceso diplomático; sobre todo cuando se trata de complejas negociaciones de paz, normalización de relaciones entre antiguos adversarios, prevenir las escaladas peligrosas, incrementar la estatura de los Estados pequeños, como lo destaca C. Bjola (2014). Por supuesto que no en todos los casos resulta positivo su uso, pues tiende a generar desconfianza mutua, vulnera las situaciones o escenarios precarios, es contraria a las normas fundamentales y principios del gobierno democrático y, en general, resulta impráctica (Bjola 2014).…”

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Diplomacia, inteligencia exterior y secreto diplomático frente a los desafíos de la era global

Zamora

2016

Policía y Seguridad Pública

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ResumenEn las últimas décadas, sobre todo tras el fin de la Guerra Fría, se han producido cambios profundos en el sistema internacional, que hoy se caracteriza por una nueva arquitectura y la construcción de un nuevo orden internacional; además algunos eventos particulares y revelaciones sobre las tareas de los agentes diplomáticos y de inteligencia han conducido a variaciones en dos instituciones claves de las relaciones internacionales: diplomacia e inteligencia, a lo cual se suma la revolución en las tecnologías de información y comunicación, y plantea serios cuestionamientos sobre el secreto diplomático. Este constituye un recurso fundamental en la gestión de la diplomacia, tanto en la vía de obtener información para la toma de decisiones como en la de transmitir los mensajes a la población del país en donde se acredita al diplomático. En el artículo se usa como ejemplo el caso de Costa Rica. Palabras claveInteligencia exterior, diplomacia, secreto diplomático, globalización, interés nacional , política exterior BIBLID [2225BIBLID [ -5648 (2015, 5:2,29-74] * Estudio original elaborado para la revista "Policía y Seguridad Pública" en el marco de las gestiones de apoyo académicas internacionales realizadas por el Centro de Investigación Científica (CINC-ANSP)

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“… 4. As far as I am aware, the only exceptions are Bjola (2014) , Bjola and Kornprobst (2013) , Gross (2013) and Toscano (2001) . …”

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The ethics of diplomatic criticism: The Responsibility to Protect, Just War Theory and Presumptive Last Resort

Pattison

2015

European Journal of International Relations

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This article presents the ethical case for diplomatic criticism as a response to mass atrocities and serious external aggression. It argues, in short, that states have a moral duty to criticise the offending parties. More specifically, it argues that diplomatic criticism is often a plausible and preferable alternative to other means of addressing serious external aggression and mass atrocities (such as war, economic sanctions and other diplomatic measures). It also argues that diplomatic criticism is often preferable to doing nothing, and that even if other means are undertaken, states should engage in diplomatic criticism as well. There are two subsidiary aims of the article. The first is to reject some of the worries surrounding international hypocrisy — I aim to show that even hypocritical diplomatic criticism may be obligatory. The second is to highlight the impact on Just War Theory of considering in more detail the ethical issues raised by the alternatives to war, such as diplomatic criticism, and, more specifically, to present a new account of the last resort principle, which I call ‘Presumptive Last Resort’.

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The ethics of secret diplomacy: a contextual approach

Cited by 23 publications

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Diplomacia, inteligencia exterior y secreto diplomático frente a los desafíos de la era global

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