Authors: Geoffrey Wiseman & Allison Scott
Author: Valentina Carraro
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy - quantified! In our infographic below, we summarize the past 21 years in numbers.
The HJD special issue "Japan's Diplomacy between the East and the West," explores the evolution and contemporary practice of Japanese diplomacy.
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy is delighted to announce the winner of the HJD 2026 Article Award: Astrid Schnitzer-Skjønsberg, “The Practice of Managed Visibility: Insights into China’s Frontline Diplomacy from two European Capitals.”
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy is delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 HJD Book Award: Dylan Loh, China’s Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy (Stanford University Press, 2024).
By Pieter Jeroense
Deadline: 26 June 2026.
Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) have increasingly addressed gender equality and diversity, often through measures that are to level the playing field for marginalised groups. Despite decades of reform, MFAs are slow to change. One reason for institutional inertia is diplomats’ gendered, racialised, and classed sense of self.
“The first thing to know is…we don’t post anything without approvals,” the lead social media manager at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) explained after I asked about the MFA’s social media processes. [1]
