Using 'Pace' in Diplomatic Analysis

Author: Rancatore, Jason P.

Source: The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Volume 4, Number 3, September 2009 , pp. 283-305(23)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

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Abstract:

This article explores the concept of pace in social interaction in order to gain traction for explaining the conditions and consequences of diplomatic activity. Two recent analyses related to diplomacy and pace are reconsidered. In the First World War case, the different environments in which Maurice Paléologue and Wilhelm von Schoen were socialized regarding the pace of diplomatic activity explain the selection of particular activities and objectives. In the 2001 EP-3 case, the mediation of tension between the United States and China is explained through the interpretive process of understanding diplomatic action, which includes particular notions of pace. Because this article specifies the continuities that make identification of accommodation and resistance possible, it is part of a growing body of literature that urges researchers to consider normal practice and what meanings are constituted by them.

Keywords: SOCIAL THEORY; JULY CRISIS; UNITED STATES; CHINA; CONSTRUCTIVISM

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187119109X455919

Affiliations: 1: School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States

Publication date: 2009-09-01

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