Changes in my way of understanding "New Diplomacy"

During those few months of studying the "new diplomacy" my view on the topic did not change too much. My first idea about what is new in diplomacy was creating new ways of creating and mainaining relations between states. The process of globalization made it easier to communicate and commute, technological development allowed politicians to attend conferences virtually, via telephone or videocameras. What was not surprising for me as well was the change within the international relation's system, specifically that "states were no longer the only actors involved" (Baylis and Smith 2005:390). Numbers speak for themselves: 1909 - 176 NGOs, 1954 - 1255 NGOs, 2007 - 27723 NGOs ( Kegley 2009:190). NGOs play a very important part in negotiations, they are able to influence states and other NGOs. What is more, after the period of Cold War and bilateral world, there came a time for more participants to take part in diplomacy processes. That is why the phenomenon of multilateral diplomacy was a thing that must have occured in order to restore balance in the world. Although I might have surmised what the "new" diplomacy is about, but it would not be so clear without attending this module, which gave me a wider look at the diplomacy.

Sources:
Kegley, Ch (2009) World Politics. Trend and Transformation, Cengage
Baylis, J and Smith, S (2005) The Globalization of the World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press