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City Diplomacy

Acuto, M. (2020) ‘Whatever happened to urban governance?’, DIALOGUES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 10(3), pp. 336–340. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620921029.

Acuto, M., Kosovac, A. and Hartley, K. (2021) ‘City Diplomacy: Another Generational Shift?’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 137–146. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010007.

Acuto, M., Morissette, M. and Tsouros, A. (2017) ‘City Diplomacy: Towards More Strategic Networking? Learning with WHO Healthy Cities’, GLOBAL POLICY, 8(1), pp. 14–22. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12382.

Acuto, M. and Rayner, S. (2016) ‘City networks: breaking gridlocks or forging (new) lock-ins?’, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 92(5), pp. 1147–1166. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12700.

Adamovská, N., Zemanová, M. and Karaca, B. (2023) ‘The way out of a crisis? the role of cities in Europeanization: a study of Thessaloniki city diplomacy’, SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA STUDIES, 23(3), pp. 509–527. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2022.2127182.

Amiri, S. (2022) ‘City Diplomacy: An Introduction to the Forum’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 91–95. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10090.

Asdourian, B., Chariatte, J. and Ingenhoff, D. (2023) ‘Digital city diplomacy and international cities networks: Collaboration and city branding strategies around climate issues’, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485231183886.

Bhowmick, S. and Chatterjee, D. (2023) ‘Reimagining Urban Infrastructure for G20: India’s Mission LiFE for Sustainable Cities’, ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION ASIA, 14(2), pp. 309–317. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/09754253231193174.

de Boer, T. (2021) ‘“Ma coustume ne soit de m’addresser aux villes”: Early Modern Amsterdam’s Dealings in City Diplomacy’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 167–179. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010010.

Bouchet, M. (2022) ‘Strengthening Foreign Policy through Subnational Diplomacy’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 96–108. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10091.

Buhmann, A. (2022) ‘Unpacking Joint Attributions of Cities and Nation States as Actors in Global Affairs’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 109–122. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10092.

Cantir, C. (2023) ‘“Goodbye Moscow, Hello Brussels”1: The City Diplomacy of Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca’, NATIONALITIES PAPERS-THE JOURNAL OF NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY, 51(1), pp. 157–176. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2021.57.

Chan, D. (2016) ‘City diplomacy and “glocal” governance: revitalizing cosmopolitan democracy’, INNOVATION-THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 29(2), pp. 134–160. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2016.1157684.

Clerc, L. (2021) ‘A Different View on City Diplomacy: Mid-sized Baltic Towns and Their International Contacts’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 180–186. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010011.

Côté, C., Estrin, S. and Shapiro, D. (2020) ‘Expanding the international trade and investment policy agenda: The role of cities and services’, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS POLICY, 3(3), pp. 199–223. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00053-x.

Cull, N. (2021) ‘British Cities versus Apartheid: UK Local Authority Activism as City Diplomacy’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 187–199. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010012.

Curtis, S. and Acuto, M. (2018) ‘The Foreign Policy of Cities’, RUSI JOURNAL, 163(6), pp. 8–17. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2018.1562014.

Demirtas, B. (2016) ‘Analyzing External Relations of Turkish Local Administrations: Rethinking the Interaction Between Core and Periphery’, ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 13(52), pp. 151–173. Available at: https://doi.org/10.33458/uidergisi.463089.

Derudder, B. and Koelemaij, J. (2023) ‘CITY DIPLOMACY RESEARCH AT THE CROSSROADS’, TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE, 114(3), pp. 177–180. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12569.

Dittmer, J. (2020) ‘Distributed Agency: Foreign Policy sans MFA’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 15(1–2), pp. 155–164. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-15101087.

Gautier, A. and Quiñones, J. (2019) ‘Internationalization of Local Authorities and planning strategy: As an opportunity for territorial development’, JUSTICIA, 24(35). Available at: https://doi.org/10.17081/just.24.35.3397.

Grandi, L. (2023) ‘Branding, Diplomacy, and Inclusion: The Role of Migrant Cuisines in Cities’ Local and International Action’, SOCIETIES, 13(7). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13070151.

Groen, R. (2022) ‘Understanding the Context for Successful City Diplomacy Attracting International Organisations’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 123–137. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10095.

Harrison, S. and Huang, Q. (2022) ‘Citizen or City Diplomacy? Diplomatic Co-Production and the Middle Ground in Municipal Twinning Relationships’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(4), pp. 654–668. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10127.

Harrison, S. and Huang, Q. (2023) ‘Canadian twinning in the Indo-Pacific: the agency of non-central governments in present relationships and future strategies’, CANADIAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 17(1), pp. 25–56.

Heimann, C. et al. (2019) ‘Challenging the Nation-State from within: The Emergence of Transmunicipal Solidarity in the Course of the EU Refugee Controversy’, SOCIAL INCLUSION, 7(2), pp. 208–218. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i2.1994.

Koelemaij, J. and Derudder, B. (2022) ‘CITY DIPLOMACY BEYOND METROCENTRICITY: THE CASE OF FLANDERS’, TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE, 113(5), pp. 435–449. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12531.

Koelemaij, J., Taveirne, S. and Derudder, B. (2023) ‘An economic geography perspective on city diplomacy’, URBAN STUDIES, 60(6), pp. 995–1012. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221137021.

Kosovac, A. et al. (2021) ‘City Leaders Go Abroad: A Survey of City Diplomacy in 47 Cities’, URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH, 39(2), pp. 127–142. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2021.1886071.

Kurz, P. (2022) ‘A Governance System that Supports City Diplomacy: The European Perspective’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 151–161. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10093.

Kusku-Sönmez, E. (2014) ‘Regional cooperation in the Black Sea basin: what role for city diplomacy?’, SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA STUDIES, 14(4), pp. 489–507. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2014.967944.

Leffel, B. (2018) ‘Animus of the Underling: Theorizing City Diplomacy in a World Society’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 13(4), pp. 502–522. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191x-13040025.

Leffel, B. and Marchetti, R. (2022) ‘City Diplomacy: From City-States to Global Cities’, EUROPEAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, 9(1), pp. 143–147. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/21967415-09010004.

Leira, H. and de Carvalho, B. (2021) ‘The Intercity Origins of Diplomacy: Consuls, Empires, and the Sea’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 147–156. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010008.

Li, L., Chen, X. and Hanson, E. (2019) ‘Private Think Tanks and Public-Private Partnerships in Chinese Public Diplomacy’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 14(3), pp. 293–318. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-14301024.

de Macedo, L., Jacobi, P. and de Oliveira, J. (2023) ‘Paradiplomacy of cities in the Global South and multilevel climate governance: evidence from Brazil’, GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, 3(1), pp. 86–115. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-023-00060-7.

Manfredi-Sánchez, J. (2022) ‘The political economy of city diplomacy’, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STUDIES-EPS, 10(2), pp. 228–249. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/20954816.2021.1899622.

Manfredi-Sánchez, J. (2023) Urban Diplomacy: How Cities Will Leverage Multilateralism. Edited by P. Hare, J. Manfredi-Sanchez, and K. Weisbrode. (PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF DIPLOMATIC REFORM AND INNOVATION), p. 600. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10971-3_29.

Marchetti, R. (2021) City Diplomacy. (CITY DIPLOMACY: From City-States to Global Cities), p. 129. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11991621.

Marchetti, R. and Marchetti, R. (2021a) City Diplomacy. (CITY DIPLOMACY: From City-States to Global Cities), p. 45. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11991621.

Marchetti, R. and Marchetti, R. (2021b) Fields of Operations of City Diplomacy. (CITY DIPLOMACY: From City-States to Global Cities), p. 104. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11991621.

Marchetti, R. and Marchetti, R. (2021c) Setting the Stage The Relevance of Cities in Global Affairs. (CITY DIPLOMACY: From City-States to Global Cities), p. +. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11991621.

Marchetti, R. and Marchetti, R. (2021d) Structural Factors of City Diplomacy. (CITY DIPLOMACY: From City-States to Global Cities), p. 67. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11991621.

Martinez, R. and Bunnell, T. (2024) ‘National sovereignty across city networks: Singapore and the diplomacy of a global city-state’, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-POLITICS AND SPACE [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241226855.

Mierzejewski, D. (2020) ‘The Role of Guangdong and Guangzhou’s Subnational Diplomacy in China’s Belt and Road Initiative’, CHINA-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 18(2), pp. 99–119.

Mikhailova, E. (2022) ‘City Diplomacy’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 167–169. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10102.

Miyazaki, H. (2021) ‘Hiroshima and Nagasaki as models of city diplomacy’, SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE, 16(4), pp. 1215–1228. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00968-1.

Mukhametov, R. (2020) ‘Factors of International Activity of Russian Cities: The Results of the Empirical Analysis’, MGIMO REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 13(6), pp. 153–174. Available at: https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2020-6-75-153-174.

Mursitama, T., Lee, L., and IOP (2018) ‘Towards a framework of smart city diplomacy’, in. FRIENDLY CITY 4 FROM RESEARCH TO IMPLEMENTATION FOR BETTER SUSTAINABILITY. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012102.

Nayak, L. (2023) ‘Economic and soft power component of india’s city diplomacy: With special reference to Mumbai and Kolkata’, OASIS-OBSERVATORIO DE ANALISIS DE LOS SISTEMAS INTERNACIONALES, (38), pp. 119–136. Available at: https://doi.org/10.18601/16577558.n38.07.

Nganje, F. (2021) ‘African agency in transnational city networks: The case of the City of Johannesburg’, REGIONAL AND FEDERAL STUDIES [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1962306.

Nganje, F. and Tladi, B. (2023) ‘The domestic sources of city diplomacy: The case of the city of Johannesburg, 2011-2016’, OASIS-OBSERVATORIO DE ANALISIS DE LOS SISTEMAS INTERNACIONALES, (38), pp. 137–155. Available at: https://doi.org/10.18601/16577558.n38.08.

Pejic, D. (2021) ‘City Diplomacy: Current Trends and Future Prospects’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 16(2–3), pp. 381–384. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10052.

Pejic, D. (2023) ‘Curtain Up: City Diplomacy in Global Migration Governance’, URBAN STUDIES, 60(10), pp. 2002–2005. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231170627.

Phelps, N. and Miao, J. (2020) ‘Varieties of urban entrepreneurialism’, DIALOGUES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 10(3), pp. 304–321. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820619890438.

Pipa, A. and Bouchet, M. (2020) ‘Multilateralism Restored? City Diplomacy | in the COVID-19 Era’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 15(4), pp. 599–610. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10043.

Putri, S. (2022) ‘OPTIMIZING CITY DIPLOMACY INDONESIA FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH E-GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION’, JOURNAL OF EASTERN EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN RESEARCH, 9(1), pp. 62–74. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.9i1.884.

dos Santos, N. (2021a) ‘Crossroads between city diplomacy and city branding towards the future: case study on the film cities at UNESCO Creative Cities Network’, PLACE BRANDING AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, 17(1), pp. 105–125. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-020-00174-3.

dos Santos, N. (2021b) ‘Towards a Conceptual Framework for City Diplomacy: a Practitioner’s Perspective’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 157–166. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010009.

dos Santos, N. and Balao, S. (2022) ‘Natural Resources as an Asset of City Diplomacy: a Portrait of Jingdezhen and Its White Gold’, DIPLOMATICA, 4(2), pp. 251–268. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-bja10086.

Scott-Smith, G. (2017) ‘Editors’ Forum: The Evolving Embassy: Changes and Challenges to Diplomatic Representation and Practice in the Global Era’, NEW GLOBAL STUDIES, 11(2), pp. 77–84. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngs-2017-0013.

Sevin, E. (2021) ‘Bright Future for City Diplomacy and Soft Power’, DIPLOMATICA, 3(1), pp. 200–209. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03010013.

Shi, J. (2023) ‘City diplomacy: From city-states to global cities’, JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS, 45(8), pp. 1522–1524. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2155438.

Stürner-Siovitz, J. (2023) ‘“All the World’s a Stage?” A Role Theory Analysis of City Diplomacy in Global Migration Governance’, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, 57(4), pp. 1329–1361. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183221139113.

Stürner-Siovitz, J. and Heimann, C. (2023) ‘The EU Urban Partnership on Inclusion: Institutionalizing Local-Supranational Integration Governance’, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, 57(4), pp. 1362–1373. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183221102419.

Szpak, A. et al. (2020) ‘Independent players or shadow compatriots. How did British cities deal with the Brexit process?’, EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES, 28(2), pp. 340–356. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1656170.

Vasilyeva, N. and Kosov, Y. (2017) ‘MODERN HANSEATIC TRENDS IN THE BALTIC REGION’, BALTIC REGION, 9(2), pp. 104–113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2017-2-8.

Wei, C. (2021) ‘Between Club Diplomacy and Network Diplomacy: Exploring the Diplomatic Role of Cities in China since 2012’, HAGUE JOURNAL OF DIPLOMACY, 16(2–3), pp. 277–298. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-BJA10018.

Yu, H. et al. (2021) ‘Bridging Theory on Global Corporate Hierarchy and City Diplomacy: The Case of China’, CHINESE JOURNAL OF URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 09(02). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345748121500111.

Zangani, F. (2022) ‘Was There Ever an Egyptian Empire in the Northern Levant? Debunking the Egyptological Myth of Dynasty 18’, JOURNAL OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY, 15(1), pp. 43–82. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-BJA10009.