Citizens in Foreign Policy

Our paper proposal “Domestic Engagement of German Diplomacy: The Development of the State-society Dialogue on Foreign Policy” for the 16th EISA Pan-European conference on international relations (PEC) was accepted. This year the EISA PEC is to be held at the University of Potsdam (Germany), 5-9 September 2023.

In the paper, we seek to reconstruct the recent history of the state-society relations in German foreign policy, by zooming in on important “focal points” (e.g. Kosovo, Ukraine). We are particularly interested in how diplomatic actors interacted with citizens at home, and when and why we see change and continuities in the domestic practices of German diplomacy over the years. The paper will be part of the Standing Section 02 “Diplomacy – Past and Present” chaired by Ann Towns and Katarzyna Jezierska.