City Diplomacy: Current Trends and Future Prospects

1.       Chapter 1 Introduction

Section 1: Global Governance through City Networks

3.       Chapter 3 Cacophony or Complementarity? The Expanding Ecosystem of City Networks under Scrutiny

4.       Chapter 4 Marine protection in the polycentric governance system: The PEMSEA Network of Local Governments (PNLG)

Section 2: Local Strategies for Global Engagement and Communication 

5.       Chapter 5 A Framework of City Diplomacy on Positive Outcomes and Negative Emotional Engagement: How to Enhance the International Role of Cities and City/Mayor Branding on Twitter?

6.       Chapter 6 Museums as Actors of City Diplomacy: From "Hard" Assets to "Soft" Power

7.       Chapter 7 Un-nation branding: The cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israeli soft power

8.       Chapter 8 Do cities leverage summits to enhance their image online? Examining the Twittersphere of the Inaugural U20 Mayoral Summit, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Section 3: City Diplomacy across Governance Levels 

9.       Chapter 9 How are cities inserting themselves in the international system?

10.   Chapter 10 Strategies for Enhancing EU City Diplomacy

11.  Chapter 11 Making US MOIA Sustainable Institutions for Conducting City Diplomacy by Protecting their Precarious Values

Section 4: Case Studies

12.   Chapter 12 The branding of Singapore as city of international peace dialogue

13.   Chapter 13  Paradiplomacy and city branding: The case of Medellín, Colombia (2004-2019)

14.   Chapter 14 City diplomacy in young democracies: The case of the Baltics

15.   Chapter 15 Turku (Finland) as a case study in the city diplomacy of small urban centers, 1971-2011