The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
Title	The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
Discipline	International relations
Language	English
Abbreviation	Hague J. Diplom.
Publisher	Brill
Country	Netherlands
Frequency	Quarterly
History	2006–present
Issn	1871-1901

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The Hague Journal of Diplomacy is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on diplomacy and international relations with an emphasis on practice, history, law, and theory. Published quarterly, the journal addresses intersections between statecraft and institutions such as the United Nations, the European Union, and the Arab League, while engaging with actors including the United States Department of State, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), and regional actors like the African Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It aims to bridge scholarship from figures associated with Harvard University, Oxford University, Leiden University, and Sciences Po.

Overview

The journal publishes original research, case studies, and review essays on topics ranging from bilateral negotiations to multilateral forums such as the Conference on Disarmament, the World Trade Organization, and the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. Contributors often draw on archival material from repositories like the National Archives (United Kingdom), the Library of Congress, and the International Court of Justice archives, and on practice from missions including Embassies in capitals such as Washington, D.C., Beijing, Moscow, Brasília, and Tokyo. The journal connects debates involving scholars from institutions such as Columbia University, King’s College London, Yale University, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Founded in 2006 by editors affiliated with centers of diplomatic studies and think tanks such as the Clingendael Institute, the journal emerged amid renewed interest in diplomatic history reflected in works referencing the Treaty of Westphalia, the Congress of Vienna, and the Peace of Utrecht. Early contributors included historians and practitioners who had worked with entities such as the United Nations Security Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Over time the journal has featured analyses of crises like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Suez Crisis, the Iranian Revolution, and the Kosovo War, as well as reflections on processes such as the Oslo Accords and the Camp David Accords.

The journal’s remit encompasses historical, legal, and theoretical approaches to diplomatic practice, inviting submissions that engage with cases involving actors such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Editorial policy emphasizes peer review by scholars from programs at Princeton University, University of Chicago, University of Cambridge, and Australian National University, and by practitioners from missions to bodies like the International Criminal Court and the European Court of Human Rights. The journal solicits work on treaty-making exemplified by the Treaty of Versailles, dispute settlement exemplified by the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal, and ceremonial diplomacy as seen in state visits between leaders such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Nelson Mandela.

Special issues have focused on themes linked to events and institutions including the Arab Spring, the War on Terror, the Paris Agreement, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Notable articles have examined negotiation dynamics in cases such as the Good Friday Agreement, the Dayton Agreement, and the Treaty of Maastricht, and have drawn on theories associated with scholars like Hans Morgenthau, Alexander Wendt, Joseph Nye, Hedley Bull, and John Mearsheimer. The journal has published research on notable practitioners including Henry Kissinger, Dag Hammarskjöld, Kofi Annan, Madeleine Albright, and Sukarno, as well as archival studies involving figures like Talleyrand and Metternich.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major scholarly databases and services including Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, and JSTOR, and is discoverable via library catalogues such as OCLC WorldCat and platforms operated by academic publishers like Brill. Its articles receive citations in bibliographies connected to projects at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the Brookings Institution, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Scholars from Georgetown University, Syracuse University Maxwell School, University of Toronto, and Peking University have cited the journal in discussions on diplomatic methodology, crisis diplomacy, and normative frameworks. Reviews in outlets associated with institutions like the American Political Science Association and symposia at conferences of the International Studies Association and the European Consortium for Political Research have recognized the journal’s contribution to bridging practice and scholarship. It has influenced curricula at schools including Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Johns Hopkins SAIS.

The journal is published by Brill Publishers from Leiden, with an editorial board comprising scholars and practitioners from institutions such as Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of St Andrews, University College London, National University of Singapore, and the University of Melbourne. Issues are released quarterly and include research articles, book reviews engaging works from publishers like Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, and dossiers drawing on documents from archives such as the British Library and the Vatican Secret Archives.

Category:Academic journals Category:International relations journals Category:Diplomacy