Best Programs to Study Diplomacy

[ChadZ]

Hi guys,

I'm interested in a PhD focusing on diplomacy, particularly how states can use diplomacy to prevent conflict.  I'm having trouble identifying programs where I can pursue this interest.  It seems like the study of diplomacy is growing, but that there aren't a lot of senior faculty working on the issue.  Any suggestions?  

[GradSchoolTruther]

Pretty much any Ph.D. program. You don't need to be your advisor's clone. Any half-decent IR scholar could work with you.

[cooperstreet]

What political science works are you interested in emulating?

[ChadZ]

Hi, maybe I should have been more specific earlier.  I'm a big fan of Anne Sartori's work on diplomacy and the other "rationalist" approaches to diplomacy.  However, I want to get into the details more and be more empirical than game theorists are.  I've had trouble finding examples of "rationalist" scholars who are also doing empirical work.  

[Triscuits]

Well, just look at the affiliations of those who publish in the Hague Journal of Diplomacy.

But you don't need an advisor that's a specialist, by the end of the PhD you'll know more than him anyways.

 

[cooperstreet]

Then maybe apply where Anne works? In general though, the nitty-gritty if diplomacy is the province of diplomatic historians and not IR. Also check out the practice turn and Vincent Poilot (sp?)