Emotional Diplomacy explores the politics of expressed emotion on the international stage, looking at the ways state actors strategically deploy emotional behavior to manipulate the perceptions of others. By examining diverse instances of emotional behavior, Todd H. Hall reveals that official emotional displays play an integral role in the strategies and interactions of state actors. Emotional diplomacy is more than rhetoric; as this book demonstrates, its implications extend to the provision of economic and military aid, great-power cooperation, and the use of armed force.
Hall investigates three strands of emotional diplomacy: those rooted in anger, sympathy, and guilt. His research, drawn on sources and interviews in five different languages, provides new insights into the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the post-9/11 reactions of China and Russia, and relations between West Germany and Israel after World War II. Emotional Diplomacy offers a unique take on the intersection of strategic action and emotional display, a means for understanding why states behave emotionally. Hall provides the theoretical tools necessary for understanding the nature and significance of state-level emotional behavior through new observations of how states seek reconciliation, strategically respond to unforeseen crises, and demonstrate resolve in the face of perceived provocations. "With a study that is rife with political lessons and rich with analytic achievements, Hall has done more than one profession a great service. Combining rationalist and constructivist political science with contemporary history, he defines emotional diplomacy as 'coordinated state-level behavior that explicitly and officially projects the image of a particular emotional response toward other states.' Hall's concept expands the study of state-level encounters, specifically among heads of state, by focusing on the premises, expressions and consequences of emotional practice as an element of political competence." * New Diplomatic History * "Hall paints a fascinating picture of emotionalism as both diplomatic theater and rational calculation." * Foreign Affairs * "Hall offers an innovative theoretical lens.... to explain interstate relations that seemingly belie the logic of rational choice. The volume offers an original approach to explain political crises, demonstrating the power of emotional diplomacy as a significant driver of statecraft." * International Affairs * "Supplementing a rich theoretical framework with a set of compelling case studies and an in-depth conceptual exploration, Hall's work is an important contribution to the study of international relations.... He provides persuasive evidence in support of his thesis that contemporary analyses must be extended to non-material state aspirations." * Journal of East Asian Studies *
Emotional Diplomacy: Official Emotion on the International Stage
IntroductionChapter 1. Emotional Diplomacy
What Is Emotional Diplomacy?
Emotional Diplomacy and the Emotions in International Relations
Official Emotion as Emotional Labor
Emotional Diplomacy as a Team Performance
The Consequences of Engaging in Emotional Diplomacy
Variation in Emotional Diplomacy
Empirical InvestigationsChapter 2. The Diplomacy of Anger
Explaining the 1995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis from the Traditional Perspective
The Diplomacy of Anger
Empirical Investigations
Looking at the Crisis as an Episode of Coercion vs. Official AngerChapter 3. The Diplomacy of Sympathy
Explaining the RF and PRC Responses in Terms of Traditional Statecraft
The Diplomacy of Sympathy
Empirical Investigations
Looking at RF and PRC Responses as Official SympathyChapter 4. The Diplomacy of Guilt
Explaining Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)-Israeli Relations from the Traditional Perspective
The Diplomacy of Guilt
Empirical Investigations
The Luxembourg Agreement
Bullets Instead of Ambassadors: FRG Weapons for Israel
The Path to Normalization
Subsequent YearsChapter 5. Further Studies in Emotional Diplomacy
The Diplomacy of Anger
The Diplomacy of Sympathy
The Diplomacy of GuiltConclusion
Additional Strains
Quotidian and Signature Forms of Emotional Diplomacy
Official Emotion, Popular Emotion, and "Stickiness"Notes
References
Index