Exhilarating Roller-Coaster Ride: One Year of Blogging about Consular and Public DiplomaciesOn September 2, 2021, this blog (consulardiplomacy.com) celebrated its first anniversary. It has been an exhilarating roller-coaster ride…Sep 9, 2021Sep 9, 2021
Membership has its privileges: Participating in a professional association.At the end of March 2021, I participated, for the first time, in the International Studies Association 2021 Virtual Convention. It was…Jul 31, 2021Jul 31, 2021
Women in focus: Specialized Consular Assistance in the U.S.As part of the celebration of International Women´s Day, I will write about a topic that is not well known but very relevant: specialized…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Consular Diplomacy: Cinderella no more, but not yet a princessFollowing up on my previous blog post about the surge of “new” diplomacies and the discussion of whether these initiatives a real…Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
Why we need more diplomatic studies?In my recent post, Why Diplomacy matter? I wrote about the significance of Diplomacy in the third decade of the 21st Century and its…Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
Thinking about International Relations theories: Do we need them?“Theories are like maps. Each map is made for a certain purpose and what is included in the map is based on what is necessary to direct…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Diaspora Diplomacy: What is it?Diaspora Diplomacy is a term, like Consular Diplomacy, that has surfaced in recent times. But, what is it? 1. Diaspora, Diplomacy or…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
Global Consular Forum: Consular Diplomacy in the 21st Century.A. Introduction. For most people, there is always confusion about what a Consulate/Consul does and what are the differences with an…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021