TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title and Author Preface Jovan Kurbalija and Hannah Slavik To Joke or Not To Joke: A Diplomatic Dilemma in the Age of Internet Peter Serracino-Inglott Use of Language in Diplomacy Stanko Nick Language and Diplomacy Kamel S. Abu Jaber Language and Diplomacy - A Practitioner's View Aldo Matteucci Language and Negotiation: A Middle East Lexicon Raymond Cohen Talking to Americans: Problems of Language and Diplomacy Paul Sharp Language, Signaling and Diplomacy Kishan S. Rana Historical Rhetoric and Diplomacy - An Uneasy Cohabitation Drazen Pehar Language Setting the Stage for Diplomacy; Diplomacy Based on Interpretation, Rhetoric and Ethics; Philosophical Considerations Benoit Girardin Ambiguity Versus Precision: The Changing Role of Terminology in Conference Diplomacy Norman Scott Use of Ambiguities in Peace Agreements Drazen Pehar Texts in Diplomacy Dietrich Kappeler Documenting Diplomacy, Evaluating Documents: The Case of the CSCE Keith Hamilton Pragmatics in Diplomatic Exchanges Edmond Pascual Deconstruction and the Undoing of Diplomacy: A Case Study Involving the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations Ivan Callus and Ruben Borg The Languages of the Knights: Legislation, Administration and Diplomacy in a Multilingual State (14th - 16th Centuries) Joseph M. Brincat Applying the Pedagogy of Positiveness to Diplomatic Communication Francisco Gomes de Matos Setting Priorities for a "World Language" Initiative Donald F. Sola Interpretation and Diplomacy Vicky Ann Cremona and Helena Mallia Hypertext in Diplomacy Jovan Kurbalija