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Yerevan University Press, 2012. - ***** pp. Սույն քրեստոմատիան միջազգային հարաբերությունների, աշխարհաքաղա- քական խնդիրների, դիվանագիտության և դիվանագիտական ծառայության արարողակարգի ու վարվեցողության վերաբերյալ բնագիր տեքստերի ժողովածու է, որ առանձնանում է ժանրային և ոճական բազմազանությամբ։ Նախատեսված է ԵՊՀ միջազգային հարաբերությունների ֆակուլտետի բա- կալավրիատի բարձր կուրսերի և մագիստրատուրայի ուսանողների համար։ The Reader is a collection of original texts on international relations, political issues, diplomacy and diplomatic service, protocol and etiquette. It is divided into nine thematic sections which include excerpts of different levels of language difficulty, and presents a diversity of genres and styles. The manual is intended for the students of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University. ՀՏԴ 327 (07) ԳՄԴ 66.4y7 © ԵՊՀ հրատարակչություն, 2012 ISBN 978-5-8084-1666-6 © Բաբայան Ա., 2012 6 Acknowledgements It is a pleasure to thank the many people who have knowingly or otherwise helped in the preparation of this book. I must first mention the Academic Exchange officer Elizabeth Latham, professors Stephen Craig and Laura Sjoberg for helping to shape the idea of this project, and the USAAA whose funding is very much appreciated. A number of people have been wonderfully helpful in providing material for the book, as well as reading and commenting on it. I would very much like to thank Marina Mkrtchyan, ambassador Arman Navasardyan and professors Noubar Chalemyan and Vahram Petrosyan (who is the editor of the Reader). I express my gratitude to the reviewers of the book professors Narine Hovhannisyan and Tigran Mikayelyan and my colleagues for their valuable suggestions and feedback. My thanks go also to the Authority of the Faculty of International Relations of YSU for providing a stimulating environment for the completion of the work. My special thanks to the lawyer of the US Embassy Yerevan for the valuable comments on the Copyright Law, as well as to the designer and the publisher of the book. Last but certainly not the least I thank my students who have tolerated our in-class experimentation of the material. 7 CONTENTS THE FOREIGN SERVICE Preface (Foreign Service and the Present) ............................................... Diplomatic service ................................................................................... Protecting powers and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 ................................................ Who works in an Embassy? ..................................................................... Embassy Flow Chart ................................................................................ Deputy Chief of Mission .......................................................................... Consul General ......................................................................................... Consular Officer ....................................................................................... Political Officer ........................................................................................ A day in the life of the General Services Officer ..................................... Commercial Officer ................................................................................. Foreign Service National .......................................................................... A Day in the life of Human Resources Officer ........................................ A Day in the life of a Political Officer at the U.S. Mission to NATO ...................................................... The Foreign Service in action: Tales from the Field ................................ Rescuing the Innocent, Liberia 1996 ........................................................ Special Missions ...................................................................................... The main differences between diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities ......................................... Diplomatic Missions; Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; 1961 ................................................ Consular immunity and privileges; Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; 1963 .................................... Consular functions; Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; 1963 ................................................... Diplomatic immunity and privileges; Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; 1961 ................ Why we do this ........................................................................................ Surviving the bureaucracy ........................................................................ Diplomatic life abroad ............................................................................. Letter to a foreign-born spouse ................................................................ Expect the unexpected ............................................................................. A Foreign Service career… in the balance ............................................... 8 Letters from Ethiopia ............................................................................... THE IDEAL DIPLOMAT The modern diplomat ................................................................................ The art of restraint ..................................................................................... The Diplomat ............................................................................................ Justice, liberty, fear, irony ........................................................................ My fellow ambassadors ........................................................................... Ambassadors ............................................................................................. The ambassadorship .................................................................................. Ambassadors (quotations) ........................................................................ HM Ambassador ...................................................................................... Privileges and privations .......................................................................... Diplomat’s toolbox resources and assets .................................................. 15 ways diplomats have made a difference: The Golden Rules ................ Publicity, public opinion, propaganda ...................................................... The importance of public iplomacy .......................................................... The responsibility of intellectuals ............................................................. DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL, ETIQUETTE Foreword (by Bill Clinton) ....................................................................... State Protocol of the Republic of Armenia .............................................. Author’s letter to Readers (Protocol) ....................................................... Advance for the President and other officials .......................................... Protocol, customs, and etiquette: Basic Rule #1: What’s in a name? ...... Basic Rule #2: Eat, drink and be wary ..................................................... Basic Rule #3: Clothes can also unmake the man .................................... Dress; Attire ............................................................................................. The Hat as a courtesy tool ......................................................................... Etiquette guidelines: China ...................................................................... Ground rules ............................................................................................. Religion and sex: Protocol at its pinnacle ................................................. Entertainment ........................................................................................... Placement ................................................................................................. Table etiquette .......................................................................................... Official entertainment: Toasts .................................................................. Jokes ......................................................................................................... Waiting ...................................................................................................... Official gift giving ................................................................................... 9 Tipping: a Gift or a bribe? .......................................................................
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