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1. Introduction (Onditi). Part I: Foundations of Diplomatic Thought and Practice.2 Visibilizing African Heritage in Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Okoth & Were).3 Afrodiplomacy: Collective Continental Communiqué (Kuwali & Kuwali).4 Feminist Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (Fröhlich & Scheyer).5 Postmodern Diplomacy (Georghiu).Part II: Tools and Types of Diplomacy.6 The increasing significance of public diplomacy in international relations (Maunder & Stivachtis).7 Sport Diplomacy (Brand).8 Humanitarian Diplomacy (Felfeli).9 Vaccine Diplomacy (Brand).10 Global Environmental Diplomacy (Atisa).11 Faith-Based Diplomacy as a New (and Old) Practice in Foreign Policy (Lehmann McLarren).12 Dynastic Diplomacy (Yates).13 Great Power Diplomacy in the digital age (Stivachtis).PartIII: Diplomacy in a Dynamic World.14 African Union’s non-interventionist and “soft” diplomatic power (Engel).15 How to Apply Kinetic Diplomacy to Gray Zone Conflict – The Case of Kenya and Somalia (Onditi & Yuko).16 Africa’s Science Diplomacy (Inyang & Simelane).17 Neighboring Military Occupation (NMO): Modern Surrogate to Conquest (Ben-Nun).18 Counter-Terrorism and the Rise of Mediation Organizations (Hazan).19 Diplomacy & Foreign Policy in the Digital Era. A Case Study of the 2015 “Refugee-Crisis” in Germany (Dück).20 Women and Feminist Diplomacy in Turbulent Times: How France Coped with the Silent Pandemic (Anand, R.).21 From national to international actorness: International organizations and the transformation of public diplomacy: the cases of the European Union and NATO (Stivachtis).Part IV: Experiences of Diplomacy.22 Foreign Service Officers – Are they fit for purpose? (Sooklal).23 Security Diplomacy - “Diplomats in Uniform” in Kosovo (Waldbauer-Hable).24 Conclusion (McLarren).