ABSTRACT
Diplomacy is 'the application of intelligence and tact to the conduct of official relations between the governments of independent states'. It constitutes 'the infrastructure of world politics', facilitating representation and governing relations among recognized polities through reason and dialogue. This chapter discusses cosmopolitan diplomacy as transcending moral, humanitarian and disaster diplomacy. It highlights the fragmented nature of the existing scholarly literature on diplomacy, which tends to focus on diverse diplomatic activities in resonance with cosmopolitan diplomacy but fails to offer a holistic and elaborate account. The chapter aims to remedy this gap by elaborating on the three main triggers of cosmopolitan diplomacy, or three P's: Players, Platforms and Problems that, respectively, promote, enable and enforce the conduct of cosmopolitan diplomacy. It focuses on the examples of the Vatican as a player of cosmopolitan diplomacy, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations as a platform for cosmopolitan diplomacy, and space debris as a problem necessitating cosmopolitan diplomacy.
