Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue: Added Value or Merely a Substitute for Traditional Diplomacy?

... non-binding. On the contrary, parliamentary diplomacy can also be understood as a kind of contribution to a more closely-knit, interconnected world, strengthening national security by alternative, non-military, and less hierarchical (as opposed to traditional diplomacy) means. If we study parliamentary diplomacy from the perspective of theories that trace back to liberal tradition (like, for example, neoliberalism/liberal institutionalism, the theory of complex interdependence, etc.), then we certainly expect much more results from an ...