Introduction - Sustaining Global Hope: Sovereignty, Power and the Transformation of Diplomacy; C.M.Constantinou & J.Der Derian PART A: RE-CONCEPTUALIZING DIPLOMACY The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism; D.J.Wellman Diplomacy and Public Imagination; H.Banai On Homo-diplomacy; C.M.Constantinou PART B: DIPLOMATIC CULTURES, EXCLUSIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Perforated Sovereignties, Agonistic Pluralism and the Durability of (Para)diplomacy; N.Cornago Decolonising Diplomacy: Reflections on African Estrangement and Exclusion; S.O.Opondo Sustainability and Transformation in Diplomatic Culture: The Case of Euro-Centrism; I.B.Neumann PART C: DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AND CASE STUDIES Sustainable Public Diplomacy: Communicating about Identity, Interests and Terrorism; A.Deos & G.A.Pigman Sustained Peacebuilding: The role of NGOs and Researchers; A.Strand Sustainable Diplomacy in the European Union; M.K.Davis Cross Engaging the Enemy: An Essential Norm for Sustainable US Diplomacy; G.Wiseman Towards a Sustainable Diplomacy in Divided Korea; R.Bleiker The US-Iranian conflict in Obama's New Era of Engagement: Smart Power or Sustainable Diplomacy?; P.Sharp