Mary M. Young’s research while affiliated with York University and other places

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Publications (3)


‘Other Diplomacies’ of Non-state Actors: The Case of Canadian-Asian Relations
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May 2016

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The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

Susan J. Henders

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Mary M. Young

The premier journal for the study of diplomacy and its role in international relations, publishing excellent research being undertaken in diplomatic studies in a variety of intellectual traditions.


‘Other Diplomacies’ and World Order: Historical Insights from Canadian–Asian Relations

May 2016

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6 Citations

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

This article examines the diplomatic practices of non-state actors in the history of Canadian–Eastern Asian relations in order to theorize and show empirically how diplomacies make and can transform world orders. Analysing examples of trans-Pacific missionary, commercial and labour interactions from the late eighteenth century to the Second World War, the article points to how the diplomatic practices of non-state actors, often in everyday circumstances, enacted Canadian–Asian relations. They, in turn, constituted and challenged the hierarchical social relations of the European imperial world order that was linked with race, class, gender, civilization and culture — hierarchies that conditioned patterns of thought and action, in that order. The analysis uses and further develops the concept of ‘other diplomacies’, as introduced by Beier and Wylie, to highlight the centrality to world orders of practices that have a diplomatic character, even when the actors involved do not represent states.


“Other diplomacies” and the making of Canada–Asia relations

September 2012

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Canadian Foreign Policy Journal

The premise of this article is that the ways in which Asians and Canadians interact with, relate to and understand one other has as much and perhaps even more to do with societal connections and relationships than state ones in the current phase of globalization, with its inter-societal interactions of increasing diversity, intensity, frequency and complexity in economic, social and cultural realms. Research is needed to help us better understand the diverse and complex societal connections between “Canada” and “Asia” and their significance for “Canada–Asia relations”, including but not limited to state-to-state interactions.

Citations (3)


... It can often serve as the spark for these other activities or as a platform to institutionalize relationships begun through other activities. In other words, twinning serves as an important entry point into the broader landscape of NCG diplomacy, identified in the literature by various names such as subnational diplomacy, paradiplomacy, and "other diplomacy" (Henders and Young, 2016;Young and Henders, 2012;Beier and Wylie, 2010: xviii). A better understanding of and approach to twinning will not only strengthen this widespread and versatile tool of Canada-Indo-Pacific engagement, but also bolster the entire range of diplomatic activities pursued by Canadian governments of all levels. ...

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Canadian twinning in the Indo-Pacific: the agency of subnational actors in present relationships and future strategies
‘Other Diplomacies’ of Non-state Actors: The Case of Canadian-Asian Relations
  • Citing Article
  • May 2016

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

... Nonetheless, the diplomacy of capabilities approach holds two risks. First, following this logic, almost any 21 For more on diplomatic capabilities or functions, see Cooper and Hocking (2000), Sending, Pouliot, andNeumann (2011), Neumann (2008), Henders and Young (2016), Jönsson and Hall (2003), Murray (2008) and Young and Henders (2016); for PD functions, see Cull (2008) transnational interaction can be called PD (Gregory 2016, 3-4;Wiseman 2015, 298-299). Having authority based on expertise or capabilities may make a NSA a significant component of fuzzier and broader global governance, yet (public) diplomatic actorness is a far-fetched claim. ...

‘Other Diplomacies’ and World Order: Historical Insights from Canadian–Asian Relations
  • Citing Article
  • May 2016

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

... As with state diplomacy, other diplomacies are centrally about negotiation and communication, which involve several practices, whether consciously or unconsciously. (Young and Henders 2012: 378) They also relate how humans have long communicated across many types of boundaries for various purposes and that these interactions predate states and rely on practices with a diplomatic character (Young and Henders 2012). Representative practices, as Young and Henders observe, are central to both official and other diplomacies. ...

“Other diplomacies” and the making of Canada–Asia relations
  • Citing Article
  • September 2012

Canadian Foreign Policy Journal