Geopolitics of decolonization
Carnegie Endowment’s diplomatic training program 1960–73
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8944649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Harris (0000-0001-6102-0572, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 154 |
| Pages | 104067-104067 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geoforum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7185 • E-ISSN: 1872-9398 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104067 |
| OpenAlex | W4400142140 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
This paper considers the case of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s ‘Programs in Diplomacy’, which from 1960 to 73 provided international, bilingual training for the diplomats of ‘newer states’ – former colonies that gained independence after 1945. Drawing on archival research in three continents, we can see that the spaces and practices of diplomatic training through these programmes were inherently geopolitical: they would shape social and professional norms and networks, in turn shaping state-building and international life. As a result, the pedagogies, curricula, and spaces of these courses must be understood through the prism of contemporary (geo)political tensions: the ideological confrontations of decolonization and the Cold War. Organizers sought ‘neutral ground’ for the programmes, in terms of both their locations and their content. Beginning in Geneva and New York, the programmes shifted quickly towards universities in the Global South and articulated Third World ideals such as African unity. Despite consistent attempts to frame the programmes as technical and non-ideological, their discursive and material geographies reveal an approach to ‘learning the international’ that privileged Western liberal norms and practices, particularly through a pedagogy of socialization
Curriculum · Decolonization · Diplomacy · Geopolitics · Ideology · Independence (probability theory · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Public Administration
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No Enchanted Palace
The State Nobility
The Lumumba University in Moscow
Understanding Diplomatic Training from the Global South
Global Exchanges. Scholarships and Transnational Circulations in the Modern World
Diplomacy and Nation-Building in Africa
Decolonization, the Cold War, and Africans’ routes to higher education overseas, 1957–65
Mecca of Revolution
Pan-African Networks, Cold War Politics, and Postcolonial Opportunities
Political Atmospherics
Worldmaking after Empire
Critical geopolitics
The politics of self-help
The apostle of internationalism
Manifesto
Manipulating Diplomatic Atmospheres
Imazighen of France; articulations of an indigenous diaspora
Creating a Socialist Intelligentsia
Education and the Formation of Geopolitical Subjects
Sociability in International Politics
Performing Diplomatic Decorum
Tracing Diplomatic Tutelage
Thinking with Diplomacy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |