Francis Onditi is Associate Professor at Riara University, Kenya.
Katharina McLarren is senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany.
Gilad Ben-Nun is Alfred Grosser Professor at Sciences-Po, Paris, France.
Yannis A. Stivachtis is Professor at Virginia Tech, USA.
Pontian G. Okoth is Professor at Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya.

1. Introduction: Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Onditi).- Part I: Foundations of Diplomatic Thought and Practice.- 2 Visibilizing African Heritage in Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Okoth & Were).- 3 Afrodiplomacy: Collective Continental Communiqué (Kuwali & Kuwali).- 4 Feminist Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (Fröhlich & Scheyer).- 5 Modifying Diplomacy for the Twenty-First Century: A New Postmodern Approach (Georghiu).- Part II: Tools and Types of Diplomacy.- 6 The Increasing Significance of Public Diplomacy in International Relations: New Types and Actors (Maunder & Stivachtis).- 7 Sport Diplomacy (Brand).- 8 Humanitarian Diplomacy (Felfeli).- 9 Vaccine Diplomacy (Brand).- 10 Global Environmental Diplomacy (Atisa).- 11 Faith-Based Diplomacy as a New (and Old) Practice in Foreign Policy: Concepts and Cases (Lehmann McLarren).- 12 Dynastic Diplomacy: Soft Suzerainty, Transdynastic Relations,Nepotism (Yates).- 13 Great Power Diplomacy in the digital age (Stivachtis).- Part III: Diplomacy in a Dynamic World.- 14 African Union Non-Military Conflict Interventions (Engel).- 15 How to Apply Kinetic Diplomacy to Gray Zone Conflict (Onditi & Yuko).- 16 Africa's Science Diplomacy (Inyang & Simelane).- 17 Neighboring Military Occupation: Modern Surrogate to Conquest (Ben-Nun).- 18 Negotiating with the Devil: Counter-Terrorism and the Rise of Mediation Organizations (Hazan).- 19 Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Digital Era: A Case Study of the 2015 "Refugee Crisis" in Germany (Dück).- 20 Women and Feminist Diplomacy in Turbulent Times: How France Coped with the Silent Pandemic (Anand, R.).- 21 From National to International Actorness: International Organizations and the Transformation of Public Diplomacy-The Cases of the European Union and NATO (Stivachtis).- Part IV: Experiences of Diplomacy.- 22 Foreign Service Officers: Are They Fit for Purpose? (Sooklal).- 23 Diplomats in Uniform: 'Security Diplomacy' Described Through a Practical Experience Report (Waldbauer-Hable).- 24 Conclusion: The English School and Diplomacy as a Dynamic and Core Primary Institution (McLarren).