Globalization has splintered the world into an infinite milieu of actors, but technology allows them to quickly and strategically recombine. Rather than a stiff waltz of rituals and protocol among states alone, mega-diplomacy is a jazzy dance among coalitions of ministries, companies, churches, foundations, universities, activists, and other willful, enterprising individuals who cooperate to achieve specific goals

Globalization has splintered the world into an infinite milieu of actors, but technology allows them to quickly and strategically recombine. Rather than a stiff waltz of rituals and protocol among states alone, mega-diplomacy is a jazzy dance among coalitions of ministries, companies, churches, foundations, universities, activists, and other willful, enterprising individuals who cooperate to achieve specific goals