La diplomacia parlamentaria: el papel de los Parlamentos en el mundo

Abstract

This study is about parliamentary diplomacy. It begins by asking if it is an oxymoron or a reality. It explains how, after having initially been of the realm of practitioners alone, now there is also academic interest in it. The article shows how from its initial meaning of «conference diplomacy», both the concept itself and its practice now represent a new form of diplomacy. The essay includes several illustrations of this practice and also mentions International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs) as further empirical evidence of the «parliamentarization» of global affairs but also as yet another practical example of parliamentary diplomacy.