A Canadian diplomat from 1981 to 2009 with postings in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, Copeland (public diplomacy, U. of Southern California and international studies, U. of Toronto) sets down what he has learned about the landscape of international relations, and particularly what changed over the quarter century he was on the ground and what that means for practitioners and scholars of diplomacy today. He begins by contrasting the familiar world of the Cold War with the new one of globalization and empire. Other topics include persistent insecurity, the global political economy of knowledge, and a faster and sharper diplomacy for the future. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)