Download or read book Reshaping Defence Diplomacy written by Andrew Cottey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses changing patterns of international military cooperation and assistance and shows that Western defence diplomacy is increasingly being directed towards new goals. The new defence diplomacy runs alongside the old and there are tensions between the two, in particular between the new goal of promoting democracy and the old imperative of supporting authoritarian allies.