The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 published by the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations

John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations

The John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations , or simply the Whitehead School, is a post-secondary, degree-granting institution concentrating on international affairs within Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey...

 at Seton Hall University

Seton Hall University

Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...

. It was established in 2000 and published bi-annually. The journal was previously called the Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations. It is indexed by Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia University Press

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. The editor in chief

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 is Christopher Bartolotta.

Past notable contributing authors include: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair

Tony Blair

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; UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...

; European Court Justice President, Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias

Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias

Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias is a former Spanish judge at the European Court of Justice . He was 9th President of the Court from 7 October 1994 to 7 October 2003....

; President Oscar Arias Sánchez

Óscar Arias

Óscar Arias Sánchez is a Costa Rican politician who was President of Costa Rica from 2006 to 2010. He previously served as President from 1986 to 1990 and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars then raging in several other Central American countries.He is also a...

; Former Director-General of the World Health Organization

World Health Organization

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, Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization...

; President Khatami

Mohammad Khatami

Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...

; Deputy Secretary of U.S. Treasury Stuart Eizenstat

Stuart E. Eizenstat

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; and Under Secretary of State Thomas Pickering

Thomas Pickering

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