Diplomatic Knowledge, Disasters and the Future of International Legal Order

对全球社会、经济和环境状况的外交理解存在差距和分歧，这使得协调一致的国际行动变得困难，特别是在应对自然灾害方面。该项目旨在阐明外交和领事人员如何了解他们对全球状况的了解，外交人员工作所使用的信息基础设施如何为协调一致的国际法律的行动提供信息（或妨碍这种行动），以及如何使信息基础设施更加健全和不易出现盲点。预期成果包括为外交官提出切实可行的建议，帮助加强澳大利亚的外交能力，特别是领导协调应对自然灾害的能力。

Gaps and divergences in diplomatic understanding of global social, economic, and environmental conditions make coordinated international action difficult, especially in response to natural disasters. This project aims to shed light on how diplomatic and consular personnel come to know what they know about global conditions, how the information infrastructure with which diplomats work may inform (or impede) coordinated international legal action, and what could be done to make that information infrastructure more robust and less prone to blindspots. Expected outcomes include practical suggestions for diplomats, helping to strengthen Australia’s capabilities in diplomacy, especially capacity to lead coordinated response to natural disasters.