Chapter 1: INTRODUCTIONIT-revolution and diplomacyInstitutional resilience of diplomacyIT-revolution or institutional resilience?Organization of chaptersChapter 2: THE ORGANIZATIONAL BASIS OF MODERN DIPLOMACY: ITS EMERGENCE, CHARACTERISTICS AND CHANGE2.1 Introduction2.2 The 'informational prerogative' of the state and the organizing principles of modern diplomacy2.3 Diplomacy as an institution of the interstate order2.4 ConclusionChapter 3: ANALYZING IT-EFFECTS IN FOREIGN MINISTRIES3.1 Introduction3.2 Foreign ministries and the information revolution(s)3.3 IT and institutional change dynamics3.

3.1 IT-enabled institutional transformation3.4 Operationalizing the core organizing principles of diplomacy3.5 Multiple scenarios of IT-effects on the organizational basis of diplomacy3.6 Methodology3.7 ConclusionChapter 4: DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE 4.1 Introduction4.2 Institutional background and characteristics of DFAIT4.

3 IT-infrastructure of DFAIT4.4 IT-effects on hierarchy4.5 IT-effects on secrecy4.6 IT-effects on communication with the public4.6.2 Level of centralization of communication with the public 4.7 ConclusionChapter 5: ROYAL NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS5.1 Introduction5.

2 Institutional background and characteristics of N-MFA5.3 IT-infrastructure of N-MFA5.4 IT-effects on hierarchy5.5 IT-effects on secrecy5.6 IT-effects on communication with the public5.7 ConclusionChapter 6MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC6.1 Introduction6.2 Institutional background and characteristics of MFASR6.

3 IT-infrastructure of MFASR6.4 IT-effects on hierarchy6.5 IT-effects on secrecy6.6 IT-effects on communication with the public6.7 ConclusionChapter 7: CONCLUSION: THE ORGANIZATIONAL BASIS OF DIPLOMACY RENEWED7.1 Introduction7.2 IT-effects on the core organizing principles of diplomacy: the main findings7.2.

3 IT-effects on communication with the public7.2.4 Additional observations and findings7.3 What were the drivers of change? 7.4 Theoretical observations7.5. Revolution ante portas?ReferencesAppendixes.