Sustainable diplomacy: Ecological realism and Muslim-Christian dialogue in the context of Moroccan-Spanish relations

Sustainable diplomacy. Ecological Realism and Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the Context of Moroccan-Spanish Relations is a highly constructive work. Combining the disciplines of Christian and Islamic Ethics, International Affairs, Environmental Science, History and Anthropology, this dissertation is an attempt to propose an entirely new approach to relations between nation-states. This new approach is under girded by the theory of Ecological Realism, which argues that international relations should be conducted in a manner which values the role of popular religion, ecological histories, bioregions, and the consumption and waste patterns of national populations when envisioning a new basis for cooperation between different nations and peoples. Set in the context of modern Moroccan-Spanish relations, this text is a direct critique of classical realism as it has been depicted in international relations theory. In its place, Wellman proposes a new type of realism based on the common strengths and common fates of nation states as they face the real possibility of global ecological destruction. Sustainable Diplomacy is the praxis of Ecological Realism, a manner of conducting relations between nation-states that emphasizes a wider role for religious and secular N.G.O.s, people on the ground, the tools of the Ecological Footprint and the notion of Ecological Location. Sustainable Diplomacy acknowledges the false assumptions of a human economy which attempts to detach itself from the Earth's own economy. It is because our resources are a limited, one-time endowment that a new understanding of human cooperation and creativity must be envisioned. Describing the foundations of a type of diplomacy that acknowledges this fact is the aim of this text.