Dr ANDREW COBBING's Outputs (2)

Opening legations: Japan’s first resident minister and the diplomatic corps in Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Cobbing, A. (2017). Opening legations: Japan’s first resident minister and the diplomatic corps in Europe. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 28(2), 195-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2017.1309874

This analysis shows how Japanese legations, first established in Europe during the 1870s, were not just symbolic gestures but played a key role in the Meiji government’s quest for international recognition. The concept of resident ambassador was unfa... Read More about Opening legations: Japan’s first resident minister and the diplomatic corps in Europe.

A Victorian Embarrassment: Consular Jurisdiction and the Evils of Extraterritoriality (2017)
Journal Article
Cobbing, A. (2018). A Victorian Embarrassment: Consular Jurisdiction and the Evils of Extraterritoriality. International History Review, 40(2), 273-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2017.1309562

In 1856, the Treaty of Paris nominally welcomed the Ottoman Empire into the Concert of Europe, but this exposed a deep fault line in international relations. Although the gesture implied full sovereign rights, it seemed incompatible with the extrater... Read More about A Victorian Embarrassment: Consular Jurisdiction and the Evils of Extraterritoriality.