Abstract:

New diplomacy, complex global governance and dancing with the superpower: the US, growing role of civil society and International Criminal Court. It is a common observation that the US has been declining since 1990s despite that it emerged as a superpower in the aftermath of the Second World War. This is particularly attributable to the growing role of the non-state actors rather than the expanding influence of the other states or redefinition of the classical balance of power system. The non-state actors, the UN and like-minded countries formed a broad alliance has emerged as a new example of new diplomacy during the creation of the ICC where the US also wanted to play a determinative role. The tools employed during this diplomacy diminished the role and influence of the US and contributed to the establishment of an ICC that the US did not desire or like. 

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