World Transformation through Citizen Diplomacy with
Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Dr
Michael Salla reviews the development of citizen diplomacy in international
relations and conflict resolution theory, and applies it to the extraterrestrial
presence. He explains how, since its emergence in the 1970’s, citizen diplomacy
was resisted by official diplomats, but over the last decade has been
increasingly accepted by the diplomatic corps of many countries. The U.S. State
Department, for example, now actively seeks ways to complement official or
‘Track One’ diplomacy with ‘Track two’ or ‘citizen diplomacy’ initiatives. Dr
Salla reveals how galactic diplomacy with extraterrestrial civilizations has
been secretly occurring at an ‘official’ level without the awareness of the
general public or elected political representatives. He discusses that citizen
diplomacy initiative needs to be undertaken in order to redress the conflicts
arising from covert ‘agreements’ between government agencies and some
extraterrestrial groups. As a former university professor who received
significant government grants for his ‘citizen diplomacy’ initiatives, Dr Salla
provides valuable insights and conceptual tools for those contemplating citizen
diplomacy initiatives with extraterrestrial civilizations.