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Brief Introduction of Diplomacy

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What is Diplomacy ?

Diplomacy is the art of negotiation, used as a skill to manage communications outside the
influence of the user.
Diplomacy is Darwanian, its practitioners need to evolve (Fletcher, 2016, p. 3). Diplomacy
has been changing over centuries and is the basis of how states communicate. Diplomacy has
changed substantially, in Genghis Khan era, diplomats were given immunity and further
international laws implementation, starting the age where ethical foreign and international
law along with diplomatic immunity were implemented between states (Weathford, 2017).

According to Barston, the use of Diplomacy is traditionally to discuss war, peace and
conflict, on the contrary, caused by the rise of cooperation and resource diplomacy, rising
number of diplomats within different foreign ministries and embassies now proceed to
operate more on economic cooperation as well as diplomacy (Barston, 2013) e.g. in the
recent Arab League conference 2017, most states were represented by heads of states, foreign
ministers and economic and social councils with respect to each state’s systematic order,
ministries and availabilities (League, 2017).

Making peace is easier when you have shown you can make war (Fletcher, 2016, p. 2),
however, as mentioned in the book “Naked Diplomacy”, a diplomats’ failure to make peace
may be destructive thus was punished accordingly by different states.
Diplomacy however, now, in the age of longevity of the current world order, Diplomacy has
become a tool to deal with global issues such as global warming, economic support and
cooperation on installing international laws which include but does not only cover
competition laws, Land disputes, companies and states’ disputes…

Diplomacy and the Art of Negotiation is used in our day to day life, but completely different
from one person to another and from one culture to another, thus the adaptation to working
with other states, keeping live communications and economic prosperity will ensure peace
longevity and reduce the likelihood of conflicts.

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References
Barston, R. (2013). Modern Diplomacy . Oxon : Pearson .

Fletcher, T. (2016). Naked Diplomacy . London: William Collins .

League, A. (2017, 04 07). Arab League. Retrieved from Arab summit:

https://www.arabsummit2017.jo/en/content/arab-league

Weathford, J. (2017, 03 30). Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World . Retrieved from
Diplomacy.edu: https://www.diplomacy.edu/resources/books/reviews/genghis-khan-and-
making-modern-world

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