Diplomacy

International affairs
 Diplomacy

1. Europe
2. Asia
3. America
4. MENA
5. International

quiz collections
0. Intro

Vienna Convention

Business diplomacy

Hard/Soft diplomacy
Europe
Von der Leyen

Moral Diplomacy

Geopolitical herbivore
France

Ivory Coast

Rwanda

Central Asia

Libya

Fashoda
 China

Stadium diplomacy

Panda diplomacy

Great Game in the Middle East

Russia

Anti-establishment

Asymmetric diplomacy

Middle East
Central Asia

Caviar diplomacy

Stan Countries

Mongolia
USA
2021 B3W
Trade war diplomacy
Gulf wars

Caucasus region
Normalization
Cold war
Terrorism
Middle East

Qatar investment

Sunni competition

Turkey

Kurdistan

Syria

Oil crises
Latin America

Cuba, Nicaragua

Venezuela

Cold war

Pink Tide
 International/Regional Organisations

Shanghai cooperation

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Economic and Cooperation Organization

NATO

AIIB
Colonisation

Tordesillas treaty

Unfair treaties

Berlin conference

Sykes Picot
Nuclear diplomacy
NPT
Iran
North Korea

Iraq
Libya
Intelligence diplomacy

Spies

Whistleblower
Key actors
Mandela
Kofi Annan
Sergio De Mello
Eisenhower
Bush Sr
Zhou Enlai (NAM)
Holbrooke (Balkans)
Lavrov
Kissinger
Brzeziński
Kérékou (Benin)
 Videos
China's panda diplomacy, explained
Trump quits Iran nuclear deal, undoing years of diplomacy
Colombia’s fragile peace, explained
How America became a superpower
China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade
The Middle East's cold war, explained
From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin
How to restore trust in politics | The Economist
Why this Russian gas company sponsors soccer teams
The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief, simple history
 Main qualities
Trust & Ethics VS political move

being neutral, reputation

Ex: 1990 Iraq

Ex:US in MENA ‘casus belli’, Assad

> everyone can claim a part of

success

Ex: Cuba missie

> diplomats lie to the population but

rarely between them
Main qualities
Patience (COCODI)

Realpolitik & diplomacy

Iterative process

the good diplomat is the one who can

stay awake the longest

Time management
Ex: 1990s end of apartheid

Ex: unsolved conflict in Palestine,

Kashmir, Western Sahara, Nagorno
Karabakh
Main qualities

Charisma & Enthusiasm

Create a special atmosphere

Ex: France presidents

Outside of the box, creative

Ex: Truth Commission

Compromise

Ex: US & Assad

 Main qualities

Humility
Ex: Asia/Africa/Eastern Europe

History
US protectionism & expansionism,
US reading Middle East post 9/11
US end of hegemony?
Ukraine
Chirac & civilizations
99%
is behind the scene diplomacy
Main qualities
Public diplomacy

1919 Paris Peace Conference

Modern communication

Ex: Telegram
Ex: Trump

Behind the scene

> based on capacities not
intentions

Ex: China debt trap strategy

Ex: Russia divide & conquer

> avoid losing face (Cuba missile)

Main qualities

Raise of institutions
Ex: post WW2 institutions

Ex: Frane experts vs US

Importance to get the backing

of the people you represent

Ex: De Villepin at UN

Grab the ideal moment

Ex: Reagan success vs USSR

failure
 Success?
1945 Yalta

1950 Bandung

2003 Kimberley vs 1997 Landmine

1978 Camp David accord

1990 Iraq

if no one is happy with an agreement

that's a decent agreement
 Failure ?
1950 empty seat, boycott diplomacy
1990s UN (Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia)
2003 Iraq
2010s Central Asia
2011 - Syria, no will?
2015 - Iran deal, sanctions
2016 Cameron referendum
2016- Migration in Europe
 Nobel prize
2018 Abiy Ahmed

2016 Santos

2009 Obama

1994 Arafat
 Self-determination
VS
Borders intangibility

UN : Security Council + ⅔ of
States

South Sudan

Somaliland

The United Nations

 WW3 ?
1956 Suez crisis
1956 Hungary
1961 Bay of pigs
1969 Sino-Soviet split
1971 East Pakistan
1973 Yom Kippur
Fences
Sand wall
Gated communities
Compounds

West Bank
Caste
Great firewall

Migration
 Balkans
2008 Kosovo independence

Irredentism movement

Serbs militaries vs NATO

France & EU enlargement

Land swap, unification..

 Indonesia
South China Sea

Non alignment

Debt trap strategy vs Navy

Religion

Jokowi
Indonésie, Le dessous des cartes
 Turkey.
2000s soft

Arab spring

2014 Syria

Libya, Azerbaijan, Sudan,

Somalia, Qatar

Why Turkey is invading Syria