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We tend to think of diplomacy as something carried out in secret; sometimes, however, it is better to hide in plain sight.
But time is of the essence; diplomacy needs to move faster if it is not to be overtaken by Iran’s march to a nuclear weapon – and, with it, the march to conflict.
The object was to stop these weapons from being used by the Assad regime, and diplomacy – backed by the threat of force – appears to have achieved just that (although there have been recent reports, unconfirmed but worrying, of both rebel use and regime backsliding).
So it was striking when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to Congress earlier this year about the “three D’s” of American foreign policy – defense, diplomacy, and development.
Avoiding coercion, premature elections, and hypocritical rhetoric should not preclude a patient policy that relies on economic assistance, behind-the-scenes diplomacy, and multilateral approaches to aid the development of civil society, the rule of law, and well-managed elections.
Because EU membership affects every aspect of a state, economy, and society, while the war on terror demands a completely new way to conduct diplomacy and security policy.
Starting in the early 1970’s, religious Israeli settlers and hard-line Israeli nationalists pushed Israel into a disastrous policy of creating and expanding settlements on Arab lands in the West Bank, in violation of common sense and international diplomacy.
A spiral of mutually destructive diplomacy might result.
Four years after the outbreak of the country’s civil war, and despite the horrific humanitarian consequences of the fighting, international diplomacy to stop the violence has achieved nothing.
A breakthrough might compel a phase of intense diplomacy, giving Iran a pathway to diplomatic normalization and opening the door for grand bargains that could begin to restore order and stability to the rest of the region.
Essentially, his approach to international issues is pragmatic, and, in departing from his predecessor’s penchant for machtpolitik , Obama has pledged always to exhaust diplomacy first.
China's new leadership often evinces a new judiciousness and moderation in its diplomacy.
As a rule of thumb, diplomacy can be expected only to work with facts on the ground, not to create them, and the facts on the ground stand in the way of a regional settlement.
In that process, underestimating Libyan diplomacy, shrewdness and negotiating skills is the folly of the ignorant.
RIYADH – As 2014 begins, there is no more important question in world diplomacy than this: Has Iran changed?
Peace Through DevelopmentNew York – American foreign policy has failed in recent years mainly because the United States relied on military force to address problems that demand development assistance and diplomacy.
After all the diplomacy and effort that these epoch-making events required, European policymakers should be able to tackle reform of the IMF, the World Bank, the G-7, and the G-8.
Europe should lead by example – offering the world the benefit of its deep experience of financial diplomacy and volunteering to take the first steps forward.
Berlusconi regards his “commercial diplomacy” as a formidable defensive weapon, which may help explain why he is not too concerned about how his actions in this area are perceived on the international front.
The politicians’ answer is depressingly predictable: in the face of a resurgent Russia and China, this is no time to abandon our own states and diplomacy to their fate.
Skeptics who treat the term “public diplomacy” as a mere euphemism for propaganda miss the point.
Simple propaganda is counterproductive as public diplomacy.
Nor is public diplomacy merely a public-relations campaign.
Public diplomacy also involves building long-term relationships that create an enabling environment for government policies.
The contribution of direct government information to long-term cultural relationships varies with three dimensions or stages of public diplomacy, and all three are important.
The third dimension of public diplomacy is the development of lasting relationships with key individuals over many years or even decades, through scholarships, exchanges, training, seminars, conferences, and access to media channels.
All too often, policymakers treat public diplomacy as a bandage that can be applied after damage is done by other instruments.
Instead, they advocate diplomacy “on steroids,” staffed by diplomats trained in new media, cross-cultural communications, granular local knowledge, and networks of contacts with under-represented groups.
The centralized mass-media approach to public diplomacy still plays an important role.
The greater flexibility of non-governmental organizations in using networks has given rise to what some call “the new public diplomacy,” which is no longer confined to messaging, promotion campaigns, or even direct governmental contacts with foreign publics serving foreign-policy purposes.
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