IR 212 Lecture 12: Lecture 12 - Diplomacy
17 Nov 2016
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Diplomacy refers to the conduct of human affairs by peaceful means, employing techniques of persuasion and negotiation. Diplomacy as persuasion and negotiation , but diplomacy not antithetical to force. Kennan: you have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background. Traditional structures of diplomacy: foreign ministries, overseas embassies with diplomatic immunity, diplomatic language (politesse and legalese), prioritization of high politics issues (e. g. balance of power and peaceful resolution of crises) Contemporary state-to-state diplomacy: day-to-day fragmentation across issue- areas coupled with occasional concentration in top leader summits. The rise of non-state actors: ngos, mncs, international media. November 1968: nixon elected due to claim to have secret plan to end the war and divided democratic party. March 1969: nixon secretly expands aerial bombing to cambodia. Cumulative depletion of its supplies as a result of the mining of north.
