Advantages Of The French System Of Diplomacy

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The development of the French system of diplomacy in the fifteenth has heavily developed what we know and carry today modern diplomacy. This system has evolved over the past five hundred, introducing and setting the norms for what we know today as resident embassies formerly known to be the ambassador and his team, “secret diplomacy,” protocol, professionalization of diplomacy, and multilateral diplomacy. The system set by the French has indeed shaped how we carry out international relations in modern times, then again it has also aided in shaping our world and rooted many past and present conflicts. However, the question now is to note what would be the advantages and disadvantages if the French Diplomatic System would be abandoned due to the new technological advancements that allow us to communicate in real time.
Advantages
Moving away from the French System of Diplomacy indeed would have its advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages would be that states would not devote a large part of their budget in foreign relations by maintaining the resident embassy building and a diplomatic core. Such as the United States which spent $750 million in constructing the Baghdad and announcing its $1 billion dollar project for and embassy in London. Money that could be used to aid the economic hardship occurring domestically. Embassies also allow enemies of the state to attack U.S. soil in a foreign territory, such was the case of the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979. Which have

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