Diplomacy In International Relations

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INTRODUCTION
Diplomacy is perceived as a foreign policy tool of a state in other words the two cannot be separated; they are interdependent in a way. The practice of diplomacy changes according to the changes of foreign policies and in the ideologies of foreign relations (Van Dinh, 1987), he continues to say that diplomacy can never be static or independent of change. Diplomacy is a way of building relations with other countries through actors called diplomats and in doing so they expand the form of contact be it , ideas, people and products from other countries thus internationalizing people and states which in other words is globalization.
In light of the above mentioned the primary significance of this paper is to discuss diplomacy as an …show more content…

Diplomacy is highly related to representation, negotiation and relations. The origin of the term comes from the Greek word “diploma” which means a formal letter, memorandum, or document folded in two as a sovereign act, which one party (the state) would hand over to the second and then the second to the first one after the completion of job negotiations, i.e. agreement (Vranješ & Zeljić, 2013).

(Akingboye & Ottoh, 2009), defines diplomacy as the use of tact, commonsense and intelligence to reach agreements, compromises and settlements with other states in the global state. On the other hand diplomacy as according to a different author (Berridge, 2005) is a political activity that enables actors to pursue their objectives and defend their interests through negotiations, with no use of force, propaganda or law. Diplomacy can and should be a great ingredient of power.
Diplomacy in simple terms can be defined as a representation of culture, education, religion and administrative systems (Goldstein & Perehouse, 2012). Van Dinah continues to state that diplomacy is done to reach an agreement within a framework of …show more content…

A diplomat is known as a representative of government who conducts relations with another government in the interest of his own country (Van Dinh, 1987). A diplomat can also be said as a person skilled in dealing with other people or who is a good negotiator as diplomacy is all about negotiating. One more thing of note about diplomacy is that; diplomatic relations remain uninterrupted when there is change of government. An example in support of the above statement is that the US maintained full relations with the Jacobin revolutionary of France during the reign of

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