Diplomacy Topics

Taiwanese statehood is one of the case studies that challenge and expose the ineffectiveness of international law in enforcement and its jurisdictional limits. Its complexities have international relations scholars to oppose on the views of international law. The purpose of this essay is to render an...

            Historical episodes suggest that the use of military coercion as a means of political maneuvering not only diminishes the bargaining range and increases the risk of the very outcome (i.e., unwanted war) state leaders seek to avoid, but also is essentially equivalent to starting a war.  In fact,...

International Relations Question: A diplomat is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country. Discuss (3,000 words, academically written) Diplomats have generally been considered members of an restricted and prominent occupation. The public image of diplomats has been described as "a caricature of...

- Codevilla made a distinction between Diplomacy, Statecraft, and War. To what was he referring? When Codevilla made a distinction between diplomacy, statecraft and war, he was referring to studying history to help us better understand these words that are very often misinterpreted. It is only through...

There were only 100 years without war in the whole history of human civilization! Iraq and Kuwait had had a long standing, but low level, border dispute over a pair of Persian Gulf islands. No preventative diplomacy was employed during this period of escalation, and Kuwait was invaded in August of 1990. more...

The article Diplomacy that works: ‘Best practices’ in cultural diplomacy (Schneider, 2003) talks about the role that the arts can play in cultivating diplomatic ties and fostering long-term friendships between the United States and other nations. It speaks of utilizing aspects of culture in encouraging...

Introduction
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 is a treaty which gives a framework that governs diplomatic relations among different independent states in the world. It was a milestone in strengthening inter-state relationships. Ratified by 187 countries...