POL S101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Mutual Assured Destruction, Cuban Missile Crisis, Henry Kissinger
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Diplomacy and statecraft in international history, cont"d: leanne betasamosake simpson describes complex diplomatic protocols and practices of. 14: contemporary diplomacy covers almost all areas of a state"s external relations, track two diplomacy: informal diplomacy conducted by private citizens, business people, although heads of governments are involved in diplomacy, most day-to-day activities are. Foreign ministries: ministry of foreign affairs and international trade (canada, the foreign and commonwealth office (britain) owithin the commonwealth, embassies are called high commissions, and ambassadors. High commissioners : the department of state (us) Special forms of diplomacy: special envoys may be used in particular circumstances, may be former heads of state, religious leaders, etc, third-party mediation may also be used to resolve conflict both within and between states. Public diplomacy: the ways in which governments attempt to influence public opinion abroad, draws on concepts such as nye"s soft power and gramsci"s hegemony, [t]he ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments.