Diplomacy
noun
The practice of managing international relations, usually done by a country's representatives abroad.
The foreign minister has years of experience in diplomacy.
Often appears as...
- foreign diplomacy
- diplomatic relations
noun
Skill in dealing with people in sensitive and effective way.
It requires great diplomacy to resolve such conflicting interests.
Often appears as...
- political diplomacy
- tactful diplomacy
noun
The practice of managing international relations, usually done by a country's representatives abroad.
The foreign minister has years of experience in diplomacy.
Often appears as...
- foreign diplomacy
- diplomatic relations
noun
Skill in dealing with people in sensitive and effective way.
It requires great diplomacy to resolve such conflicting interests.
Often appears as...
- political diplomacy
- tactful diplomacy
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Pro Tip 1/3Global Context
Diplomacy often involves multiple countries and affects international relations, so think globally.
Her diplomacy at the summit helped forge new alliances.
Pro Tip 2/3Conflict Resolution
Diplomacy is key in peacefully resolving disputes between nations without resorting to force.
Through careful diplomacy, the two countries averted war.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Language
Diplomatic communication is formal and respectful, aiming for mutual understanding.
The ambassador's diplomacy was evident in his carefully chosen words.
Pro Tip 1/3Global Context
Diplomacy often involves multiple countries and affects international relations, so think globally.
Her diplomacy at the summit helped forge new alliances.
Pro Tip 2/3Conflict Resolution
Diplomacy is key in peacefully resolving disputes between nations without resorting to force.
Through careful diplomacy, the two countries averted war.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Language
Diplomatic communication is formal and respectful, aiming for mutual understanding.
The ambassador's diplomacy was evident in his carefully chosen words.
Pro Tip 1/3Global Context
Diplomacy often involves multiple countries and affects international relations, so think globally.
Her diplomacy at the summit helped forge new alliances.
Pro Tip 2/3Conflict Resolution
Diplomacy is key in peacefully resolving disputes between nations without resorting to force.
Through careful diplomacy, the two countries averted war.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Language
Diplomatic communication is formal and respectful, aiming for mutual understanding.
The ambassador's diplomacy was evident in his carefully chosen words.
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Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
so here you have a diplomat in the real world that spends his time in Eve Online to kind of test, maybe, all of his ideas about diplomacy and about universe-building, and to the point that the first announcement of the bombing was actually given on Eve Online, and after his death, several parts of the universe
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Carne Ross: An...
I love diplomacy -- I have no career -- I expected my entire life to be a diplomat, to be serving my country. I wanted to be an ambassador, and my mentors, my heroes, people who got to the top of my profession, and here I was throwing it all away. A lot of my friends were still in it.
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My 105 Days in Taliban...
on the world stage. Diplomats spoke to each other openly and resolved an issue of mutual concern. And while the success of this discussion is perhaps an anomaly, the kind of diplomacy demonstrated by my release can and should serve as a model for achieving other desired change
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Pulling back the curtain...
it was great diplomacy on the US and other creditor countries to get them back to the table and they got a better deal that they would have gone otherwise if I remember correctly well maybe maybe starting out a little bit a good strategy sometimes it's a risky strategy
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A wall won't solve...
And they have nobody else to go to, and they are unable to deal with this current problem. So these are the types of issues that we should be increasing our diplomacy, increasing our economic development aid. Please, I want to take you now
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Parag Khanna maps the...
30 years of rose garden diplomacy have not delivered us peace in this conflict. What might? I believe that what might solve the problem is infrastructure. Today donors are spending billions of dollars on this. These two arrows are an arc,
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Stefan Wolff: The path...
to make peace, the international community stood ready to help them negotiate and implement an agreement, and the institutions have lived up to the promise that they held on the day they were agreed. Focusing on leadership, diplomacy
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A giant bubble for...
that could be forged here in its uniqueness the question is is it possible ultimately for art's to insert itself into the dialogue of national and world affairs and could the museum be an agent of cultural diplomacy there are
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
the instigator of play and by using play it helped alleviate pack tension thus filling a very important role to play within the family group no other position requires so much diplomacy and
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Macaque Monkeys at War PIPE...
mock charge each other testing to see who'll back down no one's going anywhere there's too much at stake it's too late for diplomacy now there's only one way to end this
Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
so here you have a diplomat in the real world that spends his time in Eve Online to kind of test, maybe, all of his ideas about diplomacy and about universe-building, and to the point that the first announcement of the bombing was actually given on Eve Online, and after his death, several parts of the universe
Video examples
Carne Ross: An...
I love diplomacy -- I have no career -- I expected my entire life to be a diplomat, to be serving my country. I wanted to be an ambassador, and my mentors, my heroes, people who got to the top of my profession, and here I was throwing it all away. A lot of my friends were still in it.
Video examples
My 105 Days in Taliban...
on the world stage. Diplomats spoke to each other openly and resolved an issue of mutual concern. And while the success of this discussion is perhaps an anomaly, the kind of diplomacy demonstrated by my release can and should serve as a model for achieving other desired change
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
it was great diplomacy on the US and other creditor countries to get them back to the table and they got a better deal that they would have gone otherwise if I remember correctly well maybe maybe starting out a little bit a good strategy sometimes it's a risky strategy
Video examples
A wall won't solve...
And they have nobody else to go to, and they are unable to deal with this current problem. So these are the types of issues that we should be increasing our diplomacy, increasing our economic development aid. Please, I want to take you now
Video examples
Parag Khanna maps the...
30 years of rose garden diplomacy have not delivered us peace in this conflict. What might? I believe that what might solve the problem is infrastructure. Today donors are spending billions of dollars on this. These two arrows are an arc,
Video examples
Stefan Wolff: The path...
to make peace, the international community stood ready to help them negotiate and implement an agreement, and the institutions have lived up to the promise that they held on the day they were agreed. Focusing on leadership, diplomacy
Video examples
A giant bubble for...
that could be forged here in its uniqueness the question is is it possible ultimately for art's to insert itself into the dialogue of national and world affairs and could the museum be an agent of cultural diplomacy there are
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
the instigator of play and by using play it helped alleviate pack tension thus filling a very important role to play within the family group no other position requires so much diplomacy and
Video examples
Macaque Monkeys at War PIPE...
mock charge each other testing to see who'll back down no one's going anywhere there's too much at stake it's too late for diplomacy now there's only one way to end this
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Quote examples
John Roos
American Diplomat
My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.
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Frank Carlucci
American Politician
And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important.
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Hassan Rouhani
Iranian Leader
A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.
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Barack Obama
American President
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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Lajos Kossuth
Hungarian Lawyer
The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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Fiona Hill
American Public Servant
Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.
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Kevin de Leon
American Politician
While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.
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Najib Razak
Malaysian Politician
For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.
Quote examples
John Roos
American Diplomat
My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.
Quote examples
Colin Powell
American Statesman
We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.
Quote examples
Frank Carlucci
American Politician
And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the president's direct involvement in the peace process, and I think that's extraordinarily important.
Quote examples
Hassan Rouhani
Iranian Leader
A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
Quote examples
Lajos Kossuth
Hungarian Lawyer
The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
Quote examples
Fiona Hill
American Public Servant
Putin has the ability to advance his interests in many different ways. Sometimes tactical diplomacy can help.
Quote examples
Kevin de Leon
American Politician
While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.
Quote examples
Najib Razak
Malaysian Politician
For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.
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