DIPLOMACY

CONTENTS

Unit I. Diplomacy

Unit II. Glimpse On the History of Diplomacy

Unit III. Diplomatic Strategy. Diplomatic Immunity.

Unit IV. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Unit V. International Relations.

Unit VI. Diplomatic Relations in the Ukrainian Lands.

Unit VII. The History of Ukraine’s Modern Foreign Service.

Unit VIII. Foreign Policy of Ukraine

Unit IX. The United Nation Organization.

Unit X. The European Union.

Unit XI. The International Monetary Fund.

Unit XII. World Trade Organization.

Unit XIII. Globalization.

Unit XIV. Global Terrorism and International Relations.

Unit V. The Art of Leading Negotiations.

Unit VI. Entertaining.

Additional Reading. Business Culture in Different Countries.

Appendices. Appendix I. Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Appendix II. Glossary of Diplomatic Terms.

UNIT 1.

DIPLOMACY.

1. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiation between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics and culture. International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians.

In an informal or social sense, diplomacy is the employment of tact to gain strategic advantage or to find mutually acceptable solutions to a common challenge, one set of tools being the phrasing of statements in a non-confrontational, or polite manner.

Diplomacy is the art of building and maintaining relations between governments and other international organizations, the art of searching for compromise for decision-making on different problems, the art of “doing and saying the nastiest thing in the nicest way”. There is a very special category of people, who know this art. They are diplomats. Their knowledge — a combination of information, training, experience and intuition — is the tool that enables them to act adequately in unpredictable situations.

Sometimes a diplomat can act according to the following rule:”If a diplomat says YES, he means PERHAPS; If he says PERHAPS, he means NO; If he says NO, he is no diplomat”

While politicians tend to solve problems mostly by weapons, professional diplomats have never been in need of it. They can win the game of international intrigue using their words. A good diplomat always acts in the interests of his country. His main purpose is to maintain friendly relations between his country and its opponents.

The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization.

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