Chapter 2: What is diplomacy and why interest representation?
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iplomacy is both a broad and narrow eld. Broad in that it covers many di erent sectors and areas of engagement and business, yet it takes place between relatively few actors, mainly nation-states. The U.S. Department of State de nes diplomacy as “the art and practice of conducting negotiations and maintaining relations between nations; skill in handling a airs without arousing hostility.” (U.S. Department of State, 2018). Another de nition describes diplomacy as "the conduct of international relations by negotiation and engendering goodwill and mutual trust rather than by force, propaganda, or recourse to law.” (Muthanna, 2013). From these two de nitions it can be concluded that diplomacy concerns communication, reaching agreements and state interaction. In the last few decades there have been several attempts at a framework for diplomacy, among these is the article by Paul Kreutzer (Kreutzer, 2014), who proposes ten principles for diplomatic operation: 1.National interest 2.Credibility 3.Clarity 4.Comprehensiveness 5.Understanding 6.Perceptiveness 7.Circumspection 8.Con dence-building
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