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"Diplomacy" published on by Oxford University Press.

1. The New World Order -- 2. The Hinge: Theodore Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson -- 3. From Universality to Equilibrium: Richelieu, William of Orange, and Pitt -- 4. The Concert of Europe: Great Britain, Austria, and Russia -- 5. Two Revolutionaries: Napoleon III and Bismarck -- 6. Realpolitik Turns on Itself -- 7. A Political Doomsday Machine: European Diplomacy Before the First World War -- 8. Into the Vortex: The Military Doomsday Machine -- 9. The New Face of Diplomacy: Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles -- 10. The Dilemmas of the Victors -- 11. Stresemann and the Re-emergence of the Vanquished -- 12. The End of Illusion: Hitler and the Destruction of Versailles -- 13. Stalin's Bazaar -- 14. The Nazi-Soviet Pact -- 15. America Re-enters the Arena: Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- 16. Three Approaches to Peace: Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in World War II -- 17. The Beginning of the Cold War -- 18. The Success and the Pain of Containment -- 19. The Dilemma of Containment: The Korean War -- 20. Negotiating with the Communists: Adenauer, Churchill, and Eisenhower -- 21. Leapfrogging Containment: The Suez Crisis -- 22. Hungary: Upheaval in the Empire -- 23. Krushchev's Ultimatum: The Berlin Crisis -- 24. Concepts of Western Unity: Macmillan, de Gaulle, Eisenhower, and Kennedy -- 25. Vietnam: Entry into the Morass; Truman and Eisenhower -- 26. Vietnam: On the Road to Despair; Kennedy, and Johnson -- 27. Vietnam: The Extrication; Nixon -- 28. Foreign Policy as Geopolitics: Nixon's Triangular Diplomacy -- 29. Detente and Its Discontents -- 30. The End of the Cold War: Reagan and Gorbachev -- 31. The New World Order Reconsidered.

In its broadest sense, diplomacy refers to the conduct of human affairs by peaceful means, employing techniques of persuasion and negotiation. In the more specific sphere of international politics, through the utilisation of such techniques, it has come to be regarded as one of the key processes characterising the international system and a defining institution of the system of sovereign states - often referred to as the "Westphalian" system after the 1684 Peace of Westphalia. Its usage, however, embraces some important distinctions. First, at the state level, it has frequently been used (particularly in studies of diplomatic history) as a synonym for foreign policy – as in "Russian", "German" and "Japanese" diplomacy (foreign policy). More commonly, however, it is used to refer to one means by which such policies are implemented. Second, viewed as an institution of the international system, a distinction can be made between diplomacy as a set of processes and as a set of structures through which these processes are conducted. Debates about the continuing utility of diplomacy in contemporary international politics frequently reflect confusion between these meanings. In the course of the following discussion, the origins of diplomacy are outlined together with differing analytical approaches to its nature and significance as a feature of international politics. The changing nature of diplomatic processes is then discussed followed by an examination of the evolution of the structures through which diplomacy has been conducted at both the state and international levels.

Chiefly for the wrong reasons, diplomacy has recently made some notable incursions into international relations programmes at British universities. For, in the field of money-spinning taught Master's degrees, this subject has been perceived as a crowd puller. Out there, beyond the European Community with its aggravatingly-low fee levels, are, it is calculated, many who will be attracted by an MA with 'diplomatic' in its title. With some ground, it is believed they see that sort of degree as a passport to a position in the much-sought-after diplomatic ranks. Furthermore, in the same regions lie beginning diplomats who could be said to need some vocational underpinning,
not to mention those longer-employed in diplomacy who would benefit in mid-career from intellectual refreshment. The British Statue of Education beckons, its own distinctive torch held high aloft. And, to ensure that its light does not go unnoticed, Vice-Chancellors despatch glossy brochures to the British Council and their recruiting officers, hot foot, to distant parts.

Much has been said recently in Russia about the need to intensify diplomacy. At the same time, there have been some negative trends in government activity. Adapted from the source document.

Parliamentarians have for decades been present and active in the international arena. 'Parliamentary diplomacy', however, has only quite recently become the common term used to describe the wide range of international activities undertaken by members of parliament in order to increase mutual undemanding between countries, to improve scrutiny of government, to represent their people better, and to increase the democratic legitimacy of inter-governmental institutions. It is perhaps a sign of the times that this term has now been coined. The increased blurring of boundaries between national and foreign affairs means that parliamentarians must consider issues put before them with a global mindset. Correspondingly, the significance of international parliamentary contacts is growing, and it is unlikely to cease to do so in the coming years. Adapted from the source document.

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