Thursday 15 April 2010

Vital aspect in New Diplomacy


In my opinion the most impirtant factor of New Diplomacy is its flexible nature to conduct close relationships and dialogue between independent states .As once stressed by Rousseau,the states system as he once knew weree considered the ''the body politic ''where states were ''forced to look outside itself in order to know itself :it depends on its own environment and it has to take an interest in everything that happens ''(Watson ,1982'chapter1).Basically the New Diplomacy interesting nature is in its plurality ,in which the coexistence of independent staes, non -state actors and public opinion determine the extension of forces that define the modern independent states behaviour in the international society.New diplomacy inherited from the traditional diplomacy some of its practices and principles, which ,also to a certain extent helps us to understand the impact of globalization and other historical factors in the diplomatic evolution.Historically New diplomacy , it dealt intimately with conflicts ,duplicity and reversals of policy ,consequently it developed a organized pattern of communication and negotiation among independent states, through their own political tools or with the direct or inderect influence of othere actors,which have enabled states to set closer affiliations towards the other ,namelly regarding their own interests.

Moreover, in my personal opinion apart from the vital emergence and role of non-state actors ,TNC's and other international organizations in influencing the New Diplomacy status ,i would argue that in a developed international society , diplomatic dialogue is the most important instrument .Because it is a ''civilized process based in awareness and respect''which has contributes for the ''continuous exchange of ideas and the attempts to find muttually acceptable solutions to conflicts of interests ''(Watson .1982,p.21)




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  1. you say "diplomatic dialogue is the most important instrument .Because it is a ''civilized process based in awareness and respect'' however not this is not always the case as illustrated by Israel's use of public diplomcy with iran
    http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=117640&sectionid=351020104

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