What Is Diplomacy?

Diplomacy refers to the ability or skill to negotiate. Negotiate between groups but is applied more exactly to negotiations on the international scene between nations or groups of nations. Diplomacy is engaged in by diplomats representing the views or interests of their nations. The word itself has Greek roots but the profession and use of diplomacy saw its widest use in the times of the Mongol Hordes. Their entire premise to invade the then Persian shahs domain was the murder of diplomats, hence the term diplomatic immunity.

In the world today diplomacy is primarily conducted in the United Nations building in New York where representatives of all the nations of the world meet and decide on issues of mutual interest. Diplomats also include Ambassadors and the staffs employed in foreign missions and consulates who represent the interest of their nations abroad. Their task is to use the various forms of diplomacy to further the interests of their nations.