Diplomacy

The means or tools of diplomacy
- Embassy
- Consulate
  - The main differences between diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities
Discrimination against diplomats assigned overseas
- Feeling of superiority of Embassies staffs over consulates (in general)
Types of Diplomacy ¹
- Bilateral Diplomacy
- Multilateral Diplomacy
- Summit Diplomacy: conference diplomacy (less institutionalized) to remove tension, build confidence, trust, and share ideas
- Ad Hoc Diplomacy: special envoys on missions for diplomatic relations
- Parliamentary Diplomacy
  - Institutional: happens in legislative process, parliamentary monitoring, and direct political role of parliament
  - Diplomatic:
    1. Bilateral: parliament of one country work with another country’s parliament
    2. Multilateral: parliamentary delegations in parliamentary meetings of 10s
    3. Different forms of associations of parliaments around the world (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
- Quiet Diplomacy: actors keep quiet about problem until solution is found to avoid scrutiny from third party, domestic, or int’ involvement.
  - Open/Secret Diplomacy: whether diplomatic relations carried out is with the consent of the public (threats of war)
- Coercive Diplomacy: military strategy to make states or non-state actors to behave a certain way.

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