Prague, Czech Republic

International and European Studies - Diplomacy

Mezinárodní a evropská studia - diplomacie

Integrated Master's degree
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International and European Studies - Diplomacy at VŠE

Language: CzechStudies in Czech
Subject area: social
Years of study: 5
University website: www.vse.cz

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Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to a full range of topical issues. International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians. David Stevenson reports that by 1900 the term "diplomats" also covered diplomatic services, consular services and foreign ministry officials.
European Studies
European studies is a field of study offered by many academic colleges and universities that focuses on current developments in European integration.
International
International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries. For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country and usually everywhere on Earth, and international language which is a language spoken by residents of more than one country.
Diplomacy
All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.
Zhou Enlai, Saturday Evening Post (27 March 1954); this is a play upon the famous maxim of Clausewitz: "War is the continuation of politics by other means".
Diplomacy
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Henry Wotton, Written in the album of Christopher Fleckmore (1604).
Diplomacy
These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.
Sir Harold George Nicolson, Diplomacy (1939), chapter 3, p. 126.
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