Channel 4 News
| May 2, 2012
In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left the sanctuary of the US Embassy in Beijing because he feared for his family's safety - not because he chose to leave. Our Asia correspondent John Sparks ...
Associated Press
| May 2, 2012
Chen Guangcheng left the US embassy and went into a Beijing hospital after China gave officials promises about his safety. But a friend of the blind Chinese activist says he was pressured, and agreed to stay in China to protect his family.
Associated Press
| Apr 30, 2012
A human rights activist says high-profile Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is likely to get US asylum this week, which would remove a constant thorn in the side of relations between the two countries. Chen, a blind lawyer, escaped from house arre...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 30, 2012
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, is expected to meet Saudi leaders in Riyadh on Friday, with the crisis in Syria topping the agenda. Clinton is set to hold talks with King Abdullah, Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, an...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Mar 11, 2012
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan concludes he is "optimistic" a cease fire can be achieved after meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but acknowledges that a peace deal will take time.
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 6, 2012
Syria has agreed to let in three high-level diplomats, all of whom have said they aim to bring about a political solution to the crisis and to foster dialogue between the government and opposition.
Whitehouse.gov
| Mar 5, 2012
President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel speak to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office. March 5, 2012.
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 23, 2012
The United Nations and the Arab League have appointed Kofi Annan, a former head of the world body, to act as a joint special envoy on Syria. It's a high-profile appointment that reflects growing international concern over developments in the coun...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 14, 2012
The Free Syrian Army says it is desperately trying to defend civilians but has warned of serious consequences if the international community fails to act. But, as shells continue to fall on residential areas, a plan for a joint Arab League and Uni...
— Feb 17, 2012 at 10:26 pm
The diplomacy between world powers speeded up Feb. 17, after the U.N. General Assembly intensified the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...
— Oct 1, 2012 at 03:05 am
...of the Shia, which is the biggest group in Iraq. Sunnis are represented by the Chairman of the Iraqi Parliament Usama Al-Nujayfi. It cannot be d...
— May 8 at 09:35 pm
...the end of January, in the days after Hillary Clinton stepped down as secretary of state, the media rushed to analyze her achievements. Writing ...
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics, culture, environment, and human rights. International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians. In an informal or social sense, diplomacy is the employment of tact to gain strategic advantage or to find mutually acceptable solutions to a common challenge, one set of tools being the phrasing of statements in a non-confrontational, or polite manner.
The scholarly discipline of diplomatics, dealing with the study of old documents, derives its name from the same source, but its modern meaning is quite distinct from the activity of diplomacy.
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