Diplomacy

Introduction There are many different views and opinions of the war in Vietnam. It was one of America’s longest, most controversial conflicts to date. In a war that lasted over a decade it is no surprise that lessons were learned on all parts. This paper will discuss what I feel is important lessons learned by Americans from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations, presidential leadership, and cultural/social context.…

“For the sake of its own security, each nation can and should demand that the others enter into a contract resembling the civil one and guaranteeing the right of each (Kant pg 115).” Immanuel Kant has the idea of perpetual peace that could only be obtained through our universal morality. He writes a lot about morality to try and inform his readers that internationally, morality within humans needs to be acted on in a way other humans would agree with. Kant wants humans to act in a universally…

There are many reasons that draw me towards wanting to attend the Cuba International Field Program this summer. Firstly, it would provide an extremely rare opportunity and experience, especially for a global studies undergrad such as myself, in an advanced graduate research study. Secondly, the fact that I would have the ability to go to a country that is an underexplored gold mine and study race relations has been a dream of mine. The issue of race has been something the United States, and the…

Emperor Qianlong recognizes the efforts made by King George III to send diplomatic mission. He is happy that the mission was sent on the anniversary of his birthday. In return for him being so nice, the emperor will meet with the embassy at a banquet with many gifts to give. He then goes on to talk about the conflict of trade with China. The request to trade conflicts with his dynasty and it isn’t able to be accommodated. He says that the Europeans were allowed to live at Peking but they had to…

1.1 Case Study The relationship between Indonesia and Australia is heated up since many negative issues that happened recently. It slowly started from the phone tapping of Indonesian President and its ministers by Australia and continues to tighten with the issue of asylum seekers and refugees. The issue has risen in terms of marine border between both countries caused by the blurry policies of asylum seekers in Australia, which caused Indonesia has to act accidentally to be responsible of the…

Introduction: Julian Paul Assange is an Australian-born computer programmer who founded the whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks in 2006. His international recognition and infamy began in April 2010 when his organization published footage of U.S. soldiers murdering 18 civilians from an armed helicopter in Iraq.1 Following this, international opinion over him has been divided. He is recognized as an honourable advocate for the truth by his supporters and a reckless publicity-seeker who has…

GEN Eisenhower excelled as a staff officer and mobilizing troops which is why GEN Marshall accelerated promotions and assigned him to lead offensive operations in the European theatre. Critical thinking became a critical skill that GEN Eisenhower used to his advantage when making difficult decisions. GEN Eisenhower faced many strategic decisions while commanding Allied Forces in North Africa and as the Commander of Supreme Allied Command in Europe. The ‘Darlan Deal’ in North Africa and the…

Immunity ratione personae is enjoyed by diplomats, heads of state, heads of government and after the Arrest Warrant judgement, it was clear that such immunity is enjoyed by Minister of foreign affairs as well. 14 Potentially even other high-ranking officials enjoy immunity ratione personae while in office. As soon as they leave office they loses the immunity ratione personae but continue to have immunity under ratione materiae. 15 This type of immunity covers both official and private acts and…

“Ethics and the New Genetics,” philosopher Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of the Central Tibetan Administration and the fourteenth Dalai Lama, asserts that our power is inextricably entwined with our moral responsibility. In her essay “Faith and Diplomacy,” Madeleine Albright, a professor at Georgetown University and former U.S Secretary of State, argues that religion is a force that can be used in international communications. Both essays emphasize the importance of making ethical…

The relational model of diplomacy is the system of diplomacy most commonly associated with India and China, and focuses on a center of power with the tendency towards national interest when it comes to diplomatic roles (Holmes-284). The relational model of diplomacy also features a heterarchy system, which is an arrangement of elements that are unranked or have the potential to be ranked in a number of ways. The heterarchy in the relational model of diplomacy has worked in the past for China and…