diplomat

(noun)

A person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organizations.

Related Terms

  • soft power
  • diplomacy

Examples of diplomat in the following topics:

  • Diplomacy

    • International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians .
    • This was not always the case, with the U.S. maintaining official diplomatic ties with the ROC.
    • The Palestinian National Authority has its own diplomatic service.
    • However, Palestinian representatives in most Western countries are not accorded diplomatic immunity.
    • Explain how diplomatic recognition and informal diplomacy are tools of foreign policy
  • Chief Diplomat

    • Most diplomats work to recruit figures in other nations who might be able to give informal access to a country's leadership.
    • International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians.
    • Most diplomats work to recruit figures in other nations who might be able to give informal access to a country's leadership.
    • On some occasion a former holder of an official position continues to carry out an informal diplomatic activity after retirement.
    • In other cases, however, such informal diplomats seek to promote a political agenda different from that of the government currently in power.
  • The Bureaucracy

    • Coordinating and providing support for international activities of other U.S. agencies (local, state, or federal government), official visits overseas and at home, and other diplomatic efforts.
    • Providing automobile registration for non-diplomatic staff vehicles and the vehicles of diplomats of foreign countries having diplomatic immunity in the United States
  • The President

    • The president is very influential in US foreign policy, and directs the nation's war-waging, treaties, and diplomatic relations.
    • As America' chief diplomat, the president has the power to make treaties to be approved by the Senate.
    • Thus, the President is responsible for the appointment of both upper- and lower-level diplomats and foreign-aid workers.
    • As head of state, the President serves as the nation's top diplomat.
    • The President has the power to appoint diplomats (such as the Secretary of State), giving him or her substantial influence in US foreign policy.
  • The Cold War and Containment

    • The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by United States diplomat, George F.
    • Kennan was the diplomat behind the doctrine of containment.
  • The Cabinet

    • Advises the President on matters relating to U.S. foreign policy, including the appointment of diplomatic representatives to other nations, and on the acceptance or dismissal of representatives from other nations.
    • As the head of the United States Foreign Service, the Secretary of State is responsible for managing the diplomatic service of the United States.
    • It supports 265 United States Diplomatic missions around the world, including ambassadors to various nations.
  • Afghanistan

    • Afghanistan and the United States resumed diplomatic ties in late 2001.
  • Types of Courts

    • In addition, the Constitution specifies that the Supreme Court may exercise original jurisdiction in cases affecting ambassadors and other diplomats, in cases in which a state is a party, and cases between the state and another country.
  • World War I and the League of Nations

    • The diplomatic philosophy behind the League represented a fundamental shift from the preceding hundred years.
  • United States in the World

    • Likewise, nearly all nations host American diplomatic missions.
    • However, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Bhutan, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) do not have formal diplomatic relations with the United States (although the U.S. still supplies Taiwan with military equipment).
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