Universal peace!

Traditional ways are still being practised even today not for the sake of preserving them but also with the hope of having distinguished methods allowing states and people to establish their own identities among various communities in the world. Traditional diplomacy has no vast contrast with new diplomacy which evolved during the late 1945.

Post Second World War era saw a rapid change in the way the things functioned in the diplomatic world while issues such as Human Rights, Fair Trade and various other universal issues gained momentum. Even still the roles played by the diplomatic missions have yet to be changed and the spearheading more discreet methods of eradicating war was used.

Traditional diplomacy according to Shaun Riordan in his book, “The new diplomacy “ states, traditional diplomacy has been associated with......Formal presentation, protocol and participation in the diplomatic circuit of a national capital or international institution continue as important elements in state sovereignty and as part of the notion of international society. For me traditional diplomacy looked at ways in which states managed to maintain its peace with other states while in the same books it’s noted that much of business in diplomacy is concerned with the management of short term routine issues in bilateral and multilateral relations (co-ordination, consultation, lobbying, adjustment, and the agenda of official or private visits).

Communication has played a major role in way diplomacy was handled from which modern day diplomacy changes vastly with regard to the way business is done. Internet, skype, email and various other forms of communication has made the role played by the diplomat easier while still the traditional ways in which diplomacy was conducted is still use through face to face discussions. According to diplomats the direct communication has its perks.

As Shaun Riordan explains in his book diplomats are weak at taking responsibilities of their actions and they tend to blame it on the politicians and also he points out that sanctions are used by states when there is no other solution to be found. While in traditional diplomacy, discussions between diplomats situated in each embassy handled small issues that don’t need state intervention. While traditional diplomacy focus was mainly on states and their bilateral agreements globalization and internet most states are inter linked through various other ways.

In ancient Italy embassies was setup, which even to this day continues as a mode of communication between states. Embassies represent their own state in each country and among its duties being issuing visas and exchanging communiqués. Maintaining an embassy is very costly yet most states tend to continue holding offices in states for the historical connection such as colonised states and other being modern day trade. For traditional diplomats duties of maintaining the state connection through various forms played a vital role but even to this day this role continue to be a crucial one in maintaining a global peace.

States are eager to focus their attention more on the links that need to be kept in the hope of maintaining universal peace. While this was not one of the main points that was ideally being tackled by the traditional diplomacy although it need to be noted compared to new diplomacy which focused vastly on universal peace has failed compared to traditional diplomacy which attended to maintaining peace through bilateral agreements rather than multilateral.