Handling relations between countries through talks and agreements.
Diplomacy is the work of ambassadors, envoys and leaders talking things through: treaties, trade deals and ceasefires are all its products. It runs alongside a country's other tools, like aid, sanctions and its military.
"Months of quiet diplomacy led to the prisoner exchange."
Filed under the world in the glossary, with every word used on How I Lean.
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