DIPLOMACY

diplomacy,n.  Int’l  law.  1.  The  art  and  practice  of  conducting  negotiations  between  national

open diplomacy.Diplomacy carried on with free access to interested observers and members

of the press.

parliamentary  diplomacy.The  negotiations  and  discussions  carried  out  in  international

organizations according to their rules of procedure.

secret diplomacy.Diplomacy carried on behind closed doors. — Also termed quiet diplomacy.

shuttle diplomacy.Diplomatic negotiations assisted by emissaries, who travel back and forth

between negotiating countries. • In legal contexts, the term usu. refers to a similar approach used

by  a  mediator  in  negotiating  the  settlement  of  a  lawsuit.  The  mediator  travels  back  and  forth

between different rooms, one of which is assigned to each side’s decision-makers and counsel. The

mediator relays offers and demands between the rooms and, by conferring with the parties about

their positions and about the uncertainty  of  litigation, seeks to reach an agreed resolution  of the

case. The mediator does not bring the parties together in the same room.

2.  Loosely,  foreign  policy.  3.  The  collective  functions  performed  by  a  diplomat.  —

diplomatic,adj. — diplomat,n. [Blacks Law 8th]