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Diplomacy & Politics Glossary
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34 entriesActing Capacity
A temporary designation allowing an official to perform the duties of a higher…
Ad Hoc Coalition
A temporary, mission-specific grouping of states that cooperate on a single…
Ad Hoc Committee
A temporary committee created to address a specific issue or task, dissolved…
Adjacency Pact
An informal term for an agreement between neighboring states that manages…
African Union Commission
The permanent secretariat of the African Union, based in Addis Ababa, that…
Agenda Setting
The process by which certain issues are prioritized and framed for discussion…
Agenda-Setting Power
The ability of an actor to influence the priorities and topics addressed in…
Agreed Framework
A 1994 bilateral accord in which North Korea agreed to freeze its plutonium…
Agreed Framework 1994
A 1994 U.S.–North Korea accord freezing Pyongyang's plutonium program at…
Agrément
The receiving state's formal approval of a foreign government's proposed…
Aide-mémoire
A short written summary of a diplomatic conversation or position, left with the…
All-Weather Strategic Partnership
A diplomatic designation for a bilateral relationship described as resilient…
Alliance Management
The process by which states coordinate policies, share resources, and maintain…
Ambassador
The highest-ranking diplomatic envoy a state sends to represent it in another…
Ambassador Extraordinary
A diplomat of the highest rank sent by one head of state to another,…
Ambassador Plenipotentiary
A senior diplomat formally vested with full authority to represent their head…
Ambassador-at-Large
A senior diplomat appointed to handle a specific issue or region rather than…
ambassador's residence
The official home of a head of diplomatic mission in the receiving state,…
Annapolis process
A 2007–2008 round of US-brokered Israeli–Palestinian final-status negotiations…
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
The annual diplomatic forum where parties to the Antarctic Treaty negotiate…
António Guterres
Portuguese politician and diplomat serving as the ninth Secretary-General of…
Anwar Sadat
Egyptian president from 1970 to 1981 who launched the 1973 October War and…
Appeasement
A Foreign Policy strategy of conceding to aggressive demands to avoid conflict,…
Appeasement Policy
A diplomatic strategy where concessions are made to an aggressive state to…
Arab League Council
The supreme decision-making body of the League of Arab States, composed of…
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
A multilateral platform for security dialogue and confidence-building among…
Asia-Pacific Dream
A Chinese foreign-policy vision articulated by Xi Jinping in 2014 calling for…
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
A regional intergovernmental organization of ten Southeast Asian states…
Asylum Diplomacy
The use of granting Asylum as a diplomatic tool to influence relationships…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian politician who served three terms as Prime Minister of India and was a…
Atrocity Prevention
A field of policy and practice aimed at preventing genocide, crimes against…
Attaché
A specialist diplomatic officer assigned to an embassy to advise on a…
AU
The African Union is a continental bloc of 55 African states that coordinates…
Auswärtiges Amt
The Federal Foreign Office of Germany, the cabinet ministry responsible for…