Diplomacy is said to be the game of international intrigue. Statesmen and leaders of different countries with large and small population are competitors in this game, and in this eternal competition the fortunes of nations depend on a small group of people, who represent their countries' interests in the international arena.

It is common knowledge that internal policy of a country does not always a...

Diplomacy is said to be the game of international intrigue. Statesmen and leaders of different countries with large and small population are competitors in this game, and in this eternal competition the fortunes of nations depend on a small group of people, who represent their countries' interests in the international arena.

It is common knowledge that internal policy of a country does not always agree with its foreign policy, and if the country is weak, only diplomats could prevent a war, by hiding the problems of their country, so to say, “keeping them under the carpet”. On the other hand, diplomats can cleverly conceal their country’s intention to start a war. Or they might try to find an excuse in the eyes of other countries' leaders, if the war is inevitable.

Therefore it is true, that wars are won by words, not weapons.

The decision-making of these people may cause wars or (if the worst comes to the worst) many unpredictable situations. That’s why diplomats should always act adequately and be flexible in the changing conditions.

Diplomacy is a matter of survival in the next 100 years.
Politics is a matter of survival in the next 100 days.

Diplomacy is the foundation and practical realization of politics. For example, diplomacy is similar to the Earth, while politics can be compared to changing seasons. Today politics can bear this colour, next day it is tinted differently. However without diplomacy politics is colourless, shadeless, unimpressive!!
Ivan Systsov, Faculty of World Politics

Very often diplomats are called upon to deal with unpredictable situations. Moreover they have to deal with the problems which they cannot prepare for or read about in diplomatic manuals. However there is a tool that enables a diplomat to act adequately in unique situations. This tool is their precious knowledge which includes a combination of information, training, experience and intuition.

Diplomacy is the art, the art of lying for one’s country, the art of building and maintaining relations between governments and other international organizations, the art of searching for compromise for decision-making on different problems, the art of “doing and saying the nastiest thing in the nicest way”.

“If a diplomat says YES, he means PERHAPS; If he says PERHAPS, he means NO; If he says NO, he is no Diplomat.”