Unit 1 - DFP History And General Aspects Flashcards
Definition: “Pattern of Social interactions between the international actors in the international system”
International relations
Definition: “strategies that the actors who control the state adopt in their dealings with other countries or to address relevant issues such as climate change, trade…”
Foreign policy
Definition: “ formal mechanism through which the strategies are implemented and executed”
Diplomacy
Objective of diplomacy
To enable states to secure the objectives of the foreign policy without restore to force
How diplomacy works?
By communication between diplomatic agents and other officials.
By Who and when was the term “diplomacy” acquired?
It was affixed in 1796 by the British Edmund Burke
Who was Cardinal Richelieu?
He was considered the first foreign minister in Europe, who called diplomacy as “negotiation”
What countries were the precursors of diplomacy? Explain why
China, Greece, Italy, France
Definition of diplomatic immunity
It is the term that refers to the condition in which a diplomatic agent is not subject to the judicial system of another state different from his mother country.
How was diplomacy in china Italy Greece and France?
China was rudimentary as communications were slow insecure and unpredictable.
In Greece, conditions both favored and demanded a more sophisticated diplomacy.
In italy, it was needed and essential.
In France it was advanced under cardinal Richelieu.
Treaty that ended the Thirty Years war
The peace of Westphalia, which shifted the balance of power in Europe.
Consequences of signing Peace of Westphalia
France became the predominant western power
The holy roman empire broke
Germany was able to determine the religion of their lands
The principle of state-sovereignty emerged
Congress of Vienna
After the napoleonic wars, it reorganized Europe and achieved a stable balance of power
What is the attempt of instituting a formal structure for conducting international relations?
The concert of Europe
The concert of Europe
Created as a result of the diplomatic meetings that were carried out in the XIX century. It is an attempt to institute a formal structure to conduct international relations.
