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Introduction
Nature and purpose
History of diplomacy
- The ancient world
  - China
  - India
  - Greece
  - Rome
- The Middle Ages
  - Islam
  - Byzantium
  - Diplomacy of the Roman Catholic Church
  - Venice
- The Renaissance to 1815
  - The development of Italian diplomacy
  - The spread of the Italian diplomatic system
  - The development of the foreign ministry and embassies
- The Concert of Europe to the outbreak of World War I
  - Balance of power and the Concert of Europe
  - Conference diplomacy and the impact of democratization
  - The spread of European diplomatic norms
- Diplomacy since World War I
  - The Soviet model
  - The League of Nations and the revival of conference diplomacy
  - Totalitarian regimes
  - Summit diplomacy
  - Decolonization and the beginnings of the Cold War
  - The United Nations and the changing world order
  - New styles of diplomacy
  - The role of women
  - The end of bipolarity
Modern diplomatic practice
- Diplomatic agents
- Rights and privileges
- Credentials
- Diplomatic tasks
- Diplomatic agreements
- Conference diplomacy
- Personnel

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World War I accelerated many changes in diplomacy. Sparked by the world war, the Russian Revolution of 1917 produced a great power regime that rejected the views of the Western world and that used political language—including the terms democracy, propaganda, and subversion—in new ways. The communist government of the new Soviet Union abolished diplomatic ranks and published the secret treaties it found in the czarist archives. In so doing it sought not only to contrive a dramatic contrast to the aristocratic traditions of European diplomacy but also to discredit the cozy dealings between rulers that had so often taken place ...(100 of 16604 words)

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