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Comment: Summit Diplomacy.

  • UPSC 2000
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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Summit diplomacy is negotiation conducted directly between heads of state or government rather than through professional diplomats acting under instruction. Winston Churchill gave it its name in February 1950, calling for "a parley at the summit" with the Soviet leadership. Leaders had met before (Tilsit, 1807), but jet travel and instant communication turned an exceptional…

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  • Forms of summitry
  • Why summits matter
  • The case against summitry
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