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diplomacy

[dih-ploh-muh-see] / dɪˈploʊ mə si /


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Certain obvious questions arise from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington this past week, a spectacle that one observer has described as “diplotainment” rather than actual diplomacy.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Both benchmarks had fallen Friday after a volatile week marked by shifting expectations around U.S.-Iran diplomacy and renewed attacks on Saudi Arabia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Despite Trump’s rejection of Iran’s latest proposal, indirect diplomacy has not formally ended.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The statue is part of a valuable - but sometimes tricky - aspect of international diplomacy: gift-giving.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Power is the greatest aphrodisiac,” Kissinger famously said, and it must have been true: because Chapter Eleven was glued to the set night after night, following the machinations of diplomacy.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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