english for diplomacy

1. DIPLOMACY

2. Choose the correct alternative
•Diplomacy is the management of international
relations by:
•Oral communication
•Negotiation
•Empathy
•reconcilation

3. • Diplomacy allows the use of :
• force at times
• propaganda
• The recourse to law
• Peaceful means

4. • C. Diplomacy can exist between
• Entities that do not recognise each other as independent
• Entities that recognise each oter as independent bodies
• Entity that is independent and another that is not
recognized
• None of the above

5. • To be diplomatic means to use:
• Sincerity and politeness
• Intelligence and tact
• Communication and truthfulness
• All of the above

6. • Diplomacy means
• Sharing the same values
• Speaking the same language
• Observing the protocols, norms and rituals
• All of the above

7. T /F
• Diplomacy involves the need to be informed of the ambitions,
weaknesses and resources of all the countries in the world……….
• Mediation is part of the concerns of the diplomat
• All countries, regardless of their status in the world, can have the
same impact and achieve the same results in negotiations
• In the diplomatic world, making friends and inviting them should be
done with great caution

8. • ‘Regrets ONLY’: call only if you will not attend……………….
• RSVP: respond whether you will attend or not………….
• At a reception, the host should be thanked before leaving……
• At a reception the host should be thanked with a letter later on…..
• A consul is a first rank diplomat……………….
• In negotiations, the rule of thumb is ‘the more you the better’

9. Questions
• What is a diplomatic insult?
• A proferred hand
• Ceasuscu kept his hand to himself
• De Gaule was a master at the art of proferred hands

10. • See F Kaler Ways of Negotiating with the Sovereigns