John Roos

My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.

American Diplomat

John McCain

We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies. When we believe that international action is necessary, whether military, economic, or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must also be willing to be persuaded by them.

American Politician

Hideki Tojo

However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted.

Japanese General

Noam Chomsky

A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time with some fluctuations. And even part of the business world is in favor of it, too. But the government won't allow it.

American Activist

Robert M. Gates

Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.

Yolanda Hadid

I am righteous and not afraid to speak my truth. My delivery might not always be as diplomatic as I would like it to be, but my words are truthful - spoken from the heart and to the point.

American Model

Gaspar Noe

When you make shorts, people don't get paid. It's mostly about being diplomatic that you're going to do a masterpiece of short cinema.

Argentinian Director

Yitzhak Rabin

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

Israeli Statesman

Carrie Coon

I'm a middle child, and I'm pretty diplomatic: the peace-maker.

American Actress

Kriti Sanon

Indian Actress

Used in contexts where international relations and negotiations are discussed.

Global Context

'Diplomatic' covers all country-to-country interactions, not just in times of conflict.

Not Just War

Refers to careers focusing on international relations, such as ambassadors.

Job Specialization

It implies handling situations in a way that prevents disagreements.

Conflict Avoidance

Often associated with social skills like good manners and consideration.

Social Grace

Reflects an understanding and respect for others' feelings.

Emotional Intelligence

 I was exhausted, and I was also disillusioned in a way I couldn't quite put my finger on. And I decided to take some time out from work. The Foreign Office was very generous. You could take these special unpaid leave, as they called them, and yet remain part of the diplomatic service, but not actually do any work.

Carne Ross: An...

 But clear and specific change to existing admission policies can ensure that other minors do not face the same fate that befell me and my family. Fourth -- and this is the most important of them all -- we must reestablish an international diplomatic presence in Afghanistan,

My 105 Days in Taliban...

 diplomatic colleague speculate about what people around the world really wanted to make their lives better and as we sat there we we wondered if we were actually getting it right and even more shouldn't we couldn't we ask people what they wanted rather than always speaking

Lack of data is an issue...

 and so they went they get appointed by President Van Buren as a diplomatic team and they were chosen to go down and find the government of Central America because it was in revolution and they went and then they says they got there they took off their epaulets and

Palenque and the Ancient...

 Now my diplomats are instructed to talk to all these groups. But talking can be done in different ways. We make a distinction between talking from a diplomatic level and talking at the political level. Now talking can be accompanied with aid or not with aid.

Jonas Gahr Støre: In...

 This effect has been observed across multiple studies, including ones with participants who understood statistics well– from students betting on sequences of dice rolls, to foreign policy experts predicting the likelihood of a diplomatic crisis.

Can you outsmart this...

 roles and and doing them in ways that make a difference in the world and shape the future how how are you how did you handle that balance between being the tough diplomatic and strong voice of this country to the rest of the world

On being a woman and a...

 finding our ways of defining our roles, and doing them in ways that make a difference in the world and shape the future. How did you handle that balance between being the tough diplomatic and strong voice of this country

Madeleine Albright: On...

 So I engaged in a series of diplomatic activities right across the subregion and convinced the reclusive rebel leader to initiate peace talks for the very first time. I also called a national consultative conference

A vision for the future...

 than their maximum demands. Second, an international diplomatic effort that was hampered from the beginning by Western support for Kosovo's independence. And third, a lack of imagination