The nature and development of diplomacy.

Diplomacy started out centuries ago, but the traditional ways of diplomacy are said to start when the use of permanent residences for diplomats begun. This is important since it brought a more institutionalized form of diplomacy and enhanced forces of persuasion to its actors, since connections became closer. Pressure for a less secretive and more democratic forms changed the processes of diplomacy in Europe in the early 1900-century. A move from only state to state bilateral agreements to complex system of multilateral negotiations occurred (mainly because of problems causing/not hindering World War One). Furthermore and highly important; non state actors where given more space in international politics. The advantages of using old diplomatic ways are that the structure is already in place and negotiations are low in expenses. Though altering to the use of summits and of different kinds of sanctions to persuade is not expensive either, though its sensitive to use other diplomatic instruments (other than negotiations) since they are use of a “force” even if it is not military. However, as Brian White states, diplomacy alone “cannot guarantee international cooperation”. New diplomacy has also formed new subgroups of diplomacy, since there now is a larger need to have specialised sections for different kind of situations and negotiations; if there is a crisis- military, environmental of even decease related, or if its about economics- aid or trade, as examples. All these new actors (both in form of decolonized states and of NGO's), new issues (with wider impacts because of globalisation) and new ways of communication that has developed have deeply altered the old ways of diplomacy. States are trying to assimilate since the old big actors are afraid to lose their powers in world politics completely, which could perhaps even make the system of world politics collapse it self? But states as actors will probably be highly important for a long time and probably their institutions of diplomacy as well. Alterations will be added depending on world situations and the actions of different actors and how other actors respond to that.