My understanding of diplomacy today.

At the very beginning of the module my understanding of diplomacy, its traditional history was very limited , looking at the 'first impressions' note , i think i was on the right track of having the idea that diplomacy was about state relations and negotiations, but throughout the whole semester i have come to understand that was just the small bit of the whole system. At the very least , i did not know diplomacy was divided into new and old , but in my opinion , due to the emergence of new technology and the interconnectedness of the world and also because of the growing number of states being involved in the matter, the traditional diplomacy was facing big challenges to adapt new categories. My view is that , state to state negotiations is still strong and important as an example, previously we have learned that EU members prefer to operate on bilateral basis.
Moreover , i am now aware of all the different kinds of diplomacy and how they operate on international stage and apart from that , i have learned that not only states play in the game , but also other actors like NGO's , MNC's . Surprisingly , the NGO's have played a vital role in diplomacy especially when it comes to environmental problems, NGO's like Greenpeace have the the influence, the power and the economic ability to tackle with the problem.
Finally , i have come to realize many things and had many questions in mind , like how the situation was back at the time , when the 1 and 2 Wolrd Wars happened and even though diplomacy was effectively used by then , why negotiations failed and etc. I have to say , there was a lot more to learn in diplomacy than i have thought before taking the module and i have really enjoyed the module.