My understanding of new-diplomacy

My first impression of diplomacy was that diplomacy is a game between two countries; they got interaction for different purpose (political or military ally). And that the new diplomacy was the same as the old one but called ‘new’ because of its internationalization. I think some part of the module confirmed my first impression, but more than that, it actually gives me the full prism. Yes ‘new’ and ‘old’ diplomacy are quite the same in a general way, but then, new diplomacy involves a wider range of issues, such as trade, public diplomacy or environment. It is dealt in a different way, through international or regional institution like the UN or the EU and multilateral treaties which mean more actors are involved. The complexity of the international system today asks for more transparency, openness and urgency, secrecy is still used, but the door is now open to non-state actors such as NGOs. The revolution in communication had allowed the general public to be more involved and the speed of information had put more pressure on state-actor, which result in the need to deal efficiently with problems and by that NGOs are more than welcome in meeting room, due to their specialisation. Plus globalization has given a new importance to diplomacy; giving a military answer to all problems is now kind of out dated especially in our nuclear age. And new issues such as environment have aroused that asks for general agreement, making the uses of ‘soft power’. I am surprise of the complexity of diplomacy, but in the same time it makes me even more interested in the subject.