My understanding of new diplomacy

My judgment about the character of diplomacy really changed since the start of the module. It has allowed me to understand diplomacy much more than I did from the beginning and when I looked at the first impressions, I saw that my comprehension of diplomacy was limited, though not poor. In fact, I already understood that it is the practice of conducting dialogue or discussions between representatives of states through professional diplomats regarding mainly peace-keeping, war etc. I was also aware that international treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to their endorsement by national politicians. However, now I acknowledge that in an interconnected world, diplomacy can no longer be only concerned with security and so on, that is, the issues of ‘high politics’ which are the pillars of the ‘old’ or traditional diplomacy but rather issues of ‘low politics’ which, as we can see, are increasingly becoming important both in size and in influence on the making of policies.
These ‘low politics’ issues are mainly the environment and trade which give an opportunity for non-state actors to rise powerfully in the international arena and therefore change the nature of diplomacy from ‘old’ to ‘new’ diplomacy.
In addition, the diplomacy of powerful states is not only limited to bilateral relations nowadays. Indeed, multilateral diplomacy is almost inevitable in a globalised world in which any matter in one particular place often has consequences in another. The most current and prominent example of multilateral/conference diplomacy that can be given is the G20 summit to discuss how to handle the current financial crisis.
Furthermore, I now know the impact that technological development such as the internet and television, products of globalisation, had on diplomacy and its institutions which have made the diffusion of news much faster and easier than traditional diplomacy. Nevertheless, in some places like Canada, Information and Communication technology (ICT) has proved to be a source of empowerment of their diplomatic services.