Diplomacy & Power

Its Roots Modern era began Objective Formal relations bt. states http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/opec-agrees-cut-oil-production-by-1-2m-barrels-per-day-1594255 Modern era began Treaty of Versailles, 1919 Objective Promote/preserve self-interest OPEC oil cartel Saudi Arabia v. Iran Russia Formal relations bt. states Must be sovereign to engage Recognize with an Embassy ¤

Who’s Involved in Diplomatic Affairs ? Head of government President, Prime Minister, Premier, Chancellor Head of foreign affairs office Ambassadors Civil servants Foreign service officers ¤

Negotiation Environments Hostile Diplomacy Armed/potential armed Iran Adversarial Diplomacy Little chance of conflict Bombardier v. Boeing Coalition Diplomacy Cooperation to solve issue Arms Trade Treaty Mediation Diplomacy Third party to help in stalemate Macron in Libya ¤

Negotiation Environments Other examples? Peloponnesian War Peru-Chile fishing rights Hostile Outer space issues Mediation Coalition North Korea’s missiles US steel tariffs, Chinese Jeep tariffs Sanctions on N Korea Adversarial Ukraine- Crimea South China Sea Adversarial, so far Eurozone crisis Kashmir

Negotiating Power http://www.economist.com/node/21562272

States & Issues Intermestic issues 2- Level Games Let’s build a Health Innovations Center at NKU 2- Level Games Reflects that issues are intermestic Need to consider both int’l & domestic factors 1st level 2+ states 2nd level Diplomat <---> domestic population Both levels affect decisions ¤

I II II Negotiations Negotiations take place on two levels: German Diplomat (with hat) Greek Diplomat I One level of negotiations: EU level bt. diplomats II II One level of negotiations: between diplomat & people One level of negotiations: between diplomat & people

2-level game situation: Eurozone crisis Domestic Level- Greeks Int’l Level Protesting Gov’t needs to act Need to coordinate policy Int’l Level Need to coordinate policy Unhappy Greeks (yaourtoma) Unhappy Germans

Recap

Diplomacy & Negotiation: Recap What it is Who can engage in it State qualities affect negotiation power 2-level games Negotiation environments ¤