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Featured Article: Consul

Consul, KON suhl, is an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial and cultural interests in a city of another country. See more »

Ambassador

Ambassador is the personal representative of a country's head of state at the capital of another country.

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Attache

Attache, at uh SHAY, is an officer attached to a diplomatic office.

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Balance of power

Balance of power is a system of maintaining peace through an even distribution of military and economic power among nations or groups of nations.

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Berlin Conference

Berlin Conference was a meeting of 14 nations to discuss territorial disputes in Africa.

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Cadogan, Sir Alexander

Cadogan, Sir Alexander (1884-1968), was a British diplomat who helped make important decisions during World War II (1939-1945).

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Consul

Consul, KON suhl, is an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial and cultural interests in a city of another country.

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy, duh PLOH muh see, is the means of conducting negotiations between nations.

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Diplomatic corps

Diplomatic corps, dihp luh MAT ihk kawr, consists of all the heads of diplomatic missions, such as ambassadors and ministers, who represent their governments in a foreign nation.

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Foreign Service

Foreign Service is an organization through which the international affairs of the United States government are conducted.

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Harriman, Pamela

Harriman, Pamela (1920-1997), was a British-born member of fashionable society.

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Helsinki Accords

Helsinki, HEHL sihng kee or hehl SIHNG kee, Accords consist of several international agreements reached by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in the 1970's and 1980's.

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Legation

Legation, lih GAY shuhn, is a diplomatic mission from one nation to another that is headed by a minister.

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Protocol

Protocol, PROH tuh kol, is a document containing a record of talks carried on by diplomatic representatives.

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Treaty

Treaty is a formal agreement between two or more independent governments.

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Zurayk, Constantine Kaisar

Zurayk, Constantine Kaisar (1909-2000), was an Arab scholar and diplomat.

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