Tra từ diplomacy - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dip·lo·macy BrE [dɪˈpləʊməsi] NAmE [dɪˈploʊməsi] noun uncountable
1. the activity of managing relations between different countries; the skill in doing this
•international diplomacy
•Diplomacy is better than war.
2. skill in dealing with people in difficult situations without upsetting or offending them
Syn: ↑tact
•She was praised for her tact and diplomacy.
see also ↑shuttle diplomacy

Word Origin:
[diplomacy] late 18th cent.: from French diplomatie, from diplomatique ‘diplomatic’, on the pattern of aristocratie ‘aristocracy’.

Collocations:
International relations
Trade
facilitate/regulate trade (with other countries)
form/join a trading bloc
live in/compete in a global/the world economy
support/promote free trade
adopt/call for/oppose protectionist measures
erect/impose/reduce/remove trade barriers
impose/lift/raise/eliminate import tariffs (on sth)
have/run a huge/large/growing trade surplus/deficit
embrace/resist/drive globalization
Politics and law
conduct/handle/talk about/discuss foreign policy
pursue an aggressive/a hawkish foreign policy
require/use/conduct diplomacy
establish/break off/sever/restore diplomatic relations
foster/promote/strengthen regional cooperation
facilitate/achieve economic/political integration
exercise/defend/protect/transfer/restore/regain national/state/full/limited sovereignty
consolidate/extend/lose/retain your power (in the region)
hold/maintain/change/alter/shift/be a shift in the balance of power (in the region)
cause/create/open/expose/heal/repair a deep/growing/major/serious rift between X and Y
Meetings and agreements
have/hold/host/attend an international conference/an economic forum/a G20 summit
launch a new round of global/multilateral/world trade negotiations
send/head/lead/meet a high-level/an official/a trade delegation
begin/start/continue/resume peace talks
be committed to/be opposed to/disrupt/undermine/derail/sabotage the peace process
negotiate/achieve a lasting political settlement
broker/sign a peace deal/agreement/treaty
Conflict
be/constitute/pose a threat to global security
compromise/endanger/protect national security
justify/be in favour of/ (especially US) be in favor of/be against military intervention
threaten/authorize/launch/take/support/oppose unilateral/pre-emptive military action
impose/enforce/lift/end economic sanctions/an arms embargo/a naval blockade
close/protect/secure/patrol the border
lead/be involved in a peacekeeping operation
Aid
negotiate/announce a $15 billion aid package/an economic stimulus package
send/provide/request/cut off military aid
bring/provide emergency/humanitarian relief
deliver/distribute medical supplies/(BrE) food parcels
fund/run a foreign/a local/an international NGO
reduce/eradicate child/global/world poverty

Example Bank:
•Churchill's highly personal diplomacy in seeking a meeting with the Russians
•Cultural diplomacy between the two countries was an integral part of this development.
•Effective trade diplomacy is vital.
•He also wants more aggressive unilateral diplomacy.
•His skilful/skillful diplomacy has secured new European allies.
•I thought you showed great diplomacy in dealing with him.
•It will take deft diplomacy to sustain the fragile momentum.
•Kerry's willingness to try diplomacy holds out at least a hope of making progress.
•Sanctions and coercive diplomacy have failed.
•She handled the awkward situation with her usual quiet diplomacy.
•She urged the leaders to pursue diplomacy.
•The raid followed years of failed diplomacy.
•The time for checkbook diplomacy is over.
•The understanding between the two countries came about through quiet diplomacy.
•The way forward in this situation is by diplomacy and negotiation.
•There's a familiar rule that diplomacy works best when backed by the threat of force.
•This was no way to conduct diplomacy.
•Trying to get the divorced couple to agree calls for a great deal of diplomacy.
•We must try and resolve this situation through diplomacy rather than conflict.
•We need someone who has tact and diplomacy.
•We prefer to use diplomacy rather than force to get people to move.
•We will continue to seek solutions to the problems of this region through multilateral diplomacy.
•What they could not take by political intrigue they took by ‘gunboat diplomacy’.
•What they could not take by political intrigue they took by gunboat diplomacy= threatening military action.
•a crisis lying outside the scope of traditional diplomacy
•a round of shuttle diplomacy between Washington and Brussels
•if diplomacy fails and combat is necessary
•preferring to use diplomacy rather than force
•the challenge to improve public diplomacy and define the country's message to the world