Traditional Diplomacy

"Old" diplomacy is not that old , and at the same time not all "new" is entirely new. The Old diplomacy is more secret and more exclusive , but the new diplomacy is more open. Diplomacy is an particularly political activity. Diplomacy in its modern form has its immediate origins in the Italian penisula in the late 15th century.it was in the Italian city states system in the late 15th century, when conditions were especially favourable to the further development of diplomacy, that the recognizably modern system first made its appearance. Tnis Italian system, the spirit and methods of whic are captured so well in the despatches of Niccolo Machiavelli, improved in short peroid into the French system that in the middle of thw twentieth century was known so good by the British scholar-diplomat Harold Nicholson. This was fully developed system of diplomacy. Diplomacy is an important means by which states pursue their foreign policies, and these policies are still framed in very important degree in many states in a ministry of foreign affairs. Such ministries also have the major responsibility for a states diplomats who are serving abroad.

After the World War 1 people started to divide Diplomacy into "Old" and "New". We live in 21st century in an era when technology is rapidly developing and improving, and due to this as technology keeps on improving the Diplomacy is improving with it, and because of that there is need in "New" Diplomacy, but it is clear that New diplomacy is based on Old Diplomacy.

For example the 19th century witnessed another development: a new trend in multilateral diplomacy. The congress of Vienna was given the challenge of changing the monumental disruption written by Napoleon, and after this diplomats began to warm up to multilateral work. Conferences played huge role in resolving international issues. Technology was changing the nation-state  system, which resulted in interdependence and more easy communication.In other words technological development contributes significantly to the evolution of diplomatic method, and especially in the area of communication, and alos international organizations have become significant international actors, some organization executives play very important roles, sending their own diplomats on special missions, and of course affecting the course of events. In our days Diplomacy is made even more complex also by transnational actors, whose intervention potential is magnified by communication technology, and apart from this also many NGOs intervene in the diplomatic process in international conferences.

These facts shows us that there is linkage between Old and New diplomacy, they are interconnected between each other, and the "New" diplomacy took useful things from "Old" diplomacy and of  course its based on Old diplomacy, but due to fast growing technological advances and rapid communications, its become easier to diplomats to resolve their problems and issues even via telephones or fax, and for more core issues there is lots of ways for diplomats to gather and decide their issues, though it was difficult in previous times before World War 1, because there was not such advances of technology.

Reference: The Dynamics of Diplomacy, Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux, page 42 and 46