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What is Diplomacy and How Does it Work?
Diplomacy is the art and practice of building and maintaining relationships and conducting negotiations with people using tact and mutual respect. Through a hypothetical example,…
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Prosperity
How does diplomacy help Americans prosper? Diplomacy helps expand America’s economy and creates jobs at home and abroad. In today’s global economy, Americans are more…
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1860 Japanese Embassy Medal
In the 1850s, after more than 200 years of self-imposed isolation, Japan opened up to trade dialogues with the United States and western Europe. The first Japanese delegation to the United States arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1860. They delivered a trade agreement, negotiated by Commodore Matthew Perry, which opened select Japanese…
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Printing of 1778 Treaties with France
The Treaties of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance were arguably the single most important diplomatic success of the colonists during the Revolutionary War. Signed in Paris on February 6, 1778, they created an alliance with France that was crucial to American victory in the conflict. Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur…
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Public Program
Diplomacy Classroom: Consequences of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956
How do decisions by diplomats impact the future? In this segment of Diplomacy Classroom, we learned about the 1956 Suez Canal Crisis, the diplomats involved, and the long-term impact that the event had on the world. We will be joined by Dr. Tizoc Chavez, who served as the consulting historian for one…
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Diplomacy Classroom: The Barbary Pirates Hostage Crisis
What did diplomacy look like in the years of the early American republic? In this segment of Diplomacy Classroom, we learned about the aftermath and consequences of one of the United States’ first international trade and hostage crises. In 1793 North African Barbary pirates captured 11 American ships and 100 citizens, and…
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Story of Diplomacy
The Trent Affair: Diplomacy, Britain, and the American Civil War
In 1861, as the Civil War was beginning at home, U.S. diplomats faced a unique dilemma. The United States needed to maintain relationships abroad. At…
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Piracy and Passports: How American merchants protected themselves from capture and enslavement
May 13 marks the 218th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson ordering U.S. naval vessels to stop Barbary interference with American trade in the Mediterranean. Jefferson’s…
