diplomatic failure
Talks collapse badly
A diplomatic failure is an unsuccessful attempt to resolve international disputes through negotiation rather than force.
The term describes breakdowns in talks, treaties that collapse, or missions that fail to achieve their objectives: The summit ended in diplomatic failure when both sides refused to compromise.
By extension, any social situation requiring tact that goes badly wrong: Forgetting the host's name was a diplomatic failure.
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
collapse · summit · fiasco · ambassador · crisis · tensions · withdrawn · expelled · hostile · war of words · cold shoulder · blunder · miscalculation · incident · recall · snub · deadlock · peace process
- WWI causesassassination, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, militarism, alliances
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- Italo-Ethiopian WarEthiopia, Mussolini, Haile Selassie, Abyssinia, Addis Ababa
diplomatic failurepeace agreement
Formal end to hostilities
treaty · détente · accord · rapprochement · settlement
diplomatic failurepeaceful resolution
Conflict ended without violence
alliance · cooperation · partnership · entente · reconciliation
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