diplomatic service
Embassy staff work
The diplomatic service is a country's corps of officials who represent it abroad—ambassadors, consuls, and their staff.
It handles foreign relations, protects citizens overseas, and advances national interests through negotiation rather than force.
She joined the diplomatic service after graduating from Georgetown.
Also called the foreign service.
- foreign postingWork placement abroad
- legationDiplomatic representative's headquarters
- foreign policyInternational relations strategy
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- nuncioPontifical diplomatic representative
chargé d'affaires · ambassador · foreign ministry · chancery · persona non grata · attaché · consulate · host country · state dinner · negotiator · back channel · extraterritoriality · treaty negotiations · peace talks · international relations · statecraft · repatriation · credentials
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- WhitehallDowning Street, Number 10, civil servants, ministers, Home Office
diplomatic servicemilitary service
Duty in armed forces
armed forces · military deployment · warfare · combat operations · espionage
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