diplomatic services

Foreign mission work

Diplomatic services are the government agencies and personnel responsible for managing a country's relations with foreign nations.

This includes embassies, consulates, and the corps of diplomats who represent national interests abroad, negotiate treaties, assist citizens overseas, and gather political intelligence.

She spent thirty years in the diplomatic services, stationed everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires.

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ambassador · minister · envoy · negotiations · back channel · protocols · statecraft · foreign affairs · chargé d'affaires · emissaries · state visits · trade missions · international relations · peace talks · repatriation · summit meetings · host country · host nation

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method of international engagement

diplomatic servicesmilitary intervention

Use of troops abroad

armed conflict · warfare · military force · military action · gunboat diplomacy

formality of international relations

diplomatic servicesespionage

Covert intelligence gathering

spy networks · black ops · covert operations · covert action · intelligence services

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