summitry
High-level diplomatic meetings
Summitry is the practice or activity of holding summit meetings—high-level diplomatic conferences between heads of state or government.
The term often carries a slightly skeptical tone, suggesting the theatrical or ritualistic aspects of such gatherings: Critics dismissed the trip as mere summitry with no concrete outcomes.
The era of Cold War summitry produced both breakthroughs and spectacles.
Absolute and entire
- forumGathering place for discourse
- panelDistinct flat section
- roundtableLeaderless group discussion
- sessionScheduled time for activity
convocation · gathering · agenda · communiqué · declaration · photo-op · sidelines · press-conference
Involving two parties
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- statecraftArt of government
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- accordHarmony between parties
communiqué · delegation · envoy · ambassador · protocol · pact · rapprochement · détente
Speaks with others
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
conciliation · arbitration · parley · truce · concession · stalemate · deadlock · resolution
Top executive officials
- presidentsMultiple heads of state
- chancellorsHigh-ranking government officials
- dignitariesPersons of high rank
- executivesSenior corporate officers
decision-makers · powerbrokers · coalition-building · consensus · influence · authority · governance · strategy
plenary
Absolute and entire
- forumGathering place for discourse
- panelDistinct flat section
- roundtableLeaderless group discussion
session · convocation · gathering · agenda · communiqué · declaration · photo-op · sidelines · press-conference · venue
bilateral
Involving two parties
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- statecraftArt of government
- treatyBinding pact between nations
accord · communiqué · delegation · envoy · ambassador · protocol · pact · rapprochement · détente · dialogue
talks
Speaks with others
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- deal-makingNegotiating agreements between parties
mediation · conciliation · arbitration · parley · truce · concession · stalemate · deadlock · resolution · agreement
premiers
Top executive officials
- presidentsMultiple heads of state
- chancellorsHigh-ranking government officials
- dignitariesPersons of high rank
executives · decision-makers · powerbrokers · coalition-building · consensus · influence · authority · governance · strategy · coordination
pinnacle
Utmost summit or spire
highpoint · culmination · climax · capstone · height · ultimate · paramount
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- Latin American DiplomacyPan-Americanism, Monroe Doctrine, NAFTA, USMCA, Cuba embargo
summitrydiplomatic isolation
Severed foreign relations
isolationism · diplomatic freeze · disengagement · estrangement
- false summitIllusory highest point
- peace summitMeeting to end conflict
- summit meetingHigh-level diplomatic gathering
- global summitsHigh-level multinational gatherings
- climate summitInternational meeting on atmosphere
- mountain summitHighest elevation point