treaties
Formal agreements between states
Treaties are formal agreements between nations or other sovereign entities, typically ending wars, establishing borders, or governing trade and diplomacy.
A treaty carries the force of international law and usually requires ratification by each party's government: The treaty was signed but never ratified by the Senate.
In a looser sense, any solemn agreement between parties: a peace treaty between warring factions.
French royal palace complex
- WestphaliaHistoric northwestern German region
- Camp DavidPresidential country residence
- GhentEast Flanders provincial seat
- UtrechtDutch city and province
Vienna · Portsmouth · Lausanne · Nanking · Paris · Rome · Maastricht · Geneva
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
statecraft · foreign policy · mediation · arbitration · dialogue · rapprochement · diplomatic immunity · plenipotentiary
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
disarmament · détente · conciliation · peacekeeping · neutrality · demilitarization · reparations · surrender
Formal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- compactTightly packed together
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
settlement · covenant · entente · alliance · concordat · memorandum · understanding · terms
Versailles
French royal palace complex
- WestphaliaHistoric northwestern German region
- Camp DavidPresidential country residence
- GhentEast Flanders provincial seat
Utrecht · Vienna · Portsmouth · Lausanne · Nanking · Paris · Rome · Maastricht · Geneva · Kyoto
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
summit · statecraft · foreign policy · mediation · arbitration · dialogue · rapprochement · diplomatic immunity · plenipotentiary · emissary
armistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- nonaggressionRefraining from attack
reconciliation · disarmament · détente · conciliation · peacekeeping · neutrality · demilitarization · reparations · surrender · cessation
pact
Formal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- compactTightly packed together
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
protocol · settlement · covenant · entente · alliance · concordat · memorandum · understanding · terms · clauses
tariff
Tax on traded goods
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- free tradeUnrestricted international exchange
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
GATT · WTO · customs · import · export · quota · embargo · sanctions · most favored nation · reciprocity
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- Ancient MediterraneanGreek influence, alliances, colonization, conquests, trade
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- international lawinternational law, conventions, protocols, declarations, resolutions
- international relationsbilateral talks, foreign affairs, UN, global politics, sanctions
- global governanceUN, United Nations, EU, World Bank, IMF
treatieswars
Organized armed conflicts
hostilities · conflicts · warfare · aggression · invasions
treatiesgentlemen's agreements
Unwritten deals based on honor
handshake deals · handshakes · oral agreements · backroom deals
treatiesultimatums
Final non-negotiable demands
decrees · edicts · proclamations · mandates · impositions
- trick or treatingCostumed candy solicitation
- peace treatiesFormal agreements ending wars
- Heat treatingThermal metallurgical modification
- treating yourself
- legal treatiesBinding international agreements
- treating like a child