treaty-making
Negotiating international accords
Treaty-making is the process of negotiating and establishing formal agreements between nations or other sovereign entities.
The term often appears in discussions of constitutional power: The Constitution grants the president treaty-making authority, subject to Senate approval.
Treaty-making can extend to agreements with indigenous nations or international organizations.
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- bilateralInvolving two parties
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
plenipotentiary · protocol · signatories · accord · convention · diplomacy · envoy · delegation
Formal approval by authority
- signatoryOne who signs officially
- preamblePreliminary statement before content
- articlesWritten works or items
- amendmentChange to official text
reservation · codification · binding · enforcement · international law · pacta sunt servanda · breach · termination
Creating technical blueprints
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- preliminary talksDiscussions before official proceedings
- back-channelCovert diplomatic route
- shuttle diplomacyNegotiation via traveling intermediary
framework · memorandum · initialing · ceremony · exchange · deposit · witness · authentication
Historic northwestern German region
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- UtrechtDutch city and province
- ParisFrance's chief city
- GhentEast Flanders provincial seat
Nanjing · Portsmouth · Camp David · Maastricht · Rome · Lausanne · Berlin · Jay
Indigenous peoples' governmental independence
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- annuityPeriodic fixed payment
- peace pipeCeremonial smoking instrument
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
council fire · broken promises · removal · assimilation · hunting rights · territory · chief · elder
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- bilateralInvolving two parties
multilateral · plenipotentiary · protocol · signatories · accord · convention · diplomacy · envoy · delegation · summit
ratification
Formal approval by authority
- signatoryOne who signs officially
- preamblePreliminary statement before content
- articlesWritten works or items
amendment · reservation · codification · binding · enforcement · international law · pacta sunt servanda · breach · termination · succession
drafting
Creating technical blueprints
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- preliminary talksDiscussions before official proceedings
- back-channelCovert diplomatic route
shuttle diplomacy · framework · memorandum · initialing · ceremony · exchange · deposit · witness · authentication · translation
Westphalia
Historic northwestern German region
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- UtrechtDutch city and province
- ParisFrance's chief city
Ghent · Nanjing · Portsmouth · Camp David · Maastricht · Rome · Lausanne · Berlin · Jay · Oregon
tribal sovereignty
Indigenous peoples' governmental independence
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- annuityPeriodic fixed payment
- peace pipeCeremonial smoking instrument
wampum · council fire · broken promises · removal · assimilation · hunting rights · territory · chief · elder · oral tradition
- government powersexecutive power, judicial power, legislative power, war powers, police power
- WilsonianismLeague of Nations, self-determination, collective security
treaty-makinggentleman's agreement
Informal pact based on trust
handshake deal · tacit agreement · verbal agreement · tacit understanding · memorandum of understanding
treaty-makingwarmongering
Promoting or inciting warfare
aggression · hostilities · armed conflict · declaration of war · belligerence
treaty-makingisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
unilateralism · disengagement · non-alignment · nullification