DiplomacyBy Henry Kissinger

Matthew Echelman

IntroductionIntroduction

Diplomacy provides an extensive overview of the ways in which the art of diplomacy and the balance of power have created the world we live in today by concentrating on the 20th and 19th centuries primarily.

Henry A. Kissinger indirectly identifies that realpolitik is the primary underlying factor in successful diplomacy during the 20th and 19th centuries.

Realpolitik refers to politics based on practical and material considerations rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives.

Diplomacy provides an extensive overview of the ways in which the art of diplomacy and the balance of power have created the world we live in today by concentrating on the 20th and 19th centuries primarily.

Henry A. Kissinger indirectly identifies that realpolitik is the primary underlying factor in successful diplomacy during the 20th and 19th centuries.

Realpolitik refers to politics based on practical and material considerations rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives.

Realpolitik Foreign Policy ExpertsRealpolitik Foreign Policy Experts

Otto Von BismarckWoodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich

Klemens Wenzel Von MetternichKlemens Wenzel Von Metternich

Metternich instilled a system of diplomatic relations conforming to a balance of power and a shared sense of legitimacy. His establishment of the Congress Of Vienna averted the collapse of Austria through a web of moral restraints on all national threats . In doing so, Metternich set the foundation for practicality playing a prominent role in legal affairs.

Metternich instilled a system of diplomatic relations conforming to a balance of power and a shared sense of legitimacy. His establishment of the Congress Of Vienna averted the collapse of Austria through a web of moral restraints on all national threats . In doing so, Metternich set the foundation for practicality playing a prominent role in legal affairs.

Otto Von BismarckOtto Von Bismarck

Bismarck utterly opposed Metternich’s handiwork throughout the entirety of his career for ensconcing a corrupt Austria to the guidance of Prussia without his consent. However, his diplomatic endeavors chiefly revolved around the same rationality that Metternich abided by. Rather than externalizing his outlook, Bismarck unified Germany and craftily manipulated the surrounding powers into alliances such that Germany had no enemies. Consequentially, the nation’s attention could then be turned internally elsewhere.

Bismarck utterly opposed Metternich’s handiwork throughout the entirety of his career for ensconcing a corrupt Austria to the guidance of Prussia without his consent. However, his diplomatic endeavors chiefly revolved around the same rationality that Metternich abided by. Rather than externalizing his outlook, Bismarck unified Germany and craftily manipulated the surrounding powers into alliances such that Germany had no enemies. Consequentially, the nation’s attention could then be turned internally elsewhere.

Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt deeply resented Wilson’s views for paying no heed towards the customary European model that had long been implemented around the balance of power. In his perspective, it was not only in his nation’s greatest interest to remain akin to their methods, but to back it up with force if necessary under the procreation of a heavily funded national defense. Roosevelt strongly believed that international life involved struggle, and that peace and prosperity could not coherently be attained simply through practicing civic virtues.

Roosevelt deeply resented Wilson’s views for paying no heed towards the customary European model that had long been implemented around the balance of power. In his perspective, it was not only in his nation’s greatest interest to remain akin to their methods, but to back it up with force if necessary under the procreation of a heavily funded national defense. Roosevelt strongly believed that international life involved struggle, and that peace and prosperity could not coherently be attained simply through practicing civic virtues.

Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson

Wilson revolutionized diplomatic procedure for the United States of America with his introduction of a radical foreign policy on the basis of universal law and national trustworthiness. Under this ideology, Wilson advocated collective security and binding arbitration as the means to salvage his nation from seclusion and to propel it into the role of mediator. Surprisingly, Wilson grasped the egocentricity that his nation possessed, and therefore was effectively able to appeal to the nature of its ideals in his promises to democratize the remainder of mankind and establish the League of Nations.

Wilson revolutionized diplomatic procedure for the United States of America with his introduction of a radical foreign policy on the basis of universal law and national trustworthiness. Under this ideology, Wilson advocated collective security and binding arbitration as the means to salvage his nation from seclusion and to propel it into the role of mediator. Surprisingly, Wilson grasped the egocentricity that his nation possessed, and therefore was effectively able to appeal to the nature of its ideals in his promises to democratize the remainder of mankind and establish the League of Nations.

What Becomes Of This Global Order Next?

What Becomes Of This Global Order Next?