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Diplomacy: Negotiating the U.S.-Mexican Border - Coggle Diagram
Diplomacy: Negotiating the U.S.-Mexican Border
First interactions
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usually hostile, fearful, or both
Recent international interactions have also raised questions about both the utility and methods of diplomacy
First Reactions
prototype for war
spark of human interaction which became
diplomacy
Diplomacy:fountain_pen:
what does it do?
“the management of the relations between countries.” doing so is a “profession” or “an art or practice.”
characteristics and methods
acting “diplomatically.” “Skill in dealing with people without offending them” or “skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility.”
Traditional diplomacy was conducted in private settings involving diplomatic professionals
principle of reciprocity and diplomatic immunity, were the necessary preconditions to developing some sort of diplomatic process.
Diplomats and their central governments can now communicate with each other instantly with the new use of technology.
the first describes the purposes of diplomacy and the second how diplomats ought to go about that task.
Major impacts on modern diplomacy
ambassador has effectively ceased being the country’s chief negotiator with foreign governments
electronic speed has allowed the direct intervention of the chief executive and presidential staff in diplomatic efforts
Wilson’s classic text Constitutional Government was an early advocacy of political democracy and a founding building block of the study of comparative politics
Postmodern/Contemporary Diplomacy
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characteristics
1.Expansion and diversification of the range of diplomatic players.
2.Declining autonomy of ambassadors and embassies due to centralization of decision making in national capitals.
3.Public opinion pressure for greater openness and political accountability in diplomacy.
4.Growing importance of summit diplomacy.
additions of new countries
addition of nonstate actors
U.S.-Mexican Border
1,933-mile land border is the most enduring source of international/diplomatic interaction and disagreement between the two North American powers
"Trump's Wall" 2017
length and the broadly differing terrain and barriers along it make it difficult to fashion a policy emphasizing both the gateway and barrier functions
The current policy debate focuses on the problem of immigration by illegal undesirables and the problems they pose
the big problems: the question of immigration, the narcotics trade that crosses the border, and terror
immigration : economic, political, and criminal
70 and 90 percent of the illegal drugs entering the United States come across the Mexican border
fuels a sizable part of the drug epidemic in the United States
almost all the crime and violence associated with illegal immigration is a direct consequence of drug trafficking