This essay may include your view on the particular event in which diplomacy worked or failed. You can take any case, event, or situation in the history of international relations and explain diplomacy’s workings in that context. The required readings of this week help you to delve deeper into history and theories of diplomacy.
You can pick any recent case in international relations that is relevant. Do you think that diplomacy was the only option in that particular instance? What makes diplomacy different from other forms of interrelations between states? You can also describe how diplomacy failed in that context and thus demonstrate the limits of diplomacy.
It would be interesting to know your perspectives on this matter since you have chosen the diplomacy concentration. Why do you think that diplomacy is the best choice for you now?