Diplomacy & Politics is a one-man’s love to take an intelligent and comprehensive look, at the multifaceted nature of international relations and politics.

We live in a closely integrated world. There is an urge among nations, to act for collective good. However, the very tools that help us integrate; threaten to leave us splintered. Despite our urge for peaceful co-existent, our harness seems to fail. Countries continue to be motivated in their actions, by the desire of self-interest and self-preservation.

Common sense demands that we act in cohesion, or face mutual annihilation.

Governments are no longer the only stakeholders in international relations. Transnational corporations, non-government organizations, pressure groups, think tanks, international media, religious bodies, and non-state actors exert far greater influence on the way their nations think. Despite these varied pull and pressures on the psyche of nations and its leaders, common sense demands that we act in cohesion, or face mutual annihilation.

A lot is being done across the world – to learn from our past, work in the present and face challenges of the future. Thousands of hours is spent, each day, in bilateral meetings, multilateral bodies, think tanks, academic institutions, research organizations, and media debates to analyze global issues and find solutions to some of the most pressing problems that our world faces.

There is a greater need than ever, to bring about the cohesive assimilation of our understandings; beyond the geographies and rigidities that divide us.

This blog, therefore is one such attempt to explore the wide world of international relations and politics.