Are we observing the end of the diplomacy of the state?

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For Fiona McConnel and al. “Geopolitical events as diverse as the uprisings of the ‘Arab Spring', the secession of South Sudan, the formation of the European External Action Service and the WikiLeaks affair foreground the intellectual urgency of issues around international diplomacy ” (McConnel et al. 2012). Indeed, through the evocation of these great historical events, it is necessary that international diplomacy adapt to these new contexts and to new needs.

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[...] Are we observing the end of the diplomacy of the state? For Fiona McConnel and al. "Geopolitical events as diverse as the uprisings of the `Arab Spring', the secession of South Sudan, the formation of the European External Action Service and the WikiLeaks affair foreground the intellectual urgency of issues around international diplomacy" (McConnel et al. 2012). Indeed, through the evocation of these great historical events, it is necessary that international diplomacy adapt to these new contexts and to new needs. [...]

[...] In this sense, the treatment made by Western leaders to Erdogan's Turkey since the failed coup in 2016 or his intervention in Syria (in Afrine in 2018) or following the assassination of journalist Saudi opponent Jamal Khashoggi, assassinated in Inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in apparent order of Prince Mohammed Ben Salmane, allow to raise questions as the recriminations to his events were weak. This leads to a number of contradictions between economic logic and strategic interests. However, this can also exist between allies when it comes to setting up a military operation. [...]

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[...] It is for this reason that the field of diplomacy must be considered as constantly changing. This will be the object of our next development. Diplomacy in constant evolution In light of our previous remarks, we can say that diplomacy today differs from that in effect at the time of the Cold War. Indeed, it is rather a diplomacy based on the interests to the extent that it can oppose it to a diplomacy of cooperation or common interests. Diplomats have never put aside the national interest. [...]