Transformation of the Concept of ‘Diplomacy’ during and after the Cold War

Abstract

In the last decades of the cold war, fall of Polarization, and the increase of globalization in international circles; rules governing the relations of activists have become subject to essential transformations. Due to these transformations, methods of competing for power and achieving benefits and goals differed greatly. In light of the changes that have occurred in the features of the world during the last decades as a result of the wide fluctuations that have caused various currents in the political, economic, social, cultural, scientific, and military fields; international activities in the transformed circles of the world have undoubtedly changed fundamentally and widely from the previous ones. Therefore, states needed to cope with the requirements of modern globalization. Today, countries have become active in the era of international politics and economics which is the Post-Peace Treaty Era (Westphalia) and Post-Power Era. It is inevitable to play the game of power within the framework of modern laws governing the cosmic order.As in other fields, we feel the need to change the angle of view in the diplomatic field. Accordingly, it is necessary to discuss the concept of diplomacy as an entry issue that countries use in achieving their goals, and this is the aim of the current study. This study adopted the analytical descriptive method and the modern diplomacy composed its theoretical framework.