Diplomatic Peace

What is it about?

How do diplomats define peace? Analysing key declarations and conventions passed by the UN General Assembly without a single vote cast against them, I argue that diplomats purport to strive for a very demanding peace. They promise to exercise restraint, compromise and polylogue. Even more so, they commit again and again to aim for rather demanding forms of these three faces of peace, especially cooperative restraint, principled compromise and deliberative polylogue. This paper makes a three-fold contribution: First, it systematically inquires into the nexus of diplomacy and peace. Second, it uncovers the multifaceted nature of diplomatic peace. Third, it encourages a debate crisscrossing the divide between scholars and practitioners on how to use the facets of diplomatic peace as building blocks for a more stable, co-operative, and communicative world order.

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