Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between

representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the

conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats
with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics and culture.
International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by
national politicians.

Cultural diplomacy specifies a form of diplomacy that carries a set of prescriptions which are
material to its effectual practice; these prescriptions include the unequivocal recognition and
understanding of foreign cultural dynamics and observance of the tenets that govern basic
dialogue.

Milton C. Cummings Jr. draws out the meaning of these cultural dynamics in his description of
cultural diplomacy as “... the exchange of ideas, information, art, lifestyles, values systems,
traditions, beliefs and other aspects of cultures....”

In international politics, gunboat diplomacy refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives
with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power — implying or constituting a direct threat
of warfare, should terms not be agreeable to the superior force.

Economic diplomacy is concerned with economic policy issues, e.g. work of delegations at
standard setting organizations such as World Trade Organization (WTO). Economic diplomats
also monitor and report on economic policies in foreign countries and give the home government
advice on how to best influence them. Economic diplomacy employs economic resources, either
as rewards or sanctions, in pursuit of a particular foreign policy objective. This is sometimes
called "economic statecraft"

In diplomacy and international relations, shuttle diplomacy is the action of an outside party in
serving as an intermediary between (or among) principals in a dispute, without direct principal-
to-principal contact. Originally and usually, the process entails successive travel ("shuttling") by
the intermediary, from the working location of one principal, to that of another.

Ping Pong Diplomacy (Chinese: 乒乓外交) refers to the exchange of ping pong players of the
United States and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the 1970s. The event marked a thaw in
U.S.–China relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon.

In international relations, public diplomacy is a term coined in the mid 1960s to describe the
conduct of foreign policy by engagement with foreign publics. It has been closely associated
with the United States Information Agency, which used the term to define its mission. It was
originally a euphemism for purportedly truthful propaganda.