diplomacy

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China has maintained distance from the region’s security architecture while managing its exposure through diversification, reserves and diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In AD 452, when Attila the Hun sacked city after city in his conquest of the known world, it was the Catholic Church, not the Roman military, that met him in a show of diplomacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

In a press conference, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun also urged diplomacy and called on the United States and Iran to abide by their ceasefire, after the failure of weekend peace talks in Pakistan.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In an op-ed for the Guardian last week, Starmer wrote: “Britain’s national interest is best served by de-escalation, diplomacy, and the swift reopening of the strait of Hormuz.”

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

When the English began to invade their homelands, Indigenous peoples brought their ways of diplomacy to their interactions with the colonizers.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz