FAAVM AFRICA relations

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Diplomacy is the art of obtaining  agreement between countries who need to cooperate to produce results in  which each has an interest. Conventionally equated with negotiation to  resolve conflict, diplomacy is widely regarded as an alternative to  war—and war as a failure of diplomacy. The idea of using fashion as a public diplomacy tool has been building  for quite some time. Over the years, various D.C. embassies have hosted  fashion or jewelry shows to promote their native designers, among them  Estonia, Lebanon, the Philippines and Canada.

The field of international relations emerged at the beginning of the 20th century largely in the West and in particular in the United States as that country grew in power and influence. Whereas the study of international relations in the newly founded Soviet Union and later in communist China was stultified by officially imposed Marxist ideology, in the West the field flourished as the result of a number of factors: a growing demand to find less-dangerous and more-effective means of conducting relations between peoples, societies, governments, and economies; a surge of writing and research inspired by the belief that systematic observation and inquiry could dispel ignorance and serve human betterment; and the popularization of political affairs, including foreign affairs.