Diplomatic privileges of small states

24/01/2012 Arman NAVASARDYAN

The New York Academy of experts headed by a woman professor Fox, small state definition Fox group, believes that small countries are those that do not possess the military means more power for a long time to resist the military offensive. It turns out that the fate of small countries in the XXI century light depending on the caprices of the mighty, who can delete them if they wanted the world face, deprived of their right to live. Not at all. If the state does not have sufficient arms and armed forces, it finds other ways, the most important means of diplomacy in the early times of humanity in the face-saving way to survive and international conflicts. In the Middle Ages Nicollo Machiavelli based on his dwarf state interests, advised avoiding compromise just like a fox, and in order to get rid of wolves, he advised to turn into a lion, which, however, is not enough to defeat the enemy. For the great thinker the metaphoric idea that diplomacy is a priority for the state’s interests (fox), rather than strength (lion), two acquitted him, now is that diplomacy is a powerful weapon, especially in small countries, the national interests of the state, its borders, territorial integrity and the successful resolution of internal problems for the axiomatic truth. I once tried to prove that the country’s diplomatic system flexibility and skill comparable to reverse its economic potential is as powerful in the country, so weak in its diplomacy, and vice versa. I think this idea, at least, is right. The U.S. or Russia, for example, do not reach their goal so much through flexibility in the methods or diplomatic art nuances them into practice. It is no secret that often prevails in the "muscular diplomacy" and the evident demonstration of the state cannot be small if the diplomatic skills and professionalism (if their masters) communicate such factors as the country’s geographical position, minerals, economic, industrial, high financial indicators (if available), then we can confidently say that its success is guaranteed. By the foreign affairs diplomatic means absolutely correct and prudent use of small states to increase the role of international relations to such a situation can occur that a state not only defend itself, but also pick a benefit from the collision, as was the case of Serbia, the eve of World War I and World War II in Poland before. We will allow the boundaries of a provisional talk a little about the country’s only one vector, which is to be a foreign country, whether domestic interests, but that art, and as a science, has a big, very big possibility. It refers to small state mediation diplomacy between two countries or group of countries. Diplomacy in this direction is the development of the second half of last century lived, when the elimination of colonialism noticeably reshaped map of the world, as Asia, Africa and Latin America became active in the liberated countries. Even key players on the international underground nuclear weapons testing, environmental protection, the North-South dialogue, disunited countries. This movement is not the full list of international events and organizations, which have become full participants in small states. Then, a little diplomacy gradually allowed their country to attract many countries and great powers in the process of negotiation, which are often subtle and confidential nature. An opportunity not only to engage in, and take great powers of the disputed issues, which does not affect a mediator in the interests of diplomacy is to they say, "high pilotage," which requires experience, skill, political culture. The level of small-state arbitration is successful at the time, when everything around her house in order, and the head of the international issue of democracy, freedom of speech freedom, legitimacy, justice and universal violation of other rules of the smallest and most honest intention out to the broker once the costs have to be impeccable, and even more international influence than the brokered state and is among the first states that the intermediary of Switzerland. Sweden, Austria, the Netherlands. By the way, this was a great contribution to the "international dialogue" conduct and conflicts of the Swiss diplomatic code there is a special clause, which obliges the Swiss diplomats, who helped negotiate the diplomats of other countries is becoming an object of envy, propulsive model and why not us? Therefore, the extremely tense situation around Iran creates the chance for diplomacy as a mediator of the Tehran-Washington-Moscow-EU political game of course, if we accept preconditions. In all cases, there is a favorable geographical position – stakeholders in the normal, but some of them with friendly and strategic relations in most of occasions, perhaps, two days after the presidents of Armenia and Russia meeting in Sochi. Of course, they should use only a "small "detail, which is to provide great political issue, which is in the national-state interests, the diplomatic side of it, as I imagine, will need to mobilize Foreign Ministry’s central apparatus, Armenia’s ambassadors from Iran, Russia, the United States, the countries of origin the state and political figures. It’s always worth trying though. And judging from our foreign minister’s last speech, the diplomatic services are able to easily implement such a mission due to the brilliant achievements, the Ministry has achieved in the reporting year.