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A strong legacy of U.S. leadership and engagement in global politics has been reduced today to what I call kinetic diplomacy – diplomacy by armed force. The ConversationFewer diplomats, more armed force defines US leadership today Monica Duffy Toft | Professor of International Politics and Director, Center for Strategic Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts UniversitySee also Higinio Polo has for a long time predicted the current tension in international relations. He spoke about this, in...

For any country, the foundation of successful diplomacy is a reputation for credibility and reliability. Governments are wary of concluding agreements with a negotiating partner that violates existing commitments and has a record of duplicity. Recent U.S. administrations have ignored that principle, and their actions have backfired majorly, damaging American foreign policy in the process.… In some cases, the US is unable to keep its agreements or honor its word over time, and in other cases...