International Relations: Interrogating Global Dynamics of Diplomacy in The Post-World War 1 Era

Abstract

Modern diplomatic activities have been changing and deepening in international relations. Some aspects of traditional diplomacy have been modernized to reflect the present conduct of international affairs; although, global diplomacy in post-World War 1 has experienced dramatic attention arising from the Wilsonian open covenant of the Fourteen Points Agenda which brought about open diplomacy. This paper examines international relations: interrogating global dynamics of diplomacy in the post-World War 1 era. Secondary and tertiary data analyzed in qualitative historical methods are utilized in this study. The paper argues that the shift from old diplomacy which thrived on secret negotiations and alliances to new diplomacy characterized by openness anchored on the League of Nations failed to maintain peace and security in post-World War 1. The study finds that irrespective of the heralded new diplomacy, secret diplomacy still triumphed among the practitioners in post-World War 1 international relations. The paper concludes that the global dynamics of diplomacy in the post-World War 1 era depicted both new and old diplomacy but the hope of new diplomacy of openness could not forestall the very threat of the secret and manipulative old diplomacy which demonstrated to the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939-1945.