The Article 2 (3) of the United Nations Charter states all members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. Both intercultural communication and diplomacy skills cover the various processes required for stopping or preventing overt conflicts, and aiding the parties involved to reach peaceful settlement of their differences. Intercultural communication and Diplomacy, as defined in this paper, may be important and powerful tools in resolving any conflict, being closely associated with the notion of identity. Despite the importance of person's individual identity, culture is commonly regarded as a group phenomenon. Culture itself is an element in determining the outcome of the conflict management process, depending on the degree of cultural diversity among the parties that are involved. Stress is placed in this study on the deeper aspects of culture, values, beliefs, communication style, which influence perceptions, assumptions, attitudes, and eventually behavior and policies. This paper discusses certain aspects of maintaining peace and security in the global community through intercultural communication and diplomacy and the work of international law students as future diplomats in this field.

This interdisciplinary volume includes general theory, case studies and examples as well as ideas for procuring peace through communication for the larger community. The book concludes with an agenda-setting summary that stimulates inquiry in communication studies and international relations. Readers will obtain an overall perspective of factors that affect diplomacy and negotiation across cultures - power, trust, stereotyping, hostility escalation, mediation and negotiation philosophy and style, and media and policy implications.

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Globalization requires governments to operate in a context different than before, which is to integrate other participants of diplomacy in its own decision-making processes. Governments have been focusing on new strategies, such as involving non-state actors and institutions, providing greater transparency, and acting collectively as often as possible.

"Boundary Spanners of Humanity tackles the growing severity of global problems and our strained ability to collaborate by critically re-examining two pivotal tools: communication and public diplomacy. R.S. Zaharna, a leading scholar of public diplomacy and international strategic communication, exposes the limitations of intercultural communication and state-based public diplomacy and proposes a pan-human vision of communication that can revolutionize how we communicate globally. The book reveals how dominant views of communication and public diplomacy are based on a 19th-century mindset of separateness that clashes with today's global connectivity and diversity. In a radical break from outdated models that divide humanity into cultural categories, Zaharna introduces a vision of humanity-centered public diplomacy featuring three complementary logics of communication. Used together, these communication logics are key to leveraging diversity, navigating connectivity, and enhancing our capacity for collaboration. Zaharna's innovative approach stems from decade-long, interdisciplinary research spanning ancient cosmologies, diverse intellectual heritages, contemporary social science, and emerging neuro-biological science. Boundary Spanners of Humanity provides a rich array of examples from ancient diplomacies to the covid-19 pandemic to illustrate a vision of pan-human communication that spans our diversity and harnesses it as an essential strength in collective problem solving and global collaboration"--