作者：66WEN收集整理 来源：www.66wen.com 更新时间：2006年06月25日
5-6-12
A resident of New York books his hotel in London for Christmas through the Internet and receives a confirmation letter via e-mail. At the same time, he books a table at his favorite restaurant in London through the Internet. An investor in Athens follows the development in Wall Street through the Internet and decides how to invest his money. A professor of international relations in London has access to all major international think tanks through the same medium, and he reads the latest articles related to world politics. A doctor in Beijing checks daily through the Internet the latest developments in medicine related to heart diseases. A university student researches in the Internet to find information about the European Parliament in order to prepare his class paper. A car dealer in Rome orders the cars he wants from Germany through the Internet.
The above examples show that the Internet is becoming an indispensable working tool for the majority of professions. Diplomacy is no exception to this rule, especially when an aspect of diplomacy's function is revised each time we have a major technological development. Think of the impact of radios, televisions, faxes and planes. The same is true with the Internet. If the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office needs a resolution that has been passed by the UN Security Council, it does not have to ask the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations to find the resolution and send it to London. The resolution can be found on the UN's web pages.
Diplomacy is a way to set and achieve foreign policy goals. In this respect, the basic tasks of diplomats have been to provide information and to negotiate. The informational aspect is necessary in order for foreign policy aims to be realistic. The negotiation aspect is necessary to fulfill those foreign policy goals. In both of these key elements of diplomacy, information technology, and more specifically the Internet, can be of great use.
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5-6-12AresidentofNewYorkbookshishotelinLondonforChristmasthroughtheInternetandreceivesaconfirmationletterviae-mail.Atthesametime,hebooksatableathisfavoriterestaurantinLondonthroughtheInternet.AninvestorinAthensfollowsthedevelopmentinWallStreetthroughtheInternetanddecideshowtoinvesthismoney.AprofessorofinternationalrelationsinLondonhasaccesstoallmajorinternationalthinktanksthroughthesamemedium,andhereadsthelatestarticlesrelatedtoworldpolitics.AdoctorinBeijingchecksdailythroughtheInternetthelatestdevelopmentsinmedicinerelatedtoheartdiseases.AuniversitystudentresearchesintheInternettofindinformationabouttheEuropeanParliamentinordertopreparehisclasspaper.AcardealerinRomeordersthecarshewantsfromGermanythroughtheInternet.TheaboveexamplesshowthattheInternetisbecominganindispensableworkingtoolforthemajorityofprofessions.Diplomacyisnoexceptiontothisrule,especiallywhenanaspectofdiplomacy'sfunctionisrevisedeachtimewehaveamajortechnologicaldevelopment.Thinkoftheimpactofradios,televisions,faxesandplanes.ThesameistruewiththeInternet.IftheBritishForeignandCommonwealthOfficeneedsaresolutionthathasbeenpassedbytheUNSecurityCouncil,itdoesnothavetoaskthePermanentMissionoftheUnitedKingdomtotheUnitedNationstofindtheresolutionandsendittoLondon.TheresolutioncanbefoundontheUN'swebpages.Diplomacyisawaytosetandachieveforeignpolicygoals.Inthisrespect,thebasictasksofdiplomatshavebeentoprovideinformationandtonegotiate.Theinformationalaspectisnecessaryinorderforforeignpolicyaimstoberealistic.Thenegotiationaspectisnecessarytofulfillthoseforeignpolicygoals.Inbothofthesekeyelementsofdiplomacy,informationtechnology,andmorespecificallytheInternet,canbeofgreatuse.
