DEFENCE DIPLOMACY
DEFENCE DIPLOMACY

Summary/Abstract: ‘Defence diplomacy’ is relatively new term, created in response to post-Cold War needs to name new tasks and international functions completed by armed forces and leadership of the Ministries of Defence. Lack of universally recognised definition of ‘defence diplomacy’ means that states try to adapt its content to the needs of their own security policy. Defence diplomacy is generally considered as nonviolent use of state’s defence apparatus to advance the strategic aims of government through cooperation with other countries. Activities as diverse as officer exchanges, ship visits, training missions, and joint military exercises have all been denoted as practices of defence diplomacy. Apart from strictly political issues, contemporary diplomacy concentrates on problems of trade, economic, scientific or military contacts. The main objective of analysis is to focus on the role of defence diplomacy in shaping and implementing security policy. This problem is addressed in two aspects – the first one is the evolution of defence diplomacy as a tool and, the second, its role in the process of shaping and implementing security policy.

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