Are sanctions considered diplomacy?

Question

Are they?

Answer 1

Yes. It equates to this, "If you don't stop, we won't give you stuff anymore."

Answer 2

Here's a case in point: The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuba and there is no real diplomatic channels.

Any answer would be wrong as, I'm sure many politicals would agree that yes, sanctions are considered diplomacy and many would not.

Answer 3

Yes, the negitive response

But they have already tried offering N Korea, oil, food, money, manufactored goods and everything N Korea has ever asked for.

If after offering them everything they asked for, and then N Korea still refusing to agree, it is obvious that the being nice approach is not working.

N Koreas idea of diplomacy has been to agree to a treaty and then ignore or break it. They have done this several times already.

So there at some point has to be a negitive result for thier refusal to act in good faith.

Answer 4

If they weren't, there would be no semantic distinction between "discussion" and "diplomacy".

Regarding N. Korea: sanctions and diplomacy are nonsense.

Answer 5

Nope. It's an aggressive act. It also means you're imposing a hegemony on somebody, with the authority to do it. Whether they're good guys or not. Politics is a dirty business that exists in a realm that really doesn't concern us but wants to make itself visible when it wants something. Wars really aren't all that bad. It gets a lot of them in deep poop, and quite a few of those in the military ... well, put it to you this way;

( Quote ) " A good soldier does not necessarily make a good citizen. "

- Sun Tzu

The most effective conspirator, is a government conspirator. We have a lot of those.

Answer 6

yes.

War is also consider diplomacy at it's most extreme.

Answer 7

by the shortsighted maybe. finding commom ground enough to broker a deal is diplomacy, tact and consideration, not do i say or we will starve you out.

Answer 8

Yes.