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THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. Staffing and supporting missions abroad; Policy-making and implementation; Coordination of foreign relations. THE ART OF NEGOTIATION. PRENEGOTIATIONS. Agreeing the need to negotiate; Agreeing the agenda; Agreeing procedure; AROUND THE TABLE NEGOTIATIONS. The formula stage; The details stage. DIPLOMATIC MOMENTUM. Deadlines; Metaphors of movement; Publicity; Raising the leve lof the talks. PACKAGING AGREEMENTS. International legal obligations at a premium; Signaling importance at a premium; Convenience at a premiun. FOLLOWING UP. Early methods; Monitoring; Review meetings. DIPLOMACY WITH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. EMBASSIES. The normal Embassy; The fortress Embassy; The mini-embassy. TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Telephone diplomacy flourishes; Video-conferencing peaks. CONSULATES. Consular functions; Career consuls; Honorary consuls. SECRET INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS; CONFERENCES. Internacional organizations; Procedure; The new multilateralism. SUMMITS. Professional anatemas; General case for the defense; Serial summits. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. Rebranding propaganda; The importance of public diplomacy; The role of the foreign ministry. DIPLOMACY WITHOUT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. EMBASSY SUBSTITUTES. Interests sections; Consulares; Representative offices. SPECIAL MISSIONS. The advantages of special missions; The variety of special missions; To go secretly or openly?. MEDIATION. The nature of mediation; Different mediators and motives; The ideal mediator. Conclusión: The counter-revolution in diplomatic practice.