But Mr Mofaz has not ruled out military action if diplomacy and sanctions fail.
But we know that once a new presidential term begins, if not earlier as prompted by a military crisis, diplomacy in all of its manifestations is going to matter very much.
Government ought to only oversee what preserves the inalienable rights resident in our persons and property: fire, police, military and foreign diplomacy, the legal infrastructure and certain other functions difficult for markets to coordinate such as roads.
When I talk to the American people, they understand that we can't just have a foreign policy that's based on our military, but diplomacy matters as well, and that our commitment to help other countries develop their own capacities is something that is good for us.
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Asia is one area where the smart power approach has paid off - a delicate balance between diplomacy, military ties with allies and support for reforms and reformers such as Burma's Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
To which we would say that if any kind of code of military honor obtained in diplomacy and journalism, the Martin Indyks and Thomas Friedmans of the world would have long since resigned and retired to the golf course.
The United States and other world powers have been focused on diplomacy, not military options, for now.
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He will choose diplomacy first and military force as a last resort.
Throughout its history, the program has fostered leaders in many fields, including leaders in government, business, media, medicine, education, diplomacy and the military.
The current crises must be resolved through diplomacy, not military action.
Much like standard diplomacy, or military or intelligence capabilities, the strategic influence capacity of the U.S. would be subject to domestic politics, but not driven by partisanship.
His use of diplomacy combined with economic and military power brought an end to the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The new basing strategy will affect the way the military fights and the way we do diplomacy for decades.
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Mr Netanyahu also reiterated his view that Iran and its nuclear programme posed a direct threat to world peace, which could only be stopped by a "direct military threat", not sanctions or tough diplomacy.
If diplomacy fails and you decide that the military option is in the end the lesser evil, at least let it be our decision, not theirs.
He relies on behind-the-scenes diplomacy, the Congo rebels' growing military strength, and international suspicion of Sudan to weaken Mr Kabila's alliance and pave the way for peace talks.
Russian diplomacy is working in tandem with its military policy exploring all avenues for reaching some sort of interim deal in which Mr Assad might stay on for at least the time being.
To make matters worse, Mr Axworthy's remarks in the Security Council about multilateral diplomacy and defining human security in more than military terms have not pleased American strategists.
And sixth, the provision of the tools necessary to meet these challenges from maintaining the world's strongest, most modern and most adaptable military to maintaining a strong, fully funded and comprehensive diplomacy.
Mr Speaker, emerging from all the experience and lessons learnt of the last decade is the clear conclusion that we are strongest when we combine the resources of our military, police and security and intelligence services with effective diplomacy and when we work closely with international partners to confront the new global challenges and bring about change.
The Germans reckon they are playing a weighty role in the war, whether in their contribution to the military effort, in their generosity to refugees, or in their peace-seeking diplomacy.
Indeed, perhaps most importantly, at a time when the U.S. faced distractions and new constraints at home and a national desire to avoid military entanglements worldwide, she recognized that our greatest tools going forward would be active diplomacy and repaired alliances, and she restored them to centrality in U.S. foreign policy.
Sarkozy's shuttle diplomacy was preceded earlier Tuesday by a statement from Medvedev on national television that the Russian military was being called off the attack.
Furthermore, policymakers will have to formulate a coherent public diplomacy effort to explain the relationship between the private security sector and U.S. military and foreign policy objectives, due to the increasingly negative media perception of the private security industry.
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He's never taken the option of using military force off the table, but he's also stated a preference for the soft power of diplomacy without explaining how he would create the leverage to stop Iran.
As Afghanistan has shown, it can (and often should) be unilateralist in military matters, but it needs a more co-operative, even consensual approach for other purposes, including diplomacy, intelligence-gathering, financial tracking and above all in the battle for hearts, minds and ideas.
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