Diplomacy and negotiation
What Diplomacy and negotiation means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Secret meetings in Paris between US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese diplomat Le Duc Tho were a key feature of the peace negotiations.
The push for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, leading to the 1991 Madrid Conference, after the US gained enhanced influence.
Topics that use Diplomacy and negotiation
- Option 33: Key topic 4: Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964–75 - 3 The peace process and end of the war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P5: Key topic 3: Attempts at a solution, 1974–95 - 3 Attempts at a solution (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Geopolitics
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- Oslo II
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- Cold War geopolitics
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