Rola i zadania współczesnej dyplomacji we wczesnym zapobieganiu konfliktom zbrojnym

Contemporary diplomacy plays an unquestionable role in the process of armed conflicts early prevention, particularly in its pre-conflict stage, so before an armed conflict breaks out. In the traditional meaning, however, the notion of diplomacy is usually associated with government diplomacy, also called official or the first track diplomacy. Apart from discussing the problems mentioned above, the author draws a special attention to the role and significance in conflicts’ early prevention of less known kinds of diplomacy, referred as nongovernmental diplomacy, including multitrack, terrain and multimedia diplomacy. The basic differences between governmental and nongovernmental diplomacy have been pointed out.