Diplo Blog
Ambiguity: Clause on aborition (1994 Cairo Conference on Population)
29 June 2002
Louise Lassonde (Coping with Population Challenges, London: Earthscan Publications Limited, 1996, 7) provides the following example: \"In the Cairo Programme, various formulations which were contradictory a priori wer...
Is ambiguity an effective diplomatic tool?
29 June 2002
Arguments can be found both against and for the use of ambiguity in diplomacy. Opponents point out that an ambiguous formulation in a treaty or agreement does not actually resolve a problem but simply puts it off unti...
