Acta Universitatis Danubius: Relationes Internationales (Dec 2012)
Summitry Diplomacy: Positive and Negative Aspects
Abstract
Summits are meetings involving representatives of the highest level of states orinternational organizations. In contemporary society, these gatherings have a high frequencyinvolving heads of state or government in debates that affect the international environment. But insome cases, these meetings are criticized because presidents or prime ministers may lack expertise incertain areas or the preparation of career diplomats. In addition, their decisions could be led bypersonal affinity.The intention of this paper is to question the effectiveness of the summitrydiplomacy and its purpose within the international community.