The contemporary diplomat - Firmin Guy Ocko-Bong

In his book Principe de diplomatie, Alain PLANTEY states that: \Diplomacy is often considered a subtle and random art, combining skill, dissimulation and tactics. It calls on the imagination, observation and skill of those who practice it, and cannot therefore be reduced to compliance with theoretical rules, the addition of information or the application of legal considerations. It also includes a large proportion of recipes and customs established by experience, methods and conventions, whose observance..