Diplomacy Mugs

"No need. I have diplomatic immunity."

'Maybe you should reconsider those place cards, Ms Harris?' (Negotiation talks/Good Guys/Bad Guys)

"The world would be a better place if everyone just thought the way I do."

'Negotiating skills need fine tuning.'

"Finally we have something in common...mutual distrust."

"I welcome the discussion."

Veto Powers

'Eight hours of negotiation and all you can say is you agree to disagree?'

Conflict is harder to sustain when you don't see everything in black and white.

"Don't worry - any sign of Putin and we hit them with more sanctions."

"Take this, Saddam! And this! Well, I hope it hurts, man! No mercy!"

"Look, everyone here loves vanilla, right? So let's start there."

"You know how it is! We got a warhead, they have to get a warhead."

'I think he wants you to pull his finger Mr President'

'I prefer this way of resolving conflict.'

Bismarck and Disraeli agree to Austrian Occupation of Bosnia-Herzegovina

'My foreign policy isn't working - write me up another one.'

Congress of Berlin- The Partition of Turkey

"Don't panic. It's one of ours!"

'First you drop hints - if that doesn't work, you drop bombs.'

Arms Fair - "Of course as part of our ethical foreigh policy the 20 kiloton population fragmentation bomb is only available to respectable governments."

"Our intelligence shows that everybody loves us."

"Perhaps we'd be more likely to reach an agreement if the British delegate would stop shouting 'Deal or no deal' all the time."

'What is tact?' 'The unsaid part of what you think.'

The peace talks collapsed when the dogs insisted the sandbox had to go out in the hall.

'Sorry, kid. Anything but world peace.'

"No, you dismantle your nuclear arsenal first."

"My people will get back to your people."

'Diplomacy is skating on thin ice without ending up in deep water.'

Tug-of-Limited-Hostility: "The ground rules: Pull for three seconds, then discuss it for a while. Pull and discuss, pull and discuss..."

Obama visits Cuba

'So, what do you want to talk about?'

'Here, guys...take a lighter!'

'In Today's news, every country blamed another country for their internal problems.'

EU - Constitution