soft and hard powers diplomacy --- Yeah I agree with panika's statement. and I believe any approaches that the MFA would have to decide depends on many factors. other than goals of the MFA's foreign policy, other factors that the diplomats need to look at is the assessments on the potential outcomes of certain policies (from govt to foreign audience) and how hard the issues might be (for instance, pressing political issues)

Source author: Wan Faizatul Afzan Ismayatim faizatul@kln.gov.my