'Unsaid' is focussed on language --- My definition of the unsaid in these lectures is "implicit meaning that is both created and constrained by what is said". My focus is therefore on specific utterances and how language can be used to convey meaning implicitly.

Silent or Quiet diplomacy refers to behind-the-scene activities involving unofficial exchanges such as personal chats, secret negotiations, lobbying (of an informal kind), subtle signalling and other softly-softly approaches. It therefore goes beyond the meaning of specific utterances and encompasses many more activities than my narrower focus allows for.

Source author: Biljana Scott biscott@diplomacy.edu