Vojna diplomacija u Hladnom ratu

Vojna diplomacija u nekom svom obliku postoji od kad je i države. Kroz različita razdoblja u povijesti, kako se funkcija vojne diplomacije mijenjala, tako se počela nazivati drugim sinonimima. Tako se od hladnoratovske vojne diplomacije usredotočene na obavještajno djelovanje razvio pojam obrambene diplomacije koja je prebacila fokus s vojne komponente k multilateralnoj suradnji i uključivanju civilne strukture. Naposljetku, javio se i pojam sigurnosne diplomacije koji ju još više udaljava od vojnog sektora. Korištenje vojno-diplomatskih metoda i tehnika SAD-a, SSSR-a i trećih strana tijekom Hladnog rata presudilo je u prevenciji izbijanja nuklearnog sukoba, što je osobito primijetno u Kubanskoj raketnoj krizi. Ever since there is a state, there is military diplomacy. Through different periods in history, as the function of military diplomacy changed, different synonyms were used for this kind of activities. Thus, from the Cold War military diplomacy focused on intelligence activities, the concept of defense diplomacy developed, which shifted the focus from the military component to multilateral cooperation and the involvement of the civilian structure. Finally, the concept of security diplomacy appeared, which distances activities even more from the military sector. The use of military-diplomatic methods and techniques by the USA, the USSR and third parties during the Cold War was crucial in preventing the outbreak of a nuclear conflict, which is particularly noticeable in the Cuban Missile Crisis.