Explanation: When East Timor was invaded by its neighbor, Indonesia, united forces were sent in to keep the peace. However, the United States did not send troops to this region. Instead, the U.S. used diplomatic tactics and told Indonesia that it would lose future financial aid from the U.S. if it did not leave the country of East Timor. Thus peace was brought to East Timor through military force by others and diplomatic tactics by the U.S.
Diplomacy is an essential part of any international strategy. It involves molding the decisions and actions of others to one's advantage as well as making one's own moves. ... They are unaffordable military bravado attached to no strategy. They aggravate rather than cure the U.S. national strategy deficit.
