The phrase "a diplomatic third" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a neutral party or mediator in a diplomatic situation or negotiation.
Example: "In the ongoing conflict, both sides agreed to involve a diplomatic third to facilitate the discussions."
Alternatives: "neutral mediator" or "impartial intermediary".
At the time, Bagehot concluded that this strategy was not so much a diplomatic third way as a bet on events: a low-key version of neoconservatism, wagering that gradual reforms would bring more stability than despotism.One month on, events in Libya have outrun the prime minister's cautious middle way.
The development of E1, a project that the United States has blocked several times since 1994, has long been seen as a diplomatic third rail, and several experts said Saturday that they expected that Israel may once again back down from building there.
The original offer made to us, via an official diplomatic third person, suggested hand-picked venues and official minders who might insist on determining to whom we could and could not speak.
Although the Soviet government later denied such a promise and attempted to regain control of the railway, the impression of this first statement and the generosity still offered in a more diplomatic second Karakhan Manifesto of September 1920 left a favourable image of Soviet foreign policy among Chinese patriots.
Before the appetizer was served, the diplomatic first date had gotten off to an awkward start because of a gag gift gone awry.
The choice of Sunnylands, about 120 miles southeast of Los Angeles, with its history as a place where Republican presidents and their Hollywood friends went to unwind, was calculated to give this diplomatic first date the best chance of succeeding.
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However, the first efforts to ship trees from Japan produced a diplomatic nightmare: The first 2,000 arrived infested with insects and disease and had to be burned.
After returning to liberated France, Hessel embarked on a diplomatic career, working first at the newly founded United Nations.
During the previous winter, Gatting had been involved in a notorious on-field altercation with umpire Shakoor Rana in Pakistan that snowballed into a diplomatic disaster with the third day of the second Test in Faisalabad being abandoned and accusations of cheating.
"During the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), China deliberately lost games or conceded points to other countries in international competitions as part of a diplomatic sports policy of 'friendship first, competition second,' " Mr. Zhang says.
