Effective communication in international relations and other formal contexts requires a clear understanding of various presentation techniques, the appropriate use of language, and the ability to handle nerves.
The language of political
campaign embodied in
propaganda and rhetoric is
persuasive. Politicians adopt
these linguistic devices to
convince the electorate to vote
for them and their parties by
presenting themselves as the
only capable persons for the job
Fallacies
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
False dichotomy
The slippery slope fallacy
Tu quoque fallacy
Ad hominem fallacy, or attacking a person
A fallacious argument is one that appears
correct and may even be extremely
persuasive but which proves, upon closer
examination, to be logically invalid.