Sentence:  National <WSD>diplomacy</WSD> typically deploys its dexterity to secure advantage for one's nation. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organisms, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.