وفي المقابل، ففي الدبلوماسية الثنائية يسعى كل طرف إلى الحصول على ما يبتغيه.
By contrast, in bilateral diplomacy each party seeks to get something it desires, with the total pay-off becoming a variable sum that provides each side scope for maximizing that sum — in other words, the process of bilateral negotiation would be more likely to lead to a win-win situation for both the parties.