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From E-mail to E-nvoys
  • calender icon June 1, 2016

  • user icon The Times Literary Supplement

By Tom Fletcher The first email between heads of government was sent on February 4, 1994, from the Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt to the US ...

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Diplomats need dragging into the modern era
  • calender icon June 1, 2016

  • user icon Roger Boyes, The Times

In or Out? If in doubt, ask Palmerston, the new mouser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. BuzzFeed, the news site that specialises in feline c ...

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We Can Work It Out
  • calender icon May 31, 2016

  • user icon MONTICELLO LLP

The Future of….Diplomacy – by Tom Fletcher CMG, former British Ambassador to Lebanon  Diplomacy matters mo ...

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Tom Fletcher: Diplomacy in the digital age
  • calender icon May 27, 2016

  • user icon Alan Philps, The World Today

The techno-optimist and leader of a review into the future of the Foreign Office shares his views on diplomacy in the digital age with Alan Philps. ...

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An alien for Putin: are emojis changing the face of diplomacy?
  • calender icon May 27, 2016

  • user icon India Bourke, NewStatesman

Emojis could be the promised land of diplomatic history: they have the potential to speak across borders to a new, global citizenry. ...

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