When you want to repackage a discussion, diplomats are always good for ideas. Take the north’s civil service.   The issue of st ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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. ...