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REVIEW: Our Man On Twitter
  • calender icon September 5, 2016

  • user icon Clovis Meath Baker, Standpoint (September 2016 Edition)

Diplomacy used to be so straightforward. A British ambassador’s job was to cultivate close relations with the ruling elite of the country to ...

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Diplomats urged to ‘open up’ and tweet more
  • calender icon August 29, 2016

  • user icon Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Irish Times

Author of ‘Naked Diplomacy’ says foreign ministries should do more to explain their work.  “For two years we have not he ...

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REVIEW: Diplomacy in the digital age – blogs, tweets but no nudity
  • calender icon August 18, 2016

  • user icon Dan Mulhall, Ireland's Ambassador to Britain - Irish Times

Dan Mulhall reflects on Tom Fletcher’s Naked Diplomacy: Power and Statecraft in the Digital Age and how Irish diplomacy has evolved in his 35 ...

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‘To the Children of Syria, We Are Sorry’
  • calender icon August 3, 2016

  • user icon Tom Fletcher

In an exclusive open letter addressed to the children of Syria, the former U.K. ambassador to Lebanon, and advisor to NGO Theirworld, Tom Fletcher, ...

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'Downton Abbey and Sherlock can help UK bounce back from Brexit'
  • calender icon July 14, 2016

  • user icon Tara Conlan, The Guardian

Former foreign policy adviser to David Cameron says ‘soft power’ of creative industries can help bolster the country’s global pro ...

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