#Diplomats

1/ What to expect when Brexit talks resume here tomorrow? For one, talk about the UK's push for the 'outline' of a trade deal by the end of the month.
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As Aung San Suu Kyi is going to The Hague to make blanket denials against genocide accusation, I am thinking why the attempts of the West to shape us in
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„We are not going to be a client state. We are not going to compromise on the fundamentals of having control over our own laws,“ says chief UK negotiator trade
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Currently some divergence between various stakeholders investigating disinformation and social media manipulation. Part of the challenge is that different stakeholders see different pieces of the puzzle and have different approaches
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Brazil: The Chinese Embassy's no.2 diplomat will be interviewed in prime time TV tonight, reflecting a historic shift in Chinese public diplomacy in Latin America. No longer faceless bureaucrats, the
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I am truly excited to share this new research articleReputation crisis management and the state: Theorising containment as diplomatic response modeco-authored with Cecilie Basberg Neumann @OsloMet and published #openaccess in
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe, who has announced his resignation over health concerns, gets an effusive farewell message in phone call with Trump, per WH readout. “The greatest prime minister in
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A thread on unitented consequences of Turkey's stance before the NATO summit. It's obvious that from the Turkish perspective Turkish diplomats are just doing their job right by bargaining hard
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1/ EU capitals say Boris Johnson needs to get personally involved in the Brexit talks now if they're to reach a successful conclusion. They want him to get stuck into
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Impeachment hearing led many (but certainly not all) newspaper front pages around the country, with headlines focused on diplomats' testimony, new evidence Some papers just teased impeachment news on the
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Where the coronavirus originated is becoming more and more political. At least three universities in China are requiring all research on the source of the virus be vetted by higher
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1/x Earlier, I watched a @60Minutes interview a victim of the #CubaEmbassy, notably I am not an astrophysicist or a particle physicist buff.(Disclaimer). This article in @politico discusses the potential
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Very important!Dan Bongino explains how and why Spygate and Ukrainegate are interconnected: “Spygate and Ukrainegate-fake-whistleblower-gate are the same scandal, and they’re not Trump’s scandal, they are democrats scandals!(...) The Obama
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One year ago, Haftar launched his offensive on Tripoli. Haftar has told foreign diplomats that immediately before, he spoke to @AmbJohnBolton, who said: “if you need to do it, do
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As the end of my six-year tenure as NHRC commissioner soon comes to an end, I find myself in a period of reflection, particularly in lockdown, and particularly over the
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Since Bolsonaro came to power, Brazil's international negotiating position has been incredibly weak: other countries can easily play off the government's warring factions against each other. Example: one faction attacks
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