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Some jobs are challenging, and some are so hard it’s a wonder anyone can be found to take them on. Ambassador from Pakistan to anywhere, for example. At the moment, the US slot is held by Sherry Rehman, and representing her country in a positive way to anyone not clinically insane has just become even [...]
Archive for the ‘Diplomacy’ Category
December 4th, 2012
Category: Diplomacy
Susan Rice´s large oil investments should disqualify her from becoming Secretary of State.
May 21st, 2012
Who will manage the global commons as we move from American dominance to a truly mulipolar world?
April 21st, 2012
reason 9.b.ii: We selflessly share our highest values with unfortunate people around the world and improve the cultures we engage with. Today, let us reflect on two of those values, namely “more stuff cheap” [Amen], and “business as a moral calling” “highest standards of honesty and transparency” , um, wait a minute, “if no-one’s not [...]
March 7th, 2012
A protest at Iran warmongering.
February 18th, 2012
Category: Diplomacy
A pundit makes a nasty remark on the spur of the moment. He is ashamed of himself and apologizes to the target of the insult, who graciously accepts. Props to Cal Thomas for coming clean, and to Rachel Maddow for being big enough to accept the apology. But it’s sad that basic civility has become [...]
December 1st, 2011
The current ambassador to China, Gary Locke, is teaching the Chinese some useful stuff without a word of preaching or assertion, mainly by carrying his own bags and flying economy, and being seen to do so. The German for ambassador is botschafter, which means message carrier, and Locke’s story nicely enlarges our idea of how [...]
August 21st, 2011
Juan Cole says it’s just about over.
November 28th, 2010
Whoever sent a quarter-million U.S. diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks should go to jail.
November 8th, 2010
Category: Diplomacy, Economics, Handbasket, world going to hell in, International Affairs, Macroeconomic Policy, Watching Conservatives
Robert Zoellic goes gold bug, and the strange US lock on the World Bank presidency.