Once Upon a Time: Diplomacy in the Image of Our Times
Vanessa Mason$* In watching recent regional and international events, I pondered whether political discourse, and diplomacy more specifically, is in decline or being remade in the image of the times. This is a question that I am certain concerns not only seasoned career diplomats but average citizens. To avoid any misunderstanding, I use ‘diplomacy’ here to mean specifically the conduct of international interactions and communications between states.