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Four reasons next week’s COP29 might be meh

The 29th edition of the UN’s climate talks (the Conference of Parties, or COP) kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan this Monday and we wouldn’t judge if you had no idea.  That’s mostly because we’re not the judging type — listen to all the ABBA you want. But also because the US presidential election has been […]

Climate & Energy 8 November, 2024
Diplomat salary report – 2024

Nobody gets into diplomacy for the money. At least, they shouldn’t. Or at least, we didn’t.

Uncategorized 7 August, 2024
Election Intrigue – What is Kamala Harris’s foreign policy?

Vice President Kamala Harris has been the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for a whopping… checks notes… five days. We weren’t alive in 1968 when President Lyndon Johnson chose not to run again, but from the accounts of those closest to Johnson, it was a more orderly process.

Geopolitics 26 July, 2024
The four things embassies in DC are telling their home governments about Biden’s withdrawal

24 days after that debate, while recovering from Covid at his Delaware beach house, Joe Biden announced Sunday afternoon local time that he’s withdrawing his 2024 candidacy to “focus solely on fulfilling” his duties as president. He then endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, who in turn declared her intention to “earn and win” the Democratic Party’s nomination. And yet again, it’s […]

Geopolitics 22 July, 2024
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Four reasons next week’s COP29 might be meh

The 29th edition of the UN’s climate talks (the Conference of Parties, or COP) kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan this Monday and we wouldn’t judge if you had no idea.  That’s mostly because we’re not the judging type — listen to all the ABBA you want. But also because the US presidential election has been […]

Climate & Energy 8 November, 2024
Diplomat salary report – 2024

Nobody gets into diplomacy for the money. At least, they shouldn’t. Or at least, we didn’t.

Uncategorized 7 August, 2024
Election Intrigue – What is Kamala Harris’s foreign policy?

Vice President Kamala Harris has been the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for a whopping… checks notes… five days. We weren’t alive in 1968 when President Lyndon Johnson chose not to run again, but from the accounts of those closest to Johnson, it was a more orderly process.

Geopolitics 26 July, 2024
The four things embassies in DC are telling their home governments about Biden’s withdrawal

24 days after that debate, while recovering from Covid at his Delaware beach house, Joe Biden announced Sunday afternoon local time that he’s withdrawing his 2024 candidacy to “focus solely on fulfilling” his duties as president. He then endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, who in turn declared her intention to “earn and win” the Democratic Party’s nomination. And yet again, it’s […]

Geopolitics 22 July, 2024

Diplomat salary report – 2024

Nobody gets into diplomacy for the money. At least, they shouldn’t. Or at least, we didn’t.

Most pursue a career in diplomacy because they want to serve their country, see the world, and do meaningful work. And you can’t put a price on that, right? Wrong. We’ve just compiled the first-ever comparison of diplomat salaries across the G20.

Why? Mostly for the LoLs. But also, the world is getting a little crazy, so it’s worth asking the question: are our diplomatic services still attracting and retaining the best talent, to help us avert disaster? Let’s dig right in. The report is free to read here!

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The world holds its breath (again) as the US votes

A hundred million or so Americans will head to the polls to choose their next president tomorrow (Tuesday), joining the record 75 million folks who’ve already voted. Meanwhile, foreign diplomats will head in to work at Washington’s ~175 foreign embassies to offer their home governments some final thoughts on where they see this all headed. […]

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Are we headed for more mayhem in Georgia?

The pro-Western and mostly ceremonial president of Georgia stepped up to the palace’s lectern in Tbilisi last night (Sunday) and delivered an extraordinary statement: That’s because Georgia’s electoral commission had just announced that the country’s Russia-friendly ruling party (Georgian Dream) had won 54% of the vote, an outcome the president was now openly rejecting as “Georgia’s subordination to Russia.” Meanwhile the […]

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A couple of highly classified US intelligence documents somehow landed in the media over the weekend, with a pro-Iran site first highlighting them on Friday. What happened? Some of the coverage has breathlessly described the leaked docs as Israel’s “plans” to attack Iran, so you’d be forgiven for thinking maybe they were some kind of Looney Tunes […]

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Israel kills Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar

Israel has announced the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the group’s latest overall leader and the architect of the Hamas attacks on Israel last October 7th. The co-founder of the Hamas armed wing, Sinwar spent more than two decades in an Israeli prison for his role in the 1989 kidnapping and murder of two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians […]

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