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Musings on "the bleedin' obvious"; views on the meaning of life, or anything else that takes my fancy.
Showing posts with label diplomacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diplomacy. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2018

Twitter Diplomacy

Twitter diplomacy is more effective when the "Caps Lock" button is off!

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

The Dawn of The New Age of Burger Diplomacy

When all else fails, rely on your gut instincts and use burgers as bargaining chips!

Friday, May 25, 2018

Diplomacy

Useless gobshites should not conduct diplomacy, or be allowed to have contact whatsoever with representatives from other countries.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Advice To Pence

When sabotaging your own meetings try to be a little more subtle about it in future!

Monday, December 11, 2017

There's Irony For You!


Such is the state of affairs in the world that it is more than ironic that people regard a possible visit to Pyongyang by Dennis Rodman as being the last, best hope for peace!

Well, if that what it takes, then so be it and God spede Dennis!


Friday, April 28, 2017

Good Cop - Bad Cop

The good cop, bad cop routine can be effective in persuading people to do what you want. However, it is not so effective if you try bad cop, bad cop or bad cop, idiot cop!

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Signals As a Form of Diplomacy

Signals can be a very effective tool within the diplomatic bag. However, it is wise to remember two things:

1 The recipient may misinterpret or over react to the signals, and

2 The signaller must be careful not to box himself in, in the event the recipient ignores the signals.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Diplomacy

You know that diplomacy has hit rock bottom, when phrases such as "don't mess with us" are used.

Wednesday, April 05, 2017

The Dangers of Misspeaking

At times of international crisis a few miss-chosen words, or no words at all, can lead to catastrophe.

Monday, April 03, 2017

Yeehaw As A Tool of Diplomacy


It appears that shouting Yeehaw with guns blazing is now the main tool of international diplomacy.

Friday, August 12, 2016

The Russian Reset

As Britain attempts to reset its relations with Russia, the question is will her colonial cousins allow such an independent foreign policy initiative?