Another impact of the damage the Tories have done to the UK's international reputation is being felt keenly by the families of people detained abroad in controversial circumstances.
Matthew Hedges (detained & tortured in the UAE in 2018) points out:
“Foreign Office quiet diplomacy does not work...The reality is that the British government’s behind-the-scenes influence has disappeared'.
Our soft power (as has been pointed out) is evaporating!
"A group of researchers from Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have created a dataset called “corpus of resolutions” that contains all resolutions, drafts, and meeting records of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, an international body that aims to ensure global peace and security."
Having a degree in #internationalrelations didn't land me a proper job in the field so far, but I can now argue on the internet more efficiently about the latest pressing #global#geopolitical with some strangers. I see it as an absolute win! 💯💯
[...Martin Luther] King demonstrated that 👉you can’t advance democracy at home when you suppress it abroad. That vision rings as true today for Gaza as it did for Vietnam in 1967.👈
...both critics and right-wing allies indicate that 👉the support was intended to help maintain divisions between the #PalestinianAuthority and #Hamas👈, weakening #Palestinian leadership and 👉bolstering the claim that #Israel had no viable negotiating partner for a two-state settlement.👈 The policy was premised on the flawed assumption that 👉#Hamas had neither the capacity nor the intent to launch a...
It just occurred to me that the reason there is never peace in the Middle East is because both Israel and its Western allies think for some reason that retaliating against a retaliation is not escalatory*.
'Until recently, information about Member State delegations from 1946 to 1994 could only be found in print copies of the Blue Book....
But now, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library has digitized 276 volumes of the Blue Book covering the period from 1946 to 1994. From this year onward, the Blue Book was published in digital format.'
#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
#Trump’s hands-off approach to the bloody #MiddleEast conflict reflects the profound #AntiInterventionist [#isolationist] shift he has brought about in the #Republican Party over the past 8 yrs & has been colored by his feelings about #Netanyahu, whom he may never forgive for congratulating President #Biden for his 2020 victory.
Transdisciplinary and transepochal exchange can be inspiring and challenging at the same time. Halvard Leira explores what the #NewDiplomaticHistory can learn from #IR and where one has to be careful when adapting modern concepts to #emdiplomacy.
Why did it take so long for the Foreign Minister to actually speak with UNRWA.
Why are we making National decisions without evidence.
Why were the ‘ECAJ’ even approached for comment on a matter unrelated to Jewish livelihood in Australia.
What aren’t international human rights and health organisations approached for comment.
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