Hardly Diplomatic
Research on declassified government and intelligence documents | Chronicling how diplomats and intelligence services shaped world order throughout modern history.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 43 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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“From now on, you should call me George.”
Turning a page on the past? Bush and Putin in July 2001.*
On 6th July 2001, Vladimir Putin made a telephone call to President George W. Bush:
“I would like to congratulate you on your birthday, Mr. President…I would also like to congratul...
Inside the Johnson White House
Responding to the Prague Crisis, 1968
Late in the evening on 20th August 1968, Richard Allen, an adviser to Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign, learned that Warsaw Pact forces had invaded Czechoslovakia. He immediately telephoned Nixon,...
"Sasha, that's not the point."
Czechoslovaks carry their national flag past a burning tank in Prague.*
On 3rd August 1968, during the Bratislava Conference between the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies, a letter for Leonid Brezhnev was quietly slipped to Soviet Po...
Britain's quietly influential diplomat
The Victorian who understood Japan.
‘Even in England before I left to take up my appointment, we felt that apart from the chances of climate, the risk of coming to an untimely end at the hands of an expert swordsman must be taken into acco...
Lessons from Satow's Classic
This is a two-part post on Sir Ernest Satow’s Guide to Diplomatic Practice
Begin by reading part one HERE.
The index page of A Guide to Diplomatic Practice.
Chapter IX: Advice to Diplomatists:
In this chapter, Satow compiles advic...
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Diplomatic history through declassified government and intelligence documents – revealing how diplomats shaped world order throughout the modern era.
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