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Diplomacy: Foreign Office Futures

William Wallace, February 2008

The World Today, Volume 64, Number 2

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Foreign ministries are more used to reporting on revolutions than being caught up in them. But now longstanding diplomatic practice faces its biggest challenge for generations. In an increasingly electronic environment, foreign services are squeezed between ambitious presidents and prime ministers who seekthe limelight and the way domestic issues have become increasingly international.