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Say it with flowers

The Japanese garden kickstarting global peace talks, working from home in Barbados and why Russia’s isolation on the world stage is a conscious choice.

  • Issue #166
  • 8 min read
Say it with flowers
Politics

Affairs

Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey, a dating app for US conservatives and Andrew Mueller on the new populists.

  • Issue #158
  • 8 min read
Colombian ambassador Armando Benedetti shaking hands with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
Diplomacy

Affairs: Global

How Abba’s humility has contributed to its soft-power success. Plus: trouble in Nicaragua.

  • Issue #149
  • 5 min read
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Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Brazil’s Lebanon connection, plus representatives for China and Taiwan clash over cake in Fiji.

  • Issue #139
  • 4 min read
Two hands in business suits holding forks approaching a slice of layered cake on a white plate
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Canada’s ambassador to the US on closing a busy border and Croatia and Serbia’s closer ties.

  • Issue #138
  • 5 min read
Diplomacy
Affairs

Diplomacy

Wolfgang Ischinger on why we should talk to adversaries, a small-country play for the UN Security Council and why Japan is opening an embassy in Kosovo.

  • Issue #132
  • 4 min read
Diplomacy
Affairs

Diplomacy

Austria’s UK ambassador on life after Brexit, rubbish diplomacy in Canada and Libya’s intractable conflict explained.

  • Issue #131
  • 4 min read
Diplomacy
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Japanese soft power in Washington, a Lithuanian war hero and Australia's soft power revival.

  • Issue #129
  • 4 min read
Shane McLeod, research fellow at the Lowy Institute, in professional headshot
Diplomacy

Salut, Italie!

Franco-Italian ties are unusually frosty. How far can drinks, diplomacy and a dancefloor go towards warming relations?

  • Issue #126
  • 11 min read
Two Italian carabinieri officers in formal dress uniforms looking upward at French embassy celebration

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