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10 countries using their influence for good in 2020
Our annual survey judges which nations’ soft-power strengths make the grade.
Diplomacy
Canada’s ambassador to the US on closing a busy border and Croatia and Serbia’s closer ties.
Diplomacy
Austria’s UK ambassador on life after Brexit, rubbish diplomacy in Canada and Libya’s intractable conflict explained.
Korea diplomat
Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon talks about his life and legacy over a traditional Korean lunch.
Politics
A sea change in Portugal, Poland is on reputation watch, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili eyes a political comeback in Ukraine and we meet Hisyar Ozsoy of the pro-Kurd Peoples’ Democratic party.
Diplomacy
The man keeping cultural artefacts safe for the UK, Canada tries to hash out an international treaty and the special relationships you don’t expect.
Softly does it
Our annual survey of the nations that best use their gentler sides to get things done.
Diplomacy
How Slovenia is positioning itself as a bridge between two superpowers: the US and Russia.
Europe
A third constitutional referendum in 15 years for Italy, plus the special bond between Québec and Bavaria.
World class
In diplomatic schools across the globe a fresh generation of young thinkers are learning how to improve international relations from the institutions that spawned today’s political heavyweights.
