# diplomatic (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover diplomatic. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ promise faces growing test as Iran war drags on](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/trumps-peacemaker-promise-faces-growing-test-as-iran-war-drags-on) _2026-08-22 · DAILYSABAH_ With the Iran war now locked in a costly standoff and conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza still unresolved, President Donald Trump's ambitious foreign policy agenda appears increas... ## [UK, Canada, Australia blast Israel over 'shameful' Gaza aid worker probe](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/uk-canada-australia-blast-israel-over-shameful-gaza-aid-worker-probe) _2026-08-21 · DAILYSABAH_ Three of Israel's Western allies sharply rebuked the country Friday over its decision to close an investigation into the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, with Britain, Ca... ## [Trump courts Kim Jong Un as North Korea keeps talks on tight leash](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/trump-courts-kim-jong-un-as-north-korea-keeps-talks-on-tight-leash) _2026-08-21 · DAILYSABAH_ U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, but Pyongyang has responded coolly, signaling it could impose tough conditions on... ## [Trump eyes year-end talks with N. Korea's Kim to reboot diplomacy](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/trump-eyes-year-end-talks-with-n-koreas-kim-to-reboot-diplomacy) _2026-08-20 · DAILYSABAH_ President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive personal diplomacy forged during his first term. Trump t... ## [US operates clandestine shipping corridor through Strait of Hormuz](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/us-operates-clandestine-shipping-corridor-through-strait-of-hormuz) _2026-08-19 · DAILYSABAH_ The U.S. military has established a shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz to keep Gulf energy exports moving despite the war with Iran, allowing millions of barrels of oil... ## [Europe, UN rally behind ICC after new US sanctions](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/europe-un-rally-behind-icc-after-new-us-sanctions) _2026-08-19 · DAILYSABAH_ European governments, EU leaders and the U.N. rallied behind the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, condemning a new round of U.S. sanctions targeting senior court official... ## [Canadian official condemns Israel's 'unlawful invasion' of Lebanon](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/canadian-official-condemns-israels-unlawful-invasion-of-lebanon) _2026-08-19 · DAILYSABAH_ A senior Canadian official condemned Israel's military presence in Lebanon as an 'unlawful invasion,' stressing that Beirut must exercise full sovereignty and authority over i... ## [ICC lashes out at 'flagrant attack' after US sanctions President Akane](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/icc-lashes-out-at-flagrant-attack-after-us-sanctions-president-akane) _2026-08-19 · DAILYSABAH_ The International Criminal Court denounced U.S. sanctions on its president, Tomoko Akane, on Wednesday, calling the move a “flagrant attack” on the court’s independence. The U.S.... ## [Trump, Canada's Carney hold talks as US tariff deadline nears](https://www.dailysabah.com/business/economy/trump-canadas-carney-hold-talks-as-us-tariff-deadline-nears) _2026-08-18 · DAILYSABAH_ Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday as Ottawa sought to head off a new round of American tariffs on Canadian goods just hours befo... ## [Trump says North Korea's Kim responded to renewed outreach](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-says-north-koreas-kim-responded-to-renewed-outreach) _2026-08-17 · DAILYSABAH_ U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had responded to his latest outreach, signaling renewed diplomatic engagement after Washington scaled b... ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hHZ8MLk70Ubt) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Trump scales down US-S. Korea joint military drills hours from start](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/trump-scales-down-us-s-korea-joint-military-drills-hours-from-start) _2026-08-17 · DAILYSABAH_ President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military drills with South Korea, calling them “inappropriate and hostile,” just hours before exercises began Monday... ## [Trump hails defense pact between Türkiye, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia](https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/trump-hails-defense-pact-between-turkiye-pakistan-saudi-arabia) _2026-08-16 · DAILYSABAH_ U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed the fresh security agreement forged by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, framing the regional trilateral deal as a positive step toward broad... ## [US demands Netanyahu condemn ‘terrorist’ settlers in West Bank](https://www.dailysabah.com/world/americas/us-demands-netanyahu-condemn-terrorist-settlers-in-west-bank) _2026-08-15 · DAILYSABAH_ The United States is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn Israeli settlers accused of besieging Palestinian families inside their homes in the occ... ## [Count Binface: Today Clacton, tomorrow the US State Department?](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/count-binface-today-clacton-tomorrow-the-us-state-department/) _2026-07-12 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 12 July, 2026. All main British political parties have said they’re not wasting their time in supporting the Reform UK stunt by its leader Nigel Farage to see off ‘the Establishment’ by re-running for his seat at Clacton-on-Sea. But Count Binface is mounting a real challenge. The post Count Binface: Today Clacton, tomorrow the US State Department? appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [Pity the Foreign Ministry](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/pity-the-foreign-ministry/) _2026-06-03 · Maja · G. R. Berridge_ 2 June, 2026. As in Trump’s first term as US president, so even more so in his second, the Department of State has been shorn of offices that were politically out of favour, bypassed elsewhere, and generally demoralised and run down. But it is not alone among foreign ministries, especially those of so-called ‘strongman’ states. The post Pity the Foreign Ministry appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [Trump thinking of leaving NATO? Good riddance.](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/trump-thinking-of-leaving-nato-good-riddance/) _2026-04-01 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 1 April, 2026. An unreliable ally, which the USA under Trump's deranged, amoral, Putin-friendly, fascist-leaning leadership obviously has been for a long time, is worse than useless. The post Trump thinking of leaving NATO? Good riddance. appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [The importance of Jonathan Powell to US-Iran diplomacy](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/the-importance-of-jonathan-powell-to-us-iran-diplomacy/) _2026-03-25 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 25 March, 2026. Jonathan Powell is UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘National Security Adviser’, in practice more accurately described as his foreign policy adviser. He is well qualified to help get Trump out of the mess into which he has got himself over Iran, and it is quite possible that his services will be called upon, even if only indirectly. The post The importance of Jonathan Powell to… ## [Ambassadors, Journalists and Spies](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/ambassadors-journalists-and-spies-forthcoming/) _2026-01-31 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 31 January, 2026. My latest publication, called Ambassadors, Journalists and Spies: From ancient Greece to the present day, is now available from DiploFoundation. All earnings from its sales will go to this non-profit organization, created in 2002 by the governments of Malta and Switzerland, as an expression of my gratitude for its support for this website over many years. The simplest way for me… ## [The Arrogance of Ignorance](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/the-arrogance-of-ignorance/) _2026-01-27 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 27 January, 2026. I heard this phrase for the first time way back in the late 1960s in a report from a friend about a fiery seminar debate between political sociologists in which a visiting speaker accused someone who attacked him of having this disposition. Since then I have often had occasion to observe it, particularly on the part of politicians at extreme ends of the political spectrum. But… ## [Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ absurdity](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/trumps-board-of-peace-absurdity/) _2026-01-23 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 23 January, 2026. Since rightly being denied the Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump has childishly avowed a greater interest in the exciting use of military power, most recently and idiotically in regard to the proposed annexation of Ice … sorry, Greenland, where the USA already has treaty rights to create bases. Perhaps thinking he might need to re-balance and simultaneously come up with another… ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LdwaAnVjkHRJ) _2026-01-23 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Diplomatic Notebooks III (1964–1966) and Diplomatic Notebooks V (1969–1972)](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/diplomatic-notebooks-iii-1964-1966-the-first-london-years/) _2025-12-14 · Maja · G. R. Berridge_ Zeki Kuneralp, Diplomatic Notebooks III, 1964–1966, The First London Years, ed. Sinan Kuneralp (The Isis Press: Istanbul, 2020); and Diplomatic Notebooks V, 1969–1972, The Second London Years, ed. Sinan Kuneralp (The Isis Press: Istanbul, 2025) Zeki Kuneralp, a career diplomat, was a major figure in the Turkish foreign service, whose most important postings other \[...\] The post Diplomatic… ## [Why I’ve put the Arsenal’s logo on the right-hand sidebar](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/why-ive-put-the-arsenals-logo-on-the-right-hand-sidebar/) _2025-12-10 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 10 December, 2025. As a long time supporter of the Arsenal, I’d been toying with this idea for some time. It became a firm decision after reading in The Guardian that football is on a rising tide of popularity in the USA and that the electrifying Zohran Mamdani, democratic socialist mayor-elect of New York, is a fellow supporter of the Gunners. The post Why I’ve put the Arsenal’s logo on the… ## [It’s not the Chinese but the US Embassy in London the UK should be worried about](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/its-not-the-chinese-but-the-us-embassy-in-london-the-uk-should-be-worried-about/) _2025-12-07 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 7 December, 2015. Release of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, November 2025, confirms that it’s the huge American Embassy in London that the Labour Government in the UK should be more worried about than the planned new Chinese Embassy. The post It’s not the Chinese but the US Embassy in London the UK should be worried about appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [US bullying at IMO meeting](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/us-bullying-at-imo-meeting/) _2025-11-07 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 4 November, 2025. There has been so much going wrong in international diplomacy since Trump2.0 was inaugurated that I have been driven into silence for want of knowing where to start commenting. However, having learned what happened at a recent IMO meeting I can maintain this Trappist posture no longer. The post US bullying at IMO meeting appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [History of Diplomacy and Technology: From smoke signals to artificial intelligence](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/history-of-diplomacy-and-technology/) _2025-10-10 · Maja · G. R. Berridge_ Jovan Kurbalija: History of Diplomacy and Technology: From smoke signals to artificial intelligence, 2nd edition (DiploFoundation: Geneva, 2025) Methodologically inspired by the French Annales School of historiography and determinedly reaching beyond Europe, the author of this book has nevertheless produced a work that has rarely sacrificed important detail to breadth of focus. Its general thesis… ## [Rafael Behr on the UK and Donald Trump](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/rafael-behr-on-the-uk-and-donald-trump/) _2025-09-17 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 17 September, 2025 Britain should not be betting its prosperity and national security on payments to an extortionist. The post Rafael Behr on the UK and Donald Trump appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [Good advice for Trump from Simon Tisdall](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/good-advice-for-trump-from-simon-tisdall/) _2025-05-25 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 25 May, 2025. Obviously, Trump should leave Ukraine and Gaza diplomacy to the experts. The post Good advice for Trump from Simon Tisdall appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [Foreign students shouldn’t take risks with Trump’s America](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/foreign-students-shouldnt-take-risks-with-trumps-america/) _2025-04-17 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 17 April, 2025. Trump’s America is a hostile environment for foreign students. Those wishing to study for a degree in an English-speaking country should look at universities in the UK, Canada or Australia. The post Foreign students shouldn’t take risks with Trump’s America appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [Up the Iron!](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/up-the-iron/) _2025-04-14 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 14 April, 2025. The survival of ‘British Steel’ at Scunthorpe – Chinese-owned, thanks to Boris Johnson – is on a knife-edge. For the future of the town and national security, everything possible should be done to keep its blast furnaces going. The post Up the Iron! appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [New American Ambassador to South Africa?](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/new-american-ambassador-to-south-africa/) _2025-03-30 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 30 March, 2025. With US-South Africa relations already at a low ebb, on 26 March 2025 the Trump administration announced the appointment of a ridiculously unsuited individual as the new American ambassador to Pretoria. It was widely assumed in the press that this merely needed Senate confirmation, but it might not be as straightforward as that, and certainly should not be. The post New American… ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZpB78ZvJCLuL) _2025-03-30 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Oval Office horror show, or How not to do diplomacy](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/oval-office-horror-show-or-how-not-to-do-diplomacy/) _2025-03-01 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 1 March, 2025. On 28 February, the televised ambush of President Zelenskyy in the White House by President Trump and his attack dog, J. D. Vance, vividly illustrates three fundamental lessons of diplomacy. First, leave negotiations to the professionals. Second, conduct these negotiations in private in order to minimise the risk of sabotage by interested outside parties. Third, if sufficiently… ## [US and Russia restoring diplomatic ties?](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/us-and-russia-restoring-diplomatic-ties/) _2025-02-27 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 27 February, 2025. The spin coming out of Moscow that Trump is 'restoring' diplomatic contacts with Russia is rubbish. They might be expanding in personnel terms but they were never broken off. The post US and Russia restoring diplomatic ties? appeared first on G. R. Berridge . ## [Will the Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance underpin NATO?](https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu/will-the-five-eyes-intelligence-alliance-underpin-nato/) _2025-02-23 · G.R. Berridge · G. R. Berridge_ 23 February, 2025. In the chapter on secret intelligence in my Diplomacy: Theory and Practice I endorse the common assumption that international ‘liaisons’ and especially formal ‘alliances’ between intelligence agencies have the added value of discreetly supporting diplomatic relationships when these become strained. Unfortunately for NATO, the seismic political changes in Washington are probably…