Professional Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs Management: An Ambassador's Insight

Synopsis:

Dr. Kumarasiri discusses at length the “raison d’etre for professional training.” This section of the book is a must read for our naïve politicians who think that the work of a diplomat is merely PR and partying at the tax payer’s expenses (which sadly has become the preoccupation in our system of governance) and that any Dick, Tom and Harry, or a Sumana, or a Soma, could simply walk in from nowhere and discharge the function of a diplomat. He states with good authority, “competent diplomats and officials skilled in statecraft are not created overnight; rather they need proper training and have to be nurtured with care to reach the high professional standards required for the competent discharge of their duties.”

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