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In diplomacy "give them hell" is usually not the right answer. Closing all Chinese embassies will just leave a black hole with regards to intelligence. Politic
by fifilura 5y ago
In diplomacy "give them hell" is usually not the right answer. Closing all Chinese embassies will just leave a black hole with regards to intelligence.
Politics is what it is, and the diplomats role is most often not to combat, but to ease communication.
For the same reason the UN may often seem toothless and not able to execute. But it is just a reflection of world politics. It is hard sometimes.
The precursor to UN was the League of Nations. And they were much better at condemning. Germany. That didnt work out much better.
- RugnirViking 5y agoWhat is the right answer then? Current approaches certainly don't seem to be helping, both on the China front but also at the UN
- notpachet 5y agoI believe the right answer lies at home. As other commenters have said, it doesn't help things that domestic corporations fall over themselves to appease the whims of the CCP for fear of losing access to [markets / cheap manufacturing / etc]. And those corporations have the loudest lobbying voice. Seeing as this is just one case of the kinds of ills that corporate lobbying brings about, I think we should try to combat that in order to buy (pun not intended) our political class some more freedom of motion in terms of standing up to China.
- fifilura 5y agoFrustrating, but diplomacy is just a vessle. Don't blame the empty plate if you are hungry. And getting rid of the plate will not help you if you want food.