Hi, folks--
In case you missed my newsletter today, you can now read it
here.
In it, I developed the concept of 'diplomicide', namely a sustained campaign to kill not just one particular diplomatic endeavor but also the whole concept of diplomacy, as a valuable-- nay, vital-- tool of statecraft.
I humbly submit that this is what Pres. Biden and his team have been engaged in regarding Gaza for the past 55 weeks. Every month or so, Sec. Blinken puts on a grotesque vaudeville of a diplomatic "performance" which has increasingly served to mock not just the victims of the ongoing (heavily US-supported) genocide in Gaza, but also the whole practice, tradition, and norms of diplomatic engagement.
There's a lot more in the newsletter, too, of course. Including news from Gaza, from the world of book-publishing, from Tehran, and elsewhere...
You stay well-- Helena
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Helena Cobban
She/her/they | Honoring the lives & legacies of the Piscataways in whose lands I live