Media around the world have been screaming that Biden had given the green light for an attack on Iran in his interview on ‘This Week’ with George Stephanopolous.
Diplomacy
New trouble flares between Iran and Britain
Tensions have flared between Iran and Britain, with the arrest of local British embassy staff in Iran. But this is just the latest stoush in an ongoing history of aggression and mistrust between the two countries, says Ian Black.
Who’s willing to talk with North Korea?
With two US journalists facing 12 years in North Korean labour camps, someone needs to start talking to the reclusive dictatorship. Enter Bill Richardson, Al Gore and Jesse Jackson.
Speaking the language of diplomacy
If only a quarter of our diplomats speak a language other than English, it is hard to see how our diplomatic service is being as effective as it could be, says Andrew Bartlett.
Mungo: Rudd’s world tour is no junket
No one could seriously consider Kevin Rudd’s 17 day trip to America, Europe and Japan as a junket, and no one has criticised it as one, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
We are talking here about the rotating 10 elected seats on the Security Council. Which is to say that in five years time we might be taking the seat recently vacated by Michel Kafando, the ambassador from Burkina Faso.
