diplomat
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“Same actors, same patch of water, but very different politics and threat environment today,” said Tom Duffy, a retired U.S. diplomat and naval officer who this year published a book, “Tanker War in the Gulf.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and civil rights leader, connected the fight against American segregation to the broader struggle for human rights and peace around the world.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
"There's a personal rapport, because I think Charles is a very skilled diplomat," royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told AFP.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
A former diplomat, Lord Peter Ricketts, told US National Public Radio: "This was frankly, the most difficult, demanding piece of royal diplomacy he's done so far."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
As a diplomat, he negotiated with the confederacy of Five Nations in 1744; in those days, knowledge of Indian ways was an essential part of the statesman’s toolkit.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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